Black Adam‘s now expected opening of $60M-$62M by many measures is a solid start, and is the best domestic debut for Dwayne Johnson

Black Adam looks to even beat the Fast & Furious spinoff Hobbs and Shaw in which Johnson costarred with Jason Statham, that pic opening to $60.03M.

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Friday repped the Rock’s Best Opening Day in a solo star vehicle, now at $26.8M

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Friday repped the Rock’s Best Opening Day in a solo star vehicle, now at $26.8M

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there’s a great diverse turnout of audiences for Black Adam, with 29% Black, 26% Hispanic, 25% Caucasian and 13% Asian.

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There is an argument to be made that Black Adam is off its early $70M projection when it first hit tracking, and that Warner Bros.’ DC is still opening-gross wise in the shadow of Marvel’s $100M streak track record

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realize that Black Adam is a deeper DC universe character, and such IPs rarely even approach a $100M opening figure. Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy was an anomaly at $94.3M and DC’s Shazam! opened to $53.5M.

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Black Adam drew 65% guys, 35% women,

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