North American box office: "Thunder Shazam! Wrath of the Gods" premiered and won the championship

Los Angeles, March 3 (ZXS) -- Although the opening reputation is inferior to the first one, the superhero movie "Thunder Shazam! Wrath of the Gods (Shazam!) Fury of the Gods) still won the latest North American weekend box office chart by an overwhelming margin.

According to the film market data released by box office statistics website BoxOfficeMojo on March 3, the North American box office of 19 films (24-17) was about 19.9032 million US dollars, down more than 22% from the previous weekend.

As the only new face in the top ten North American weekend box office in this issue, the fantasy action comedy "Thunder Shazam!" that appeared on the 17th! Wrath of the Gods grossed about $3050.<> million at the opening weekend, accounting for one-third of all North American box office in the statistical period.

Shazam is a superhero owned by DC Comics, one of the two major comic book giants in the United States, and his comic book image was released in February 1940. The first "Thunder Shazam!" released in 2! 》(Shazam!) The cumulative box office of the film exceeded 2019 million US dollars in North America and 1 million US dollars at the global box office. It also performed well in terms of film reviews, with major movie websites rating it as an IMDb score of 4.3, an MTC score of 66, a freshness rating of 7% on Rotten Tomatoes, and an A CinemaScore.

This sequel was launched after 4 years, the director and screenwriter are basically the original team, and the cast includes American movie star Zachary Levy, Hollywood Chinese film and television star Liu Yuling, and the 79th Academy Award for Best Actress winner Helen Mirren. At present, the main movie websites evaluate it as IMDb score of 6.7, MTC score of 47, Rotten Tomatoes freshness of 53%, CinemaScore score of B+, 4 data are inferior to the previous work. Some viewers said that the film has a simple plot, extra points for acting skills and special effects, and is a "family" superhero movie.

Hit by the new film, although the number of theaters of "Scream VI" has not decreased, the box office fell by about 6% in the second release weekend, and it retired from the top of the previous list to the second place in this round with about 1750.7603 million US dollars. At present, the cumulative box office of this suspense thriller horror film in North America is about 1.16 million US dollars, plus overseas markets, the total box office has exceeded <> million US dollars so far.

"Creed III" (Creed III) fell from the runner-up of the previous list to the third place in this round with a weekend box office of about $3.1537 million, a decline of nearly 44% month-on-month. At present, this boxing series sports drama has earned nearly 1 million US dollars in North America, plus overseas markets, the total box office has exceeded 28 million US dollars so far.

With fewer theaters screened, "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania," which grossed about $407.43 million over the weekend, fell nearly 4% month-on-month, retreated from fourth place in the previous list to fifth place in this round. At present, the cumulative box office of this Marvel sci-fi sci-fi suspense action film in North America is nearly 5 million US dollars, plus overseas markets, the total box office so far is about 2 million US dollars.

In the new week, Hollywood star Keanu Reeves will star in the action thriller "John Wick: Chapter 4" and the comedy drama "The Lost King" and others will be released on March 4. (End)