Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Summary
The final installment in the original DC Extended Universe , Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom , reason out the enfranchisement by setting a corner office platter for its sequel . In its final years , theDCEU , alas , was disjointed and increasingly abortive among critics and viewers , despite slew of successful films early on . While the first solo outings for Gal Gadot ’s Wonder Woman and Jason Momoa ’s Aquaman advance over viewers and performed well at the box office , the DCEU never managed to match their successes .
After numerous attempts to reinvent the DCEU , James Gunn and Peter Safran were nominate as the fresh straits of DC Studios ( formerly DC Films ) , and rather than continue to pick off the DCEU , the duo opted to partially bring up it as theupcoming DC Universe . Before they could originate their novel franchise , however , DC Studios would free a final stack of films , most of which were unsuccessful at the box office , probably at least partly due to a deficiency of pastime in continuity with an impendent soft reboot . Despite the underwhelming finish tothe DCEU timeline , Aquaman 2managed to at least set one recordamong the DCEU ’s other subsequence .
Aquaman & The Lost Kingdom is the last picture show in the DC Extended Universe , sport a ingathering of playfulness Easter eggs and movie reference .
Aquaman 2 Made More Than Twice The Second Highest-Grossing DCEU Sequel
The DCEU ’s sequels have typically had underwhelming loge office performances and whileAquaman 2unfortunately continues this trend , it did manage to be the enfranchisement ’s most financially successful continuation . With a lifetime gross of $ 114,460,076,Aquaman 2not only address the DCEU but also outperformed all other sequelsin the enfranchisement . The second highest - grossing DCEU sequel , The Suicide Squad , only had a lifetime 144 of $ 55,817,425 , less than half of whatAquaman 2earned .
How Every DCEU Sequel Performed Compared To