SHAZAM! Tracking For $145M+ Worldwide Launch After Impressive $5.9M Domestic Haul In Thursday Previews

@MCUKnight11 - you say that.....as if thats not the point of these movies. Smh lol my god

@LongMayHeReign - Thank you!

@LongMayHeReign - Thanks.

@LongMayHeReign - oh please its doing fine

small budget + big movie sales= sequel. Thats pretty common knowledge. You guys are exaggerating "it will only do enough to warrant a sequel"...

Whats the point of these superhero movies again??!?!?!?

@Bat4romHell - Ok let's talk for a moment, conservatively Shazam cost $140M in total ($90M budget, $50M marketing). Now most people who only look for simple answers would assume that Shazam would only need to make double that number to break even. But unfortunately that's not the case, as for that to happen WB would have to be guaranteed to recoup 50% of the box office WORLDWIDE.

But anyone who truly understands the box office knows that in foreign markets studios only get on average 45% and in multiple countries even less. China for example only gives back anywhere from 15%-25% of box office returns to the studio.

So to be safe a more accurate studio desire for profitability is actually 3x the budget and marketing costs. That would mean Shazam would need between $375M-$425M to break even, and based on it's current lower than expected performance overseas it's still guess work as to whether it can achieve that high end.

Where do you see the exaggeration in us simply talking numbers?

@CBMFilmJunkie - Read my above comment genius there's a lot more that goes into making a profit than just a $90M budget. Are you one of those idiots that thinks the studios get back 100% of the box office? What [frick]ing world are you living in where that actually happens?

Take your head out of the sand open your eyes and learn something for a change or don't if you're to dull but don't for one second act like you know what the hell you are talking about when it comes to box office.

@CBMFilmJunkie - When the hell did I or anyone for that matter say Shazam had to cross a billion? Most of the people on this site are pulling hard for Shazam (including me) but I won't preach nonsense like you seem to be.

If you look back my initial reply to you was not challenging that Shazam would make profit, it was that YOU said it would pull an "INSANE" profit. I don't know about you but when I think "INSANE" profit I think Deadpool, Infinity War, Aquaman and Venom. Proper word use is key when you are making claims.

And I don't care about how the population didn't know about Shazam because that wouldn't have been an issue had WB not stupidly placed it 3 weeks prior to the biggest movie in the history of cinema to get swallowed up in the hype.

And yes I would say exactly what I said exactly how I said it whether I was standing in front of you or not. I type how I talk, if that offends you then by all means you can block me but I get easily irritated when people act like they know all the facts even tho they don't so do with that what you will.

@KiranSolus - what..? The thing had the third highest opening day in China for WB 😂 why do people say stuff that is so easily disproven.