Warner Bros./DC’s “Black Adam”It has been No. It has remained No. 1 for a third weekend, as industry estimates project it to earn $17.5million. This is in addition to the new Crunchyroll anime release. “One Piece Film Red.”
Dwayne Johnson’s blockbuster continues to follow the trajectory of Marvel’s “Eternals” with an estimated total of $136 million after three weekends, a cume identical to Chloe Zhao’s November 2021 release. Without a Chinese release, which still hasn’t been announced by Warner Bros., “Black Adam” is likely to finish with a global total of around $400 million, roughly breaking even like Dwayne Johnson’s other DC release, “DC League of Super-Pets,”This summer.
“Black Adam”As the superhero movie audience shifts to next weekend, it is expected that there will be a sharp drop in attendance. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,”It is expected to open on the biggest weekend of the year, and it will be the largest ever. Although projections target an opening of $175m, rival distributors believe it will exceed $200m.
Sony/Crunchyroll’s “One Piece Film Red”The sole newcomer to charts is Earning $4.7 Million through Friday. Industry estimates predict a $10,000,000 opening from 2,410 theaters.
This is only half the $21.8million opening for Crunchyroll’s other Crunchyroll release “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero”Earned during the late August dead box office period, it is substantially higher than the $1.3million total “One Piece: Stampede”Crunchyroll earned an event release award in 2019, proving how Crunchyroll continues to draw a larger audience to theaters, and can now support wide-releases for multiple films per calendar year.