The character had originally been planned to launch as a villain in 2019's "Shazam!" before executives pivoted to give Black Adam a standalone feature. "Black Adam" took a circuitous route to reach theaters. It collected $73 million internationally for a $140 million global haul.
Moviegoers were kinder, giving the film a B+ CinemaScore. "Black Adam," which stars Johnson as an ancient Egyptian summoned to the modern day, was notably hobbled by poor reviews (40 percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes). Still, "Black Adam" managed the highest opening weekend since "Thor: Love and Thunder" debuted with $143 million in July. The $67 million debut fell well shy of that stratosphere, even with the considerable draw of Johnson acting in his first superhero movie.
"Black Adam" was a $200-million bid to upset the power balance in a DC Extended Universe dominated by the likes of Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman. Comics character he spent a decade to bring to the big screen. Warner Bros.' "Black Adam" opened with an estimated $67 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, handing Dwayne Johnson his biggest box-office weekend as a leading man and launching the D.C. 'Black Adam,' starring Dwayne Johnson, debuts with $67 million
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