Box Office Battle: ‘Shazam 2’ opens with underwhelming $30.5M

"Scream VI" placed number 2 with another $17.5M

"Box Office Battle" is The Fly’s weekly roundup of what movies topped the weekend’s box office.

Warner Bros. (WBD) “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” opened to a dismal $30.5M domestically from 4,071 locations, making it the worst debut for a title in the DC Cinematic Universe. Overseas, the movie earned $35M for a worldwide cume of $65.5M. “Shazam 2” has a 54% Rotten Tomatoes score and a B+ CinemaScore.

BOX OFFICE RUNNER-UPS: Paramount’s (PARA) “Scream VI” fell to number 2 with $17.5M for a domestic total of $76M. Behind it was MGM (AMZN) and Michael B. Jordan’s “Creed III” with another $15.4M in its third outing. Sony’s (SONY) “65” placed number 4 with $5.8M from 3,405 locations. Rounding out the top five, Disney’s (DIS) “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantomania” grossed an estimated $4.1M.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:

1. “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” – $30.5M
2. “Scream VI” – $17.5M
3. “Creed III” – $15.4M
4. “65” – $5.8M
5. “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantomania” – $4.1M

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