THE FLASH Took In Even Less Than Initially Reported Over 4-Day Debut

THE FLASH Took In Even Less Than Initially Reported Over 4-Day Debut

We hate to kick a movie when it's down, but things are looking even worse for The Flash than initial box office reports suggested, as the movie has taken in just over $61 million since Thursday...

By MarkCassidy - Jun 20, 2023 12:06 PM EST
Filed Under: The Flash

The Flash just can't catch a break.

The latest box office figures are in, and the Scarlet Speedster's first (and likely last) big-screen adventure has actually taken in $3 million less than initially reported, with $61.2 million over the course of its 4-day domestic debut.

Could a better international performance make a significant difference? Possibly, but the film isn't off to a great start overseas, either, and finished the weekend with a global haul of just $138.7M.

With a reported $200M+ budget and a massive P/A campaign, The Flash has a long road ahead.

The movie's disappointing bow is likely due to several factors, but whatever is contributing to the lack of interest, it seems clear that the DCEU is simply failing to resonate with general audiences on the same level as the MCU. The brand really is in dire need of a fresh coat of paint, so James Gunn and Peter Safran's DCU reboot couldn't have come at a better time.

The Flash was touted as a must-see cinematic event by Gunn and others, with Warner Bros. doing everything in its power to hype up the film, likely in an effort to counteract the negative headlines generated by star Ezra Miller's recent brushes with the law. Whether this ultimately had an impact on ticket sales is obviously up for debate.

"Directed by Andy Muschietti, The Flash features Barry Allen traveling back in time in order to change events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Super Heroes to help. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian…albeit not the one he’s looking for.

Ultimately, to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry’s only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?"

The Flash is produced by Barbara Muschietti and Michael Disco, with a screenplay by Christina Hodson, and a screen story by John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein and Joby Harold, based on characters from DC. Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Double Dream/a Disco Factory production of an Andy Muschietti film.

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UrbanTheEmcee
UrbanTheEmcee - 6/20/2023, 12:30 PM
Ok.
Amaru
Amaru - 6/20/2023, 12:32 PM
I hope this guarantees that Ezra doesn't get another shot.

It should but WB has never made the right decisions... Maybe their new leadership will.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 6/20/2023, 12:55 PM
@Amaru - it took the film tanking for Gunn to even consider getting rid of the PEDOPHILE and even still it's up in the air.


Gunn is looking like a mistake every day 💁
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 6/20/2023, 1:17 PM
@AmazingFILMporg - I think it’s more of an Andy thing. Them courting him for Batman probably came with the bargaining chip of keeping Ezra as Flash of the movie did well. Now that’s pure speculation and I could easily be very wrong but I don’t see a scenario where Gunn and Safari come in and think Ezra is good for business without something else going on
Amaru
Amaru - 6/20/2023, 1:22 PM
@AmazingFILMporg - I know you like to pretend to be dumb for your persona here but you are too smart to think that anything that has happened so far with that film Gunn had anything to do with.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 6/20/2023, 1:43 PM
@Amaru - There is one thing. The ending.
Each regime tailored the ending to suit the future of the DC franchise.
Gunn comes in and throws that opportunity away by doing a Clooney gag instead.

He could have teased the DCU with a casting reveal. Imagine how much interest it would have generated if you got the first look at Superman atthe end of this film. Or Batman.

Gunn is literally casting Superman now, he could have delayed The Flash by a couple of months or sped up his audition process. Muschietti is directing Batman, he's been working on a Batman heavy movie for years, there is no way he does not have a shortlist for his Batman.
pitbull76
pitbull76 - 6/20/2023, 2:23 PM
@AmazingFILMporg - No a mistake is what you're parents called you growing up.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 6/20/2023, 2:47 PM
@AmazingFILMporg - Miller probably got his start in hollywood being on the bottom end of Gunn's special dress up parties.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 6/20/2023, 12:33 PM
With all the lying going on at WB / DC about The Flash.

Vigor
Vigor - 6/20/2023, 12:33 PM
"but whatever is contributing to the lack of interest, it seems clear that the DCEU is simply failing to resonate with general audiences on the same level as the MCU."


Is that a joke?
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 6/20/2023, 12:41 PM
@Vigor - No. Are you insinuating that, in general, DC movies have been more financially successful than Marvel movies?
Moriakum
Moriakum - 6/20/2023, 12:55 PM
@Vigor - Why is that a joke?
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 6/20/2023, 12:57 PM
@Vigor -


I think you read it wrong🤕.



