Shazam! Fury of the Gods debuted this past weekend and the optics don't look good. With a $30.5 million gross across 4,071 theaters in the United States, the film's performance is less magical and more of another example of why the DCEU desperately needs a reboot. At this point, it will take a miracle for the sequel to turn a profit at the box office to persuade James Gunn to bring back the titular character on the big screen.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods' earnings at the domestic box office makes for one of the worst debut grosses of any Hollywood superhero film, as well as any film in Warner's DC Cinematic Universe. Unfortunately, the film didn't do much better in the foreign theaters either, grossing only $35 million from 78 international markets despite securing a release in China.
As a result, Shazam! Fury of the Gods only managed a combined gross of $65.5 million across domestic and international markets in its debut weekend.
Despite positive early reviews, Fury of the Gods didn't do much better with critics. On the review website Rotten Tomatoes, the film could only manage an approval rating of 53%, although it fared better with CinemaScore, managing a B+ rating.