Shazam Fury Of The Gods Box Office Mojo (2024)

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Was Shazam Fury of the Gods a success? ›

It was also a box-office bomb, grossing $134 million worldwide against a production budget of $110–125 million.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods serves as the sequel to Shazam! released in 2019. The film continues the story of Billy Batson who — upon reciting the magic word "SHAZAM!" — is struck by the Living Lightning of the gods and transformed into his adult superhero alter ego.

"Shazam! Fury of the Gods" cost a reported $125 million to produce, not factoring in marketing and promotion costs. Internationally, it grossed $35 million from 77 overseas markets including China, bringing its total earnings to $65.5 million.

Neither Mirren nor unicorns are enough to make this worth seeing. Content collapsed. Shazam! Fury of the Gods could be the end of the road for this incarnation of the character and while it may not be as good as the first film, it is a fine enough note to potentially leave on Content collapsed.

The announcement of the DCU reboot by James Gunn was a significant factor in the underperformance of Shazam 2. The uncertainty surrounding the future of the Shazam franchise, coupled with the confirmation that the old DCEU was coming to an end, led to a loss of interest among fans.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods would have needed to have brought in around $250 million to break-even, but this isn't factoring in marketing and promotional costs. Since Fury of the Gods only grossed $133.5 million, it was far from its target and marked a dramatic loss for DC.

We do know that a third Shazam! movie was planned, but the idea was ultimately scrapped when the Dceu went through a revamp. Our good friends at ComicBookMovie.com had a talk with Asher Angel, the star of the Shazam!

Shazam is commonly known as the World's Mightiest Mortal. He can spread his power with the rest of the Shazam Family. Shazam is also one of the few heroes who have knocked out Superman.

Johnson was attached to Shazam! early in development and confirmed to portray the villain Black Adam in September 2014, but the producers, at Johnson's urging, later decided to give the character his own film.

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Is Black Adam Shazam? ›

He's many times treated in classic comics as being more optimistic than Superman himself. Thus, while they share the same symbol, similar costumes, and even have identical superpowers, Black Adam and Shazam are not the same.

But Fury of the Gods (now streaming on Max) also features another key DC figure: Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman, who makes a surprise cameo near the end of the film.

“They were trying to decide if they wanted to have one actor play both the human form and superhero form for the first one as well because she's older, and a lot of the time in the comics, Mary visually didn't change that much.” Ultimately, the decision was made for the sequel to allow Currey to step into both roles.

Fury of the Gods' ending, Wonder Woman makes a partial appearance earlier on in the film. Billy has a dream where he's on a date with Gadot's character in Paris and tries to turn down a partnership with her. Disgruntled, the dream Wonder Woman stands to leave.

The original Shazam, in contrast, reviewed well and performed well enough to warrant a sequel, and ended up grossing $366 million globally. Not incredible by most superhero standards, but solid enough in the DCEU at the time. This sequel, Fury of the Gods, looks to dramatically underperform that.

In addition, the balance between humor and action was poorly achieved. The high standards of comedy and wit set by the first Shazam! film were not met by Fury of the Gods. The humor sometimes felt forced and out of place, and the action scenes were overly violent and gloomy for a family-friendly film.

After two weeks in play, Aquaman 2 stands at $81.7 million in the US and $173.6 million overseas for a combined global tally of $255.3 million to date. We're not about to say that its total is exceptional, especially for a blockbuster with a reported $205 million budget.