Black Adam was actually bigger overseas than it was in the U.S., so it did make its budget back---just not in the U.S. I saw it, and while I felt that it had a generic look, I found the character of Black Adam to be interesting as an anti-hero---the twist near the end which showed why he became a bad guy was actually pretty interesting too. I think the only reason it was less bigger in the U.S. was because people were getting tired of superhero films, and spinoffs from superhero films. It was nice to see the Rock play not only a superhero, but one who was basically an anti-hero---I though he was perfect for the role, and that it was something totally different for him----since he rarely plays the bad guy. Bottom line, Black Adam wasn't as bad as everyone claimed it was----I've seen far worse films than that.
One thing I did like about Black Adam that no one ever mentioned or commented on---the fact that most of the main characters, including the lead, were mainly people of color. Other than Eternals (which I also liked) and the Black Panther films, that's not something you see that often in that genre.
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MickyMac (3254)
18 days ago
They spent too much money on the film, it needed 700 million to break even and nearly a billion to be considered a success and was built on the Snyderverse, a very negative disliked foundation.
Black Adam is a not an A list DC character, Black Adam is known for being tied to Shazam and Shazam isn't an A list DC character, if you look at the box office of the first Shazam movie and think probably a film about his villain that isn't tied to Shazam you shouldn't expect it to make 700 million dollars.
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