THE FLASH Faces Historic Second Weekend Drop As SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE And ELEMENTAL Fight For #1

THE FLASH Faces Historic Second Weekend Drop As SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE And ELEMENTAL Fight For #1

The hits keep coming for the Fastest Man Alive as The Flash is facing a historic second-weekend drop despite the fact that the film was sold to fans as "the greatest superhero movie ever."

News
By JoshWilding - Jun 24, 2023 04:06 AM EST
Filed Under: The Flash
Source: Deadline

Earlier this week, it looked like The Flash would remain #1 at the North American box office during its second weekend in theaters.

However, after it took the DCEU movie a week to earn what it was supposed to during its four-day opening, estimates have absolutely plummeted. According to Deadline, the Fastest Man Alive is facing a record-breaking 75% drop, the biggest for any superhero movie ever. 

As a result, The Flash is now taking aim a $14 million weekend after a $4.3 million Friday. That's even bigger than Green Lantern's 66% drop in 2011 and, by Sunday, the Scarlet Speedster will have earned only $86.3 million in the U.S.

This is a shocking result, especially after positive reactions from CinemaCon and claims that it's "the greatest superhero movie ever." For any number of reasons, audiences have rejected The Flash and it's on track to become one of Warner Bros.' biggest flops. 

To make matters even worse, The Flash may be facing a fourth-place finish as Jennifer Lawrence-led comedy, No Hard Feelings, eyes looks like for #3.

While some will jump on this as an example of superhero fatigue, DC fatigue might be more apt and both Blue Beetle and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom may be in trouble. 

Also dispelling that superhero fatigue myth is the fact Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Elemental are currently battling for the top spot. 

They're each eyeing an $18 million weekend, and it may not be until the weekend is over that we find out who came out on top. The Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse sequel has serious legs, though, and should have made over $315 million by Sunday.

"A contender for the best Spider-Man film yet and easily the greatest animated movie ever made," we said in our review, "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is a jaw-dropping spectacle, a feast for the senses, and an instant Marvel classic."

In contrast, we concluded our review of The Flash by saying, "Far from the greatest superhero movie ever made and not quite among the worst, The Flash is still another mediocre effort from the DCEU with appalling VFX and a messy story that the excellent Michael Keaton and Sasha Calle alone are unable to save."

What do you plan on watching in theaters this weekend? 

THE FLASH's Sasha Calle Says It Was Heartbreaking To Be Replaced As Supergirl After Signing Multi-Film Deal
Related:

THE FLASH's Sasha Calle Says It Was "Heartbreaking" To Be Replaced As Supergirl After Signing Multi-Film Deal
Should THE FLASH Star Ezra Miller Be Given A Chance To Play The Scarlet Speedster Again?
Recommended For You:

Should THE FLASH Star Ezra Miller Be Given A Chance To Play The Scarlet Speedster Again?

DISCLAIMER: As a user generated site and platform, ComicBookMovie.com is protected under the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) and "Safe Harbor" provisions.

This post was submitted by a user who has agreed to our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines. ComicBookMovie.com will disable users who knowingly commit plagiarism, piracy, trademark or copyright infringement. Please CONTACT US for expeditious removal of copyrighted/trademarked content. CLICK HERE to learn more about our copyright and trademark policies.

Note that ComicBookMovie.com, and/or the user who contributed this post, may earn commissions or revenue through clicks or purchases made through any third-party links contained within the content above.

Do you have what it takes to write for us?
Want to contribute?
1 2 3
Spagett
Spagett - 6/24/2023, 4:10 AM
Just saw t a 2nd time. It's good, this is sad.
KurtLazner
KurtLazner - 6/24/2023, 4:28 AM
@Spagett - Doesn't matter how good it is. Ezra Miller's a pos
Spagett
Spagett - 6/24/2023, 4:36 AM
@KurtLazner - You're right! He threw a chair and chocked that woman (definitely NOT funny), It's good that no one's turning out to see any DC movies at all. This bodes well for the future!
Spagett
Spagett - 6/24/2023, 4:36 AM
choked*
Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 6/24/2023, 4:36 AM
@KurtLazner - Doesn't matter how pos Ezra Miller's is. It is good
Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 6/24/2023, 4:38 AM
@Spagett -
these are the lesser bads, he done much worst
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 6/24/2023, 5:34 AM
@Spagett - "It's good that no one's turning out to see any DC movies at all."

Interesting you put it like that. I suppose it's possible that the low returns on Black Adam and Shazam 2 could have been due to WBD's choice to keep Ezra and support him.
They could have cancelled it like Batgirl or replaced him like All The Money in the World, but they chose to champion him instead.

Doesn't bode well for the DCU does it? If they keep him I mean.

And every day they don't announce that he's gone they will probably continue to lose money. I mean the film has flopped, it's obvious why and there are still no announcements.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 6/24/2023, 8:35 AM
@Spagett - Legit question, are you guys paying to see it?
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 6/24/2023, 9:30 AM
@TheHumanSpider2 - nope not a chance. And F this company for making superhero toys with Ezra for children and promoting it as the greatest super hero movie ever. They tried to sweep his actions under the rug and hope we all would forget, but in my case that back-fired cause I now have an open disdain for all those involved in this production who stayed silent and promoted this asshole.
ThorArms
ThorArms - 6/24/2023, 4:16 AM
Might not make $125m domestic. Wow!
dhlthecobra
dhlthecobra - 6/24/2023, 4:22 AM
BuzzKillington
BuzzKillington - 6/24/2023, 6:57 AM
@Superheromoviefan -

TheBlueMorpho
TheBlueMorpho - 6/24/2023, 4:48 AM
mprtracr1 - 5/26/2023, 9:31 AM

"My fam already has 4 tickets for Father's day.

