Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Black Adam’ Monday’s Best Fall, Among Stars’ Heights – Deadline

Let’s celebrate this fall’s box-office boom days where we can, a season severely hampered by a lack of marquee production.

But thanks New lineof Dwayne Johnson dc movie, Black Adamit is changing.

After the pic posted the best opening of the actor’s solo star career with $67 million domestic ($140 million WW), Black Adam spotted the best Mondays and weekdays (excluding Fridays) this fall. $4.5 million Before Paramount Smile which earned $2.98 million on Tuesday, October 4th. The total sum of 4 days of the film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra is: $71.5 million.

Black AdamMonday surpasses the last epidemic in October Halloween kills ($2.7 million) and Sand dune ($1.75M), both of which were available theatrically day-and-date on the studio’s respective streaming services Peacock and HBO Max, as well as on First Monday. The end of Halloween ($1.75 million), which was in a similar distribution situation.

However, among Johnson’s first Mondays at the domestic box office, Black Adam is a pretty powerful besting Central intelligence ($4 million), Jumanji: The next level ($3.58 million), Jungle cruise ($3.7 million), Skyscraper ($2.56 million) and Fury ($2.5 million). DC Seven Bucks Anti-Hero continues Johnson’s First Mondays Hobbs and Shaw ($5.87 million) and San Andreas ($4.8 million). Though Black Adam has a lighter Monday than Hobbs and Shaw, it’s before that Fast and gassy spinoff with its 4-day total up 8%, bringing that picture’s comparable total to $65.9 million at the same point in time.

Though Black Adam It faces wide competition from Lionsgate’s release this weekend Hunt for the devilThe film is expected to dominate its second weekend with $27-$30 million, -55% to 60%.