He is saying that DCEU isn't reaching MCU interest.💁
Vigor
Vigor - 6/20/2023, 12:58 PM
@MarkCassidy - I mean it's super obvious that mcu towers over DCEU in sales. So the sentence seemed sarcastic
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 6/20/2023, 1:00 PM
@Vigor -


*DCEU is simply failing to resonate with general audiences on the same level as the MCU."



Read it slowly....



Very slowly 😐
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 6/20/2023, 1:01 PM
@Vigor - As much as I dislike the MCU, they didnt make three bombs in a row.
Amaru
Amaru - 6/20/2023, 1:23 PM
@Vigor - Work on your reading comprehension skills.
Vigor
Vigor - 6/20/2023, 2:09 PM
@AmazingFILMporg - ah my good man. I didn't read it wrong. And that's my point. It isn't even a question that dceu is reaching MCU interest. So the comment seemed sarcastic is all.
Vigor
Vigor - 6/20/2023, 2:11 PM
@Amaru - work on yours bud
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 6/20/2023, 2:49 PM
@Vigor - lol because THIS was the movie that tipped the balance between the 2 franchises, before that it was neck and neck!
Vigor
Vigor - 6/20/2023, 2:51 PM
@Ryguy88 - lol exactly. Thank you finally someone who saw the silliness in the way that sentence was worded
SheepishOne
SheepishOne - 6/20/2023, 12:35 PM
If this had been written/marketed to be the film that officially reboots and transitions the entire DCEU into the DCU, I think more people would have been curious enough to go see it.

Leaving it as a somewhat open ended entry in the DCEU while still having Aquaman set to release in the future isn't exactly inspiring enthusiasm.

And that's all without the behind the scenes controversies and production troubles.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 6/20/2023, 12:41 PM
@SheepishOne - It wouldn’t have mattered. Nobody gives a shit about the DCU reboot.
UrbanTheEmcee
UrbanTheEmcee - 6/20/2023, 12:55 PM
@PlusUltra - I wish they would disappear for at least a decade. Too much damage has been done.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 6/20/2023, 1:00 PM
@UrbanTheEmcee - They need to quit chasing that Marvel bag, abandon this shared universe bs, and just focus on their individual heroes. But they won’t. They saw the success of The Batman and told themselves to do the opposite. Even now, they’re overstuffing that Superman movie with as many characters as possible.
SheepishOne
SheepishOne - 6/20/2023, 1:24 PM
@PlusUltra - I'm not saying it would have broken any records, but part of what's killed interest in the remaining DCEU slate is the feeling that none of it ultimately matters because Gunn is rebooting the universe. If this served as THE film to establish that transition and reset, I think it would have gone a longer way towards getting audiences on their side.

As it stands, there's this sort of half commitment to the reboot while keeping one foot in the door of the DCEU in case this actually had made some money.
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 6/20/2023, 1:32 PM
@SheepishOne - I can’t buy that people knowing reboot is coming warded off watchers because the GA that makes up the most of the box office isn’t hyper aware of these things like us

They just know Dc movies have been bad

Marvel movies (for the most part ) have been good

They don’t really know directors producers who’s the ceo all the shit we look at everyday

WB tanked the brand and keeps making more mistakes trying to fix it
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 6/20/2023, 1:53 PM
@PlusUltra - At the very least they should stop chasing Marvel by running in the opposite direction.
PatientXero
PatientXero - 6/20/2023, 12:40 PM
Bunch of racist
DocSpock
DocSpock - 6/20/2023, 1:04 PM
@PatientXero -

How many will your troll net capture?

ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 6/20/2023, 1:59 PM
@DocSpock - I estimate two of us.
PatientXero
PatientXero - 6/20/2023, 2:42 PM
@DocSpock - @Observer10 is correct at the moment! 😁 Sorry, I couldn’t help myself.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 6/20/2023, 5:54 PM
@PatientXero -

Party on dude!
AllsGood
AllsGood - 6/20/2023, 12:40 PM
Old People DC Comics and characters feel old, outdated don't attract the younger audiences to their movies. Been around forever.

mountainman
mountainman - 6/20/2023, 12:46 PM
@AllsGood - I remember as a kid in the 90’s showing my DC friend the Marvel cards I was collecting and he showed me his DC cards (they had a grey border on them not sure of brand or year).

The Marvel ones I had were that series were 9 of them would combine into one large image. His all looked like old timey out of date superhero’s from the 50’s.

Even back then, DC seemed old and Marvel seemed more modern.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 6/20/2023, 1:00 PM
@mountainman - Younger audience want to go see movies like Thor: Love and Thunder, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and even Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The Avengers were fresh and new.


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