{"id":2021620,"date":"2023-09-04T17:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T21:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massive-flop-hollywoods-latest-super-hero-film-to-lose-staggering-80-million\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T09:02:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:02:09","slug":"massive-flop-hollywoods-latest-super-hero-film-to-lose-staggering-80-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massive-flop-hollywoods-latest-super-hero-film-to-lose-staggering-80-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood&#8217;s newest superhero movie: A colossal failure, losing a staggering $80 million."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fmassive-flop-hollywoods-latest-super-hero-film-to-lose-staggering-80-million%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=2021620&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>Massive Flop: Hollywood&#8217;s Latest\u200b Super Hero Film\u200b to Lose Staggering\u200b $80 Million<\/h2>\n<p>After showing in theaters for only three weeks, the latest superhero\u200d film from\u200d Warner Bros., \u200d\u201cBlue \u2062Beetle,\u201d looks\u200c like it will massively underperform at the <a title=\"9 Box Office Duds That Became Cult Classics\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-box-office-duds-that-became-cult-classics\/\">box office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As\u2063 of Labor Day, the DC Studios\u200c movie has\u2062 grossed just under $102 million worldwide with more than half \u2063of that money coming\u200b from the U.S., according to box office database <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-numbers.com\/movie\/Blue-Beetle#tab=summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The film\u200d cost $104 million to make, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/08\/box-office-blue-beetle-strays-barbie-1235522235\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>A \u200cMassive Flop for Warner Bros. and DC<\/h3>\n<p>Once its theatrical\u200c run is all said and\u2063 done, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-barbie-getting-run-money-new-film-cruises-right-past\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue Beetle<\/a>\u201d could \u2063lose between $80-100 million, in \u200cwhat one box office \u2064analyst called a \u201cmassive flop\u201d for Warner Bros.\u2062 and DC.<\/p>\n<p>Popular \u2063YouTuber\u2063 OMB Reviews, who goes\u2062 by \u2062Odin, predicted last week the <a title=\"Stephen Dorff Says Comic Book Movies Ruining Hollywood, He\u2019s Embarrassed for Scarlett Johansson\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-dorff-says-comic-book-movies-ruining-hollywood-hes-embarrassed-for-scarlett-johansson\/\">comic book movie<\/a> \u200dwould lose about \u2062the same\u2062 amount as\u2062 its <a title=\"Where Have All the Sex Scenes Gone?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/where-have-all-the-sex-scenes-gone\/\">production budget<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2023\/08\/28\/box-office-analyst-predicts-blue-beetle-to-be-another-massive-flop-for-warner-bros-expected-to-lose-around-100-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bounding Into Comics<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The previously reported estimated budget was $120 million, so OMB Reviews used that number \u2064to calculate a $100 million loss. Considering the film\u200c cost $104 million to make,\u200c however, it would still lose about $80 million, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust not good\u2063 at all. Warner Bros.\u2063 in dire straits there,\u201d he\u2064 said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Considering how the movie is currently tracking, it won\u2019t even hit the $200 million mark. In \u2062the video, OMB Reviews\u2064 estimated \u200d\u201cBlue Beetle\u201d will make \u200banywhere between $117-164 million worldwide by the\u200c end\u200d of its run.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood\u2019s latest\u2064 superhero film is performing poorly compared to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-audiences-creeped-cgi-resurrection-christopher-reeve-flash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Flash<\/a>\u201d and about on par with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dcs-gay-superhero-film-bombs-box-office-hollywood-running-excuses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shazam! Fury\u200d of the Gods<\/a>\u201d \u2014 this year\u2019s prior \u2062two DC entries.<\/p>\n<p>While not\u2064 much better, \u201cThe \u200cFlash\u201d brought in nearly \u200c$103 million domestically by its third weekend \u200din theaters, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-numbers.com\/movie\/Flash-The#tab=box-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Numbers<\/a>. The \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-numbers.com\/movie\/Shazam-Fury-of-the-Gods-(2022)#tab=box-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> recorded\u200c the \u201cShazam!\u201d sequel as receiving $55 million in the U.S. over \u200cthe same period.<\/p>\n<p>For comparison, \u201cBlue Beetle\u201d brought in over $56 million domestically\u2062 by the\u200c end of its third\u2064 weekend. Its international gross sits\u2063 at $45 million so far.<\/p>\n<p>Although \u2064\u201cBlue Beetle\u201d will not\u2064 overtake \u201cShazam! Fury of the Gods\u201d internationally, it will likely beat\u2062 its domestic total. \u200cBased on the numbers, \u201cBlue\u2064 Beetle\u201d will not beat \u201cThe\u200d Flash\u201d\u200d though.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlue Beetle\u201d follows Jaime Reyes, the titular\u200b hero who must\u2063 learn \u200chow to wield his newfound powers\u200b after he becomes infused with \u2063a robotic scarab. The origin story was marketed\u200d as DC\u2019s first Latino-led superhero film, which proudly \u200dfeatures a Mexican-American cast.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/blue_beetle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, it\u2019s\u200c hailed as \u201ca refreshingly family-focused superhero movie\u201d with a 78 percent critics score.<\/p>\n<p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/media-spin-machine-kicks-gear-make-excuses-woke-superhero-movie-lose-millions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">glowing \u200cmedia coverage<\/a> and critical acclaim,\u2063 it\u200d appears audiences don\u2019t\u2062 care enough to watch\u2062 \u201cBlue Beetle\u201d for the movie to make a \u200dprofit.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/massive-flop-hollywoods-latest-super-hero-film-lose-staggering-80-million\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8216;Massive Flop&#8217;: Hollywood&#8217;s Latest Super Hero Film to \u2064Lose \u200cStaggering \u2063$80 Million<\/a> appeared first on\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a brief three-week run, Warner Bros.&#8217; &#8220;Blue Beetle,&#8221; the newest superhero flick, seems poised to disappoint at the box office. By Labor Day, the DC Studios film had earned a meager $102 million globally, with over half originating from the U.S. market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2021621,"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":"Hollywood&#8217;s newest superhero movie: A colossal failure, losing a staggering $80 million.","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2021620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Hollywood&#8217;s newest superhero movie: A colossal failure, losing a staggering $80 million.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021620","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\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}