Nine years after it was first announced, “The Flash” has finally dashed into theaters, speeding toward a debut ahead of the box office competition. But the DC Studios film isn’t e…
The Warner Bros. release got started with $24.5 million on opening day, which includes. That’s enough to set the Ezra Miller film on a surefire pathway to a No. 1 debut on domestic charts, but it’ll be tough for the film to match its projections heading into the weekend — some bullish ones predicting a four-day bow as high as $85 million through the Juneteenth holiday.
“The Flash” is debuting in the same weight class as DC peers “Black Adam” and “Aquaman” , which both opened to $67 million. “Aquaman” found strong staying power through its holiday season release, finishing with $335 million in North America. Last year’s Dwayne Johnson vehicle fell lower on the hierarchy of power, ending with $168 million. Naturally, Warner Bros.
Even so, it’s difficult to imagine that expectations weren’t a bit higher for the film, which has led with a multiverse premise in its marketing — all the rage these days, and leveraged to a smash box office opening by Sony’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” just two weeks ago. Beyond the scarlet speedster, the film also features not one, but two Batmen . There’s also a new Supergirl , a resurrected Superman villain and the unspoken promise of a cavalcade of cameos.
Of course, Warner Bros. faced a tricky situation in forging a marketing strategy for its mega-budget superhero monster mash that didn’t include its main star. Ezra Miller, who stars as Barry Allen and has been waiting in the wings for this solo film since making a cameo in 2016’s “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” has faced a series of
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