After spending more than a decade in development, Dwayne Johnson’s “Black Adam” is finally taking flight.
The DC Comics and Warner Bros.
superhero movie earned 7.6 million at the domestic box office in Thursday previews from over 3,500 theaters.The strong Thursday launch bodes well for the film, and it’s tracking higher than last year’s “F9,” which had 7.1 million in previews and a 70 million opening weekend, and fellow DC film “Shazam,” 5.9 million in previews for a 53.5 million opening weekend in 2019.The comic book villain is expected to have a hero-sized landing this weekend with an estimated 60 million debut.
That will be enough to dethrone last week’s No.
1 movie, Universal’s “Halloween Ends,” and this week’s newcomer, “Ticket to Paradise,” a Universal rom-com starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts that’s targeting a 15 million launch.“Black Adam,” produced by New Line Cinema, Seven Bucks Productions, Flynn Picture Company and DC Films,
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