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'Shazam!' sequel gets weak $30.5-M opening

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="A scene from " Shazam:="" Fury="" of="" the="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/overseas/03/15/shazam.jpg"/><figcaption>A scene from &#x27; Shazam: Fury of the Gods.&#x27; <em>Handout</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>LOS ANGELES - &quot;Shazam! Fury of the Gods&quot; topped the North American box office this weekend with an estimated $30.5 million opening, but that represented a sharp dropoff from the original blockbuster and analysts called the result disappointing.</p><p>&quot;This is a soft opening for a non-Marvel superhero follow-up, down substantially from &#x27;Shazam 1,&#x27;&quot; said industry analyst David A. Gross. Hollywood Reporter called it &quot;one of the worst starts for a major Hollywood superhero film.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/03/15/23/movie-review-winsome-shazam-sequel-follows-same-formula">Movie review: Winsome &#x27;Shazam&#x27; sequel follows same formula</a></li></ul><p>The original &quot;Shazam!&quot; enjoyed a $53.5 million opening in April 2019, while the sequel, a DC Studios/New Line production distributed by Warner Bros. and starring Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Adam Brody and Rachel Zegler, cost more than $110 million to make and has had tepid reviews, according to Variety. </p><p>Last weekend&#x27;s top film, &quot;Scream VI&quot; from Paramount and Spyglass Media, slipped to second place, at $17.5 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega and Skeet Ulrich star in the latest edition of the horror series.</p><p>Also slipping one spot to third was United Artists&#x27; boxing drama &quot;Creed III,&quot; with an estimated take of $15.4 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period. First-time director Michael B. Jordan also plays the title character, Adonis Creed.</p><p>Sci-fi thriller &quot;65&quot; from Sony and Columbia Pictures took fourth place, at $5.8 million. Adam Driver plays a pilot whose spaceship crashes on an unknown planet, which turns out to be the Earth of 65 million years ago, when dinosaurs still ruled and an extinction-level asteroid was approaching.</p><p>And in fifth place was Marvel and Disney&#x27;s &quot;Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,&quot; at $4.1 million. Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly star.</p><p>Rounding out the top 10 were:</p><p>&quot;Cocaine Bear&quot; ($3.9 million)</p><p>&quot;Jesus Revolution&quot; ($3.5 million)</p><p>&quot;Champions&quot; ($3 million)</p><p>&quot;Avatar: The Way of Water&quot; ($1.9 million)</p><p>&quot;Puss in Boots: The Last Wish&quot; ($1.5 million)</p><div><strong>bbk/mlm</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BnxwuHaLCPc?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

'Shazam! Fury of the Gods' topped the North American box office this weekend with an estimated $30.5 million opening, but that represented a sharp dropoff from the original blockbuster and analysts called the result disappointing.