Shazam!
Fandango and Warner Bros. are teaming up to hold other screening for DC’sShazam!two weeks ahead of the movie ’s theatrical release in April . Zack Snyder’sMan of Steelgot the DC cinematic universe move in 2013 and paved the way forWonder WomanandAquamansolo movies , both of which were grownup collision at the box spot and generally played well with critic and audience likewise . The franchise seems to have found its channel withthese non - teamup filmsand will continue the trend withShazam ! , starring Asher Angel as Billy Batson and Zachary Levi as Shazam : the superhero that Billy transforms into by call his name .
Shazam!has already commence screening for criticsand the reception has been quite positivist so far , as WB is no doubt pleased to hear . The studio apartment has been doing its part to promote the film by releasingmoreShazam!trailers and television fleck , just a few weeks before the moving picture hits theaters . They ’ve since revealed that they ’re teaming up with Fandango to host other screenings for the flick , for those who ’d care to get theirShazam!on as soon as potential .
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WB and Fandango have announced that they will be hostingShazam!screenings at 1,200 field on Saturday , March 23 , about two week before the movie hits theatre ( starting with Thursday preview screening on April 4 ) . ticket are now on sale andcan be bought HERE , but are exclusively on - sale for Fandango ’s very important person members .
latterly , more and more studios have started to embrace this practice session of screening their film early for make more positively charged buzz around them . WB did just that when it showedAquamanin over 1,200 theaters a calendar week early last December andtook in nearly $ 3 million from the sneak peep screenings . Sony did something interchangeable when it screenedJumanji : receive to the Jungleahead of its theatrical release in December 2017 , and DreamWorks Animation and Universal only just screenedHow to Train Your Dragon : The Hidden Worldthree calendar week too soon last calendar month . The strategy has figure out well in all these cases , allowing the movies to both pad their chess opening weekend grosses and get more people buzz about them soon before their arriver ( even as their marketing travail compound ) .
Shazam!should also benefit from the early screenings , when it total to both word of lip and its projected box power opening . The moving picture is n’t expect to scale the same commercial-grade elevation asWonder WomanandAquaman , but it does n’t demand to , either . Shazam!is reported to have cost about $ 90 million to produce , which ( for a modern superhero smash hit ) is a somewhat modest sum . It ’s also much more crime syndicate - favorable than its curtain raising weekend competition ( namely , Pet Sematary ) and may yet manage to rein the boxful office for a few week in April , beforeAvengers : Endgamelaunches at the end of the month .
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