{"id":1957533,"date":"2023-06-26T17:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T21:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-flash-suffers-largest-second-weekend-box-office-drop-in-dc-films-history\/"},"modified":"2023-06-26T17:53:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T21:53:35","slug":"the-flash-suffers-largest-second-weekend-box-office-drop-in-dc-films-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-flash-suffers-largest-second-weekend-box-office-drop-in-dc-films-history\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Flash&#8217; sees biggest-ever second-weekend box office decline among DC movies."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-flash-suffers-largest-second-weekend-box-office-drop-in-dc-films-history%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1957533&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Flash: A Box Office Flop<\/h2>\n<p>The Flash, DC&#8217;s latest superhero film, has made headlines for all the wrong reasons. After a lackluster opening weekend, the movie suffered a massive 72.5% drop in its second weekend at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebron-james-space-jam-bombs-denied-china-opening-despite-groveling-to-communists\/\" title=\"LeBron James\u2019 \u2018Space Jam\u2019 Bombs, Denied China Opening Despite Groveling To Communists\u00a0\">domestic box office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Starring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/justice-league-star-arrested-following-incident-at-hawaii-bar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ezra Miller<\/a>, The Flash only managed to earn $15.3 million in the United States during its second weekend, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thedirect.com\/article\/the-flash-movie-box-office-dc-drop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Direct.com<\/a>. This steep decline follows its disappointing $55 million opening weekend.<\/p>\n<p>This drop of nearly 73% sets a new record for a DC film in its second weekend, surpassing the previous record set by The Suicide Squad during the height of the pandemic in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is The Flash&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-flash-suffers-largest-second-weekend-box-office-drop-in-dc-films-history\/\" title=\"'The Flash' sees biggest-ever second-weekend box office decline among DC movies.\">box office performance dismal<\/a> for a DC film, but it also ranks among the worst second-weekend drops in superhero movie history. The 1997 film Steel holds the top spot with a 78% drop, followed by Morbius in 2022 with 73%. Now, The Flash brings up the rear.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Box Office: Ezra Miller\u2019s \u2018The Flash\u2019 in Trouble, Pixar\u2019s \u2018Elemental\u2019 Gets Iced <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uycfu2udT4\">https:\/\/t.co\/Uycfu2udT4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THR\/status\/1670094633211183105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Flash had a budget of $220 million, excluding marketing and other major costs, which are estimated to be around $65 million. Currently, it has made a domestic total of $87.6 million and is projected to reach a final total of $110-120 million domestically and $210 million worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of box office rankings, The Flash landed in third place domestically, trailing behind Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Disney Pixar&#8217;s Elemental.<\/p>\n<p>There has been much speculation about what led to the film&#8217;s failure. Some fans attribute it to superhero fatigue, while others point to the controversy surrounding Ezra Miller, the film&#8217;s lead actor.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Miller made headlines for multiple arrests. In August 2022, the actor, who identifies as &#8220;non-binary,&#8221; announced that they were entering a treatment facility for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-flash-star-ezra-miller-says-recent-controversies-the-result-of-complex-mental-health-issues-claims-to-have-begun-ongoing-treatment\/\" title=\"\"The Flash\" Star Ezra Miller Says Recent Controversies The Result Of \u201cComplex Mental Health Issues\u201d, Claims To Have \u201cBegun Ongoing Treatment\u201d\">complex mental health issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Having recently gone through a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I am <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-flash-star-ezra-miller-enters-treatment-for-complex-mental-health-issue-amid-legal-troubles\/\" title=\"\u2018The Flash\u2019 Star Ezra Miller Enters Treatment For \u2018Complex Mental Health Issue\u2019 Amid Legal Troubles\">suffering complex mental health issues<\/a> and have begun ongoing treatment,&#8221; Miller&#8217;s representative told <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/news\/ezra-miller-apologizes-the-flash-mental-health-issues-1235341888\/\">Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Miller&#8217;s past behavior has caused alarm and upset, and they are committed to doing the necessary work to regain a healthy and productive life.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the legal troubles, Miller was arrested in Hawaii for disorderly conduct and faced accusations of grooming a young girl with &#8220;cult-like&#8221; behavior since she was 12 years old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DC&#8217;s &#8220;The Flash&#8221; broke records with the largest domestic second-weekend box office decline, plummeting 72.5% from its disappointing opening. The superhero film, starring Ezra Miller, only managed to earn $15.3 million in the US during its second weekend, following a lackluster $55 million debut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1957534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1957533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1957533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1957534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1957533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1957533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1957533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}