jan 13, 2019 - Amber Heard 13 January 2019 AQUAMAN BOX OFFICE Aquaman Officially a $1Billion Movie
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FROM FORBES:Box Office: 'Aquaman' Just Topped $1 Billion, And Here's A Big Reason Why
By Scott Mendelson
Yes, Aquaman topped $1 billion worldwide yesterday with a current $1.02b global cume, becoming the 37th such title to do so since 1997, and the 17th to do so just in the last four years (Furious 7 was the 20th back in April of 2015). That includes $287.862 million in domestic earnings over the last 24 days and $732m in overseas earnings since opening in China in early December.
The film has earned $288 million in China alone becoming the fourth-biggest export behind Avengers: Infinity War and the last two Fast and Furious movies. It has already earned a whopping 3.97x weekend-to-final multiplier in North America, making it leggier than Black Panther ($700m/$202m) and almost as leggy as Wonder Woman ($413m/$103m).
It is almost certain to pass $312 million domestic and thus become the leggiest comic book superhero movie since Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ($135m/$25m) in 1990 and the leggiest superhero flick since Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves ($165m/$25m) in 1991. The film earned another $17.265m in North America this weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend and a sign that it still might crawl past the $324m cume of Deadpool 2 (counting Once Upon A Deadpool’s $6m gross) to become the year's fifth-biggest domestic earner.
You’ve probably read much of this before, along with the oft-explained reasons for its popularity. It got decent reviews, and even the pans noted the sheer size and gonzo scale of the movie along with its unapologetically goofy fantastical pleasures.It played to DC Films fans, to general superhero audiences and to those who wanted to see the court-appointed year-end mega-movie. Relatively speaking, it was this season’s Lord of the Rings/Hobbit/Star Wars flick and was received accordingly.
It was also, and this is key (since we’re still seeing posts asking if Matt Reeves’ The Batman can “save the DC Universe”), the first Aquaman movie as opposed to the third reboot. Save for Spider-Man: Homecoming, most of the superhero movies that broke out since at least 2016 have been a “first.”
Batman v Superman was the first live-action team-up for the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight, with a Wonder Woman cameo to boot. Suicide Squad offered Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, while Deadpool was an R-rated superhero action comedy with Ryan Reynolds as the fan-favorite character he was born to play. Doctor Strange was the first Doctor Strange movie, Wonder Woman was the first Wonder Woman movie, and Venom was the first solo Venom flick.
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