Aquaman Passes Batman V Superman at Domestic Box Office

Aquamanhas passedBatman V Superman : Dawn of Justiceat the North American box office , becoming the secondly - highest - gross DCEU picture domestically . asterisk Jason Momoa as the titular superhero , Aquamanopened to a healthy $ 67 million when it drop over the Christmas holiday .

There was of course a time when the cerebration of anAquamanmovie was moot a jape , and indeed the mind was even lampoon on the HBO seriesEntourage(with assist from James Cameron ) . But after making a abbreviated cameo show inBatman V Superman , and then seem in a larger part inJustice League , Aquamanwas hold by Warner Bros. to be ready for his own spotlight moving picture . Director James Wan ultimately delivered anAquamanmovie that wowed audience with its spectacular visuals while harbour them with its humor and action at law .

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As report byBox Office Mojo , Aquamanhas now surpassed the $ 331 million mark in domestic slate cut-rate sale , allow it to swim pastBatman V Superman : Dawn of Justiceon the all - time list . When it comes to DCEU movies , Aquamannow trails onlyWonder Woman , which grossed $ 412 million in 2017 . What makesAquaman ’s operation more telling is that it did open to $ 67 million , far behind the $ 166 million taken in byBatman V Supermanin its opening weekend . Aquaman ’s leg have thus far been very strong , allowing it to rack up big grosses over clock time .

Internationally , Aquaman ’s performancehas been even more impressive , as the moving picture has now taken in $ 1.13 billion worldwide . That makes it far - and - by the substantially - performing DCEU moving-picture show globally , withBatman V Supermanwell behind at $ 873 million . With numbers game like that , it ’s no surprisethatAquamanis set for a sequel , with James Wan maybe returning to engineer ( though the director is said to be waiting for the right hand ) . In addition to a proper sequel , Aquamanis also getting its own “ repulsion tinge ” spinoff centeredon the Atlantean kinship group The Trench .

After all the worry over the future of the DCEU come after the failure ofJustice League , DC and Warner Bros. must be thrill at the stellar performance ofAquaman . For the most part , the DCEU will now move off from big team - up motion-picture show and alternatively focus on case-by-case characters , with solo picture amount up forJokerandShazam ! , and of class the sequelWonder Woman 1984 . The semi - exception to this approach would beBirds of Prey ( And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn ) , which is something of a team - up film , though as the title suggest it should mostly revolve around on Margot Robbie ’s Harley Quinn . It seems Warner Bros. and DC have decided that put cargo of superhero characters together a laThe Avengersis not the good strategy for them , but instead they should focus on comparatively more modest and focussed write up ( if a movie likeAquamancan in any path be called modest and focused ) .