Metascore 45-40; Raging To 135M (update 140M) Worldwide Opening

Now 40 from 38 Critic Reviews.

It will be interesting to see how this does..its projected domestic opening is between what Shazam and Aquaman opened and those films had dramatically different results. This film cost more than either film, has greater star power but a lesser known character. At a projected 200 budget it needs to perform really well.

https://deadline.com/2022/10/box-office-black-adam-dwayne-johnson-1235151785/

The New Line-DC Dwayne Johnson movie Black Adam racked up $7.6 million in previews at 3,500 locations Thursday, a figure that beats the superstar’s previous preview nights for Fast and Furious 6 ($7.5M), Hobbs and Shaw ($5.8M), Jumanji: The Next Level ($4.7M), San Andreas ($3.1M) and Rampage ($2.4M). This is at least a very good start for Black Adam. Fans always come out on Thursday night; let’s hope it keeps up.

While critics aren’t fans at 43% Rotten, the audience score on Rotten Tomatoes is much better at 88%. Previews began yesterday at 3 p.m.

Looking at the on-line reservations at a major multiplex near me, Black Adam is drawing strong attendance at all shows. Three Halloween Ends shows were canceled, so its times could be used for more Black Adam showings.

Halloween Ends had very few reservations, as projected.

Ticket to Paradise was also drawing well, (but nothing like Black Adam.)

https://deadline.com/2022/10/box-office-black-adam-dwayne-johnson-1235151785/

Dwayne Johnson’s long in the making dream DC project has paid off for the People’s Champion, as Black Adam has conquered a hot $67M U.S. opening, the best domestic box office start for him as a solo star, and a $140M global bow worldwide. That’s ahead of where we were seeing it.

“The success of Black Adam is truly a dream come true. We’ve been working towards this family goal here at Seven Bucks for 15 years, applying every bit of experience we’ve acquired over the years to help bring this project to life. So, to be here now seeing how our hard work has been paid off with the biggest opening of our careers is an incredible feeling. Our goal with this film was to establish several new characters in the DCEU that would give us an opportunity, in success, to really expand the universe, but most importantly we wanted to take care of the fans. We’ve been listening to their feedback for years and we were determined to give them what they wanted. Their enthusiasm for the film has been incredible and truly matches the passion that our Seven Bucks team along with FPC and Jaume poured into this movie,” said Hiram Garcia, a Black Adam producer and President of Production for Johnson’s Seven Bucks.