I don't believe this nonsense at all. Not one bit of it.

It'll make bank."

https://comicbookmovie.com/the-flash/the-flash-box-office-tracking-now-points-to-a-140-million-disappointing-70-million-opening-weekend-a203467#gs.1arpwt
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 6/24/2023, 4:52 AM
It's funny how a half assed adaptation of Flashpoint became an actual flashpoint
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 6/24/2023, 4:55 AM
@ProfessorWhy - I'm sure WB is just chomping at the bit to spend money on Creature Commandos (FFS) right now.

Shut it down
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 6/24/2023, 5:06 AM
Where are all those pedo apologist that's said this film was gonna be the highest grossing of the film?💁
rkshuttleworth
rkshuttleworth - 6/24/2023, 5:18 AM
@AmazingFILMporg - my Lord, i never read anything by "pedo apologist", but you are a simp for Josh Wilding and his negative influence though.
SATW42
SATW42 - 6/24/2023, 5:42 AM
@rkshuttleworth - negative influence? How popular do you think this site is to actually believe it took down this movie?
DarthAlgar
DarthAlgar - 6/24/2023, 11:05 AM
@AmazingFILMporg - Nobody ever said that dumbass, and you know it.

Go back to playing with your red polkadot clown dildo. 😆
DarthAlgar
DarthAlgar - 6/24/2023, 11:18 AM
@SATW42 - Exactly. This website has the credibility of a singular random Twitter user.
SATW42
SATW42 - 6/24/2023, 4:48 PM
@DarthAlgar - so stop crying about it ya wang
captainireland
captainireland - 6/24/2023, 5:27 AM
"unanimously rejected"

Such typical CBM hyperbole. It may have underperformed, but the fact that people have paid to see it at all and don't all hate it means that by definition it hasn't been "unanimously rejected". Good grief. Are you completely incapable of objective reporting of facts or do you just need a dictionary? 🙄
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 6/24/2023, 5:49 AM
@captainireland -

The film is failing by every financial basic standard. Are you overdosing on copium? Should we call 911?🤕
captainireland
captainireland - 6/24/2023, 6:37 AM
@AmazingFILMporg - I'm not denying it's failing, I'm just saying "unanimously rejected" is wrong. My point isn't about The Flash, it's about the exaggeration and lack of objectivity in news articles in general on this site.
kylo0607
kylo0607 - 6/24/2023, 7:40 AM
@captainireland - When no one is turning up to see this film on a WORLDWIDE scale and it's about to face one of the biggest (if not the biggest) superhero movie historic 2nd weekend drop, I think it's safe to say it's getting "unanimously rejected" lol.
four20smoke
four20smoke - 6/24/2023, 8:13 AM
@kylo0607 - I think you are missing the point and just propagated the same useless data.

When you say "no one", it doesn't mean "not alot people", it means "no one person". Unanimously means everyone involved. There are obviously folks seeing the movie since it's a 75% drop off and not 100%.

P.S. the movie sucked major balls, but let's let it kill itself and not over exaggerate it's failure.
TyrantBossMedia
TyrantBossMedia - 6/24/2023, 8:35 AM
@captainireland - Nope. Josh always has to inject his opinion and never stops no matter how many times he has to be corrected by @natebest.
captainireland
captainireland - 6/24/2023, 8:35 AM
@kylo0607 - what @four20smoke said.
captainireland
captainireland - 6/24/2023, 8:36 AM
@TyrantBossMedia - indeed.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 6/24/2023, 8:37 AM
@captainireland - Nobody paid to see it.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 6/24/2023, 8:37 AM
@kylo0607 - Is not only the drop, is the fact the OW was already one of the worst ever.
captainireland
captainireland - 6/24/2023, 9:32 AM
@TheHumanSpider2 - I paid to see it. And my ticket didn't cost 170 million dollars, so I'm guessing others paid to see it too. Again, not denying it's a box office bomb, just commenting on the exaggeration of saying "unanimously rejected". "Largely" would be a more appropriate word. My problem is with the wording and lack of journalistic objectivity of news articles in general on this site, not with anyone reporting The Flash is a financial failure or saying they didn't like the movie.
MochaKing
MochaKing - 6/24/2023, 5:33 AM
I think it deserves to tank... Not that I wanted it that way... For me it was just enjoyable at parts. After watching twice I hated goofy Barry... it was soooooo annoying. I mean I liked dramatic moments... but instead more various serious themes they went for cheap comedy. Which made movie uneven and jarring. Also death of 2 supporting heroes left no impact.. infact found the dialogue same as Martha scene in BVS. Final death was really comical
1 2 3
Related Headlines
Latest Headlines

Hot Headlines Hot Headlines

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Anime & Manga

Gaming

Horror

Cartoons & Animated Features

Action Movies & TV

Pro Wrestling & MMA News
View Recorder