Despite high hopes, DCEU is left to lament the miserable performance of The Flash at the box office. The latest film in the DC universe was not only an attempt to experiment with the concept of multiverse, but also a notable chance provided to the scandalous actor Ezra Miller. But unfortunately, the movie failed to meet its own meager box office projections.
So much so, DC’s The Flash suffers a crushing defeat before its competitor, Marvel’s Eternals, and Black Widow. It is believed that DC’s attempt at The Flash promotion and marketing failed just like the movie. Even the notable cameos from legendary actors like Michael Keaton and George Clooney couldn’t save the movie from its sinking revenue.
The Flash Suffers Miserably At The Box Office
There is no sugarcoating to the fact that DC’s superhero adventure movie The Flash, starring Ezra Miller is suffering a significant loss. Released during the weekend of June 16th, 2023, the movie was expected to turn into a summer blockbuster. However, entirely missing the mark, The Flash stumbled with $55M as an opening revenue over 3 days.
The big looming question about the movie’s ultimate global box office earning tickles people’s minds in the wake of Ezra Miller‘s tabloid-laden reported budget of $200M. Based on several aspects prior to the release of the movie, Warner Bros and DC decided to keep their expectations low and thus presented an opening box office projection of $70M to $75M in 3 days.
However, unfortunately, even to the Studio’s surprise, The Flash failed to meet its own box office projections, despite the tactically maintained low expectations. Proceeding at a losing speed, the movie even failed to overtake DC’s own production Black Adam which evidently appeared as a failure following its $67M domestic opening.
Thus, Ezra Miller’s movie earning $55M domestically with a $75M international take, bringing it up to $139M overall, appears as a bad sign for the franchise. But with all things said, The Flash might appear as a milestone for DC’s future financial failures.
The Flash Opens Below Marvel’s Eternals and Black Widow
Apart from struggling to meet its own skimpy box office projections and facing competition from DC’s Black Adam, Ezra Miller’s The Flash appears to be failing around its competitor, Marvel’s Eternals, and Black Widow. Despite James Gunn’s plans and experiments with DCEU, as The Flash fails to meet its own expectations at the box office, the movie starts facing competition from its rival, Marvel Studios.
It took Marvel’s Eternals five days to earn $5.25M, which Black Widow earned in its Fri-Sun. Thus, evidently, Eternals was starting to appear as Marvel’s first flop since The Incredible Hulk. However, the movie, as a part of MCU’s phase four, took its pace and managed to earn $402M worldwide, surpassing Black Widow‘s $379M gross.
Although Marvel’s Eternals and Black Widow appear among the Studio’s greatest flops, as MCU movies often tend to earn billions, it still made an impact better than DC’s The Flash. Considering the slow pace at which the Speedster’s story is performing at the box office it isn’t expected to make even $350M at the global box office. Expected to engrave its name on the list below Black Adam, Eternals, Black Widow, and even Uncharted, Ezra Miller’s The Flash might present an overwhelming loss of $300M to Warner Bros.
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