Early positive word of mouth from critics could earn James Wan’s Aquaman $100 million-plus during its opening weekend at the domestic box office.
Early word from Aquaman screenings have been the most positive for DC since Wonder Woman and it appears the film will earn as much opening weekend as well. Ahead of official tracking estimates coming on Tuesday, The Wrap reports the upcoming superhero flick could earn $100 million-plus over its domestic opening weekend. This would be the first film to cross $100 million opening weekend domestically this year since Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.
$100 million-plus would give Aquaman the fourth-best opening weekend for the DCEU, beating out Justice League‘s $93 million and opening around Wonder Woman‘s $103 million and Man of Steel‘s $116 million. The highest opening weekend for any DC film currently belongs to Batman v Superman, which earned $166 million.
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Based on characters created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, the script has been written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Will Beall based on a story by Geoff Johns, Wan and Beall. Peter Safran and Rob Cowan have produced the film with Deborah Snyder, Zack Snyder, Jon Berg, Johns, and Walter Hamada serving as executive producers.
From Warner Bros. Pictures and director James Wan comes an acition-packed adventure that spans the vast, visually breathtaking underwater world of the seven seas, “Aquaman,” starring Jason Momoa in the title role. The film reveals the origin story of half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime—one that will not only force him to face who he really is, but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be… a king.
Directed by James Wan, Aquaman stars Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry, Amber Heard as Mera, Willem Dafoe as Vulko, Patrick Wilson as Orm / Ocean Master, Dolph Lundgren as Nereus, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Black Manta, Nicole Kidman as Atlanna, Ludi Lin as Captain Murk, and Temuera Morrison as Tom Curry.
Aquaman will be released in theaters on December 21, 2018. Stay tuned to Heroic Hollywood for the latest news on Aquaman as we learn it.
Source: The Wrap
