Box Office: Ezra Miller’s ‘The Flash’ Faces Trouble, Pixar’s ‘Elemental’ Gets Iced

Argh.Such was the refrain across Hollywood on Saturday morning as opening weekend estimates circulated for DC’s highly anticipated Flash-1990-movie-posters/”>The Flash and Pixar’s Elemental, which are debuting domestically over the long Juneteenth holiday weekend.

(It’s also Father’s Day on Sunday.)Starring Ezra Miller in the titular role, Warner Bros.

and DC’s Flash-1990-movie-posters/”>The Flash looks to gross $58 million to $60 million for the three-day weekend and $70 million or less for the four days.

The superhero tentpole had hoped for a three-day start of at least $70 million so as to come in ahead of such DC titles as Black Adam, which collected $67 million in its first three days.Flash-1990-movie-posters/”>The Flash earned $24.5 million on Friday, including $9.7 million in previews.The studio’s leadership has been hyping Flash-1990-movie-posters/”>The Flash for months, with Warner Bros.

Discovery CEO David Zaslav proclaiming it is the greatest superhero movie he’s ever seen.

Many…

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