The Rock’s Latest ‘Black Adam’ Makes Hollywood History
Seiuli Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Black Adam.
Photo : Deadline
Seiuli Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s latest movie Black Adam has made history for the Samoan
megastar raking in $67 million when it opened last weekend in the United States.
Worldwide, it collected more than $140 million.
The Samoan and Black muscleman, the world’s highest paid actor, said it is the biggest box
office opening of his entire career as lead man.
He thanked his fans for the support in a status published Sunday morning on Facebook.
“Biggest box office opening of my entire career – as a leading man,” he wrote on the Dwayne
Johnson Facebook page where he has more than 60 million followers.
“Thank you from deep in my bones for making history with me.”
He said box office results are still rolling in and promised to keep his fans “posted with the
official numbers.”
Deadline Hollywood, an online website dedicated to news on the entertainment industry said
the D.C. (Detective Comic) project is “a long in the making dream” for the People’s Champion.
The project did better than anticipated, Deadline reports.
“Dwayne Johnson’s long in the making dream DC project has paid off for the People’s
Champion, as Black Adam has conquered a hot $67M U.S. opening, the best domestic box
office start for him as a solo star, and a $140M global bow worldwide,” Deadline said.
“That’s ahead of where we were seeing it.”
“The success of Black Adam is truly a dream come true. We’ve been working towards this
family goal here at Seven Bucks for 15 years, applying every bit of experience we’ve acquired
over the years to help bring this project to life. So, to be here now seeing how our hard work
has been paid off with the biggest opening of our careers is an incredible feeling.,” said Hiram
Garcia, a Black Adam producer and President of Production for Johnson’s Seven Bucks.
“Our goal with this film was to establish several new characters in the DCEU that would give us
an opportunity, in success, to really expand the universe, but most importantly we wanted to
take care of the fans. We’ve been listening to their feedback for years and we were
determined to give them what they wanted. Their enthusiasm for the film has been incredible
and truly matches the passion that our Seven Bucks team along with FPC and Jaume poured
into this movie.”
The pic collected $23.7M on Saturday. Back out those Thursday previews of $7.6M from
Friday’s $26.7m, and Saturday is really up 24% from Friday.
What happened? Late night shows were powerful, family audiences came out, and there was a
lot of walk-up business in the West and South, with a great turnout by Latin and Hispanic
audiences at 26% and Black at 20%.
Audiences are having fun with this movie, with a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, which is the highest
for a DC movie in a decade, besting such films as Joker (88%) and The Batman (87%).