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I'm fully on board Mario's 150M+ 5-day, 400M+ domestic train.

You know what, I’m in the camp of “this was actually pretty fun!” Definitely agree with the RT consensus that it’s less focused than the first. And it’s got some dumb moments for sure, but it’s also a hell of a lot of fun (and surprisingly a good amount of the humour lands) so the dumb stuff doesn’t stick out as much as it did in Black Adam.

That’s super early for the report to be at all accurate.

Going with 9.5 based on local comps.

Hard Feelings, but I think that’s cause Elemental is moving Even if it doesn’t, I think Elemental had a 45/110 run. No Hard Feelings 25/75.

Not to jump the gun here, but if you were to tell me in... 2015? That a John Wick sequel was going to out-open every single Mission: Impossible movie, and every single Bond movie (save for Skyfall... maybe) EVER, I would have called you nuts.

Sales are crazy strong over the weekend. Saturday even slightly above Friday presales in some locations, and Sunday already about half of Saturday. Just nuts.

From what I'm hearing from people, I'm getting MI: Fallout vibes from this... just vastly superior in every way to predecessors. Wondering if it can replicate MI6's success box office-wise. Upping my prediction to 75/215.

Am re-watching the first Shazam before seeing this new one tomorrow (haven't watched it since theaters) and it's... pretty good? I'm only about a half-hour in, and while it does feel quaint at times, it feels very focused on its characters so far. And I love when these big-budget blockbusters are able to tell a really good character-driven story. Well-done Shazam 1.

It really seems like 8M previews/70M weekend is the target based on this thread.

One thing that I'm seeing pretty consistently is that pre-sales are strong THROUGHOUT the weekend, not just on Thursday. In fact, in many cases, Friday is twice as strong as Thursday, and Saturday is even above Thursday. I think legs throughout the weekend will be good. If this can manage 8M previews, I think 70M is a done deal, and even approaching 80 is possible.

Pre-sales are generally pretty good around me. Not a huge breakout or anything, but something close to a 40M opening wouldn't surprise me.

I've got time to rewatch 1, maybe 2 of the previous John Wicks before seeing this. Which should I prioritize, and in what order? Thinking 1 first, then if I have time watch 3, then 2 if there's time. Whichever I don't get to, I'll watch some 5 minute YouTube recap.

I'm thinking 70-75+ could be on the table. Not guaranteed, but sales are insane.

What a cast.

Well... better than it could have been I guess. Not GOOD by any stretch, but I was genuinely starting to think we were in for a bomb for the ages (15-17M opening lol).

Guessing Canada might just be underindexing for Shazam lol. All of my comps point to around 2-2.2M. Guess 3.5 or so doesn't sound so bad after looking at the dismal numbers I've been seeing all night.

I really have the sense that this is going to be good. Love the cast, the trailer got really good reactions at Creed 3, I think this could be a WOM hit in April.

Wow, the longer this night goes on the worse these numbers get...

Holy, the numbers I'm looking at. They aren't pretty...

Just an anecdote, Mummies is currently the #1 selling film in Canada today as of 12:00 PST (about 40% ahead of Shazam's total ticket sales as of right now) on Shazam's OPENING NIGHT! Now, Shazam's higher ticket price and PLFs will more than make up for that, but this is sad LMAO.

Shame this is going to bomb. Looking forward to it, and I really liked the first one. Was thinking if rewatching it this week as well, haven’t seen it since theaters.

LOL I'm going through 15-year-old me's old posts from nearly a decade ago and... why was I so much better at predicting box office back then than I am now I basically predicted this movie's gross 8 FREAKING YEARS BEFORE IT CAME OUT

For context... John Wick 4 has sold more tickets for its Thursday night 6:45 showing at ONE THEATER that I track than Shazam has sold for the entire weekend at that theater... plus 2 more theaters I track, COMBINED. This shit is hilarious y'all. Wick coming for that 70M+, and I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if Shazam ends up around 17-18M. (btw, I keep refreshing both theaters I used to work at. Still at ZERO. Will update if that ever changes)

Here's what ChatGPT had to say. Generally speaking, it might be considered "funny" by some people if Shazam: Fury of the Gods bombs at the box office because it is a follow-up to the successful 2019 film Shazam!, and there may be significant amusement in seeing a sequel underperform compared to the original. Additionally, there may be some entertainment value for some individuals in seeing a big-budget movie fail, particularly if they hold a negative view towards the film industry, the superhero genre, or the DC Extended Universe franchise.