The HBO Max streaming platform from Warner Bros. Discovery could be getting all the recent attention, but it might be the theatrical box office segment that saw some upside for investors this past weekend.
“Black Adam,” a superhero movie starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, opened in theaters Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. The movie grossed $67 million domestically and $140 million worldwide, according to BoxOfficeMojo. Follow benzinga
The movie helped power the overall domestic box office to over $100 million for the first time in 13 weekends. The weekend, which also included “Ticket to Paradise” grossed $113 million domestically, the best weekend since July and third-best non-summer weekend of 2022.
“Black Adam” had the best domestic opening in 2022 for a property that wasn’t already a big-screen franchise, according to BoxOfficeMojo.
The box office figure for the weekend comes in ahead of several movies that starred The Rock and also ahead of many DC Comics Extended Universe films, which...
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