Why make a sequel? The first one opened well and, despite making close to $366M worldwide, made a little profit for New Line with a net of $74M. General audiences on Comscore/Screen Engine’s PostTrak gave the first film four stars. That said, the first Shazam! was able to pull off an A CinemaScore. The sequel is currently 54% Rotten with Critics with an 84% audience score, this versus the 2019 installment that was 90% certified fresh with an 82% audience score. We’ll keep watch if its situation improves. That doesn’t seem to be the case here with Shazam! Fury of the Gods. We’ve been in a hot marketplace whereby sequels have been setting franchise-opening records, read Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ($106.1M), Creed III ($58.3M) and Scream VI ($44.4M). Sandberg, is expected to come in under the first and will be lucky to hit $40M (domestic outlook is $35M, $85M global). ‘Shazam! Fury Of The Gods’ Premiere: Zachary Levi On DC Franchise Future Under “Excellent Leaders” James Gunn & Peter Safran: “It All Comes Down To What The People Want”įury of the Gods, from the same director as Chapter 1, David F. There’s also critical comparison to the first installment.” RelishMix adds, “Convo on Shazam: Fury of the Gods runs mixed with some chatter excited for Fast Saga’s Helen Mirren and the Eminem song in the trailer - spun with uncertainty about the playful, silly, goofy tone of the few materials in rotation on YouTube along with comparisons to other DC characters who travel down deeper darker paths. Says RelishMix, “ Shazam 2’s large cast is well activated with materials from worldwide press tour, talk shows and behind-the-scenes elements, giving fans loads to chew through including Zachary Levi at 2.2M fans, Meagan Good at 16.9M, Asher Angle at 13.6M including TikTok and YouTube, Ross Butler at 12.4M, Jack Dylan Grazer at 4.1M, Rachel Zegler at 1.1M and director David Sandberg who came from directing the micro budget Lights Out for Warner Bros, now at 196K fans.” However, the campaign made ground on TikTok with over 80M views for studio-owned materials. Social media analytics firm RelishMix measured a social media universe across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok of 385.5M, +4% over Shazam!, but 27% off superhero genre norms.
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