Dwayne Johnson’sBlack Adamhad a soaring first weekend, with the film having the biggest opening for any standalone movie that Johnson has been the lead in. Initial numbers put the film at a whopping $140 million at the global box office, with $73 million of those earnings coming from international markets. However, the revised numbers have just been released, and it has been confirmed that the international earnings were even higher.
Black Adamwas released in theaters last weekend amid much fanfare and a leaked mid-credits scene that promised thereturn of Henry Cavill’s Supermanin the DC Extended Universe. Its box office figures for the opening weekend have exceeded expectations, with the film earning $67 million at the domestic box office and the revised international earnings now set at $75.9 million from over 70 international box office markets.
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The revised figures can mainly be attributed to the markets in the UK and Indonesia. According to a report published byComicBook.com, the two markets added additional numbers totheBlack Adambox office figuresfor opening weekend. The total earnings now stand at $142.9 million globally. The earnings are an impressive start for the film focusing on an entirely new antihero joining the DCEU.
After the formation of Warner Bros. Discovery, the company has been in the spotlight for several issues and controversies. Several release dates were shifted, executives left their posts, and theBatgirlfilm was entirely canceled. Following all the talk and news reports, theBlack Adambox office earnings are a positive sign for the studio. Johnson has been promising thatBlack Adamwould change the “hierarchy of power in the DC Universe,” and perhaps he will be called upon by the studio for advice in the future.
Apart from the massive box office earnings,Black Adamhas been receiving a lot of positive reviews from fans.Black Adamcurrently has a 90% audience scoreon Rotten Tomatoes, a fact that Johnson celebrated on Twitter. He thanked his fans for the “love and support” and confessed that the most important thing for him is to send “people home happy.” Many fans thanked Johnson on social media for bringing Cavill back as Superman in the mid-credits scene, something they had been asking Warner Bros. to do for the past five years.
