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“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” topped the North American box office this weekend with an estimated $30.5 million opening, but that represented a sharp dropoff from the original blockbuster and analysts called the result disappointing.
“This is a soft opening for a non-Marvel superhero follow-up, down substantially from ‘Shazam 1,’” said industry analyst David A. Gross. Hollywood Reporter called it “one of the worst starts for a major Hollywood superhero film.”
The original “Shazam!” enjoyed a $53.5 million opening in April 2019, while the sequel, a DC Studios/New Line production distributed by Warner Bros. and starring Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Adam Brody and Rachel Zegler, cost more than $110 million to make and has had tepid reviews, according to Variety.
