The movie opened below 'Birds of Prey' and 'The Suicide Squad' at the domestic box office.
The Big Picture Warner Bros.' DC Extended Universe is truly struggling, and a large reason for that is the studio’s public declaration that the franchise is on its last legs. W.B. is rebooting the DCEU as the DC Universe under the supervision of new CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran, which means that the movies that were greenlit by the previous management — movies such as this week’s Blue Beetle — are largely being perceived as dead on arrival.
Originally designed as a direct-to-streaming title — the movie’s budget was also restricted to around half of what other DCEU titles tend to cost — Blue Beetle was released in theaters at a time when the audience has all but given up on the franchise. Additionally, the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes meant that none of the cast members could participate in promotional activities, further impacting audience awareness. All of this has contributed to the film earning only $25.
Blue Beetle actually earned some decent reviews; it was praised for its cast and humor, as well as its warm foregrounding of the Latino community. The movie earned a solid B+ CinemaScore from opening day audiences and currently sits at a healthy 76% score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes — an improvement over the more recent DC movies. Collider’s Ross Bonaime wrote in his review that the movie “overcomes its many clichés with a more limited scale and a focus on family.
At This Rate, Will Anybody Show Up for Aquaman 2? But none of this was enough to secure better box office numbers. In fact, Blue Beetle’s $25.4 million debut falls short of the low openings delivered by two of the franchise’s biggest bombs — Birds of Prey and Shazam! Fury of the Gods — as well as Gunn’s 2021 The Suicide Squad, which actually debuted simultaneously on the Max streaming service mid-pandemic. W.B.
W.B. will reboot the franchise in 2025 with Gunn’s Superman: Legacy, but before that, the studio will release the final relic of the old DCEU — James Wan’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, which is currently slated for a December release. Directed by Ángel Manuel Soto, Blue Beetle stars Xolo Maridueña in the lead role, alongside a supporting cast that includes Adriana Barraza, Damían Alcázar, Raoul Max Trujillo, Susan Sarandon, and others.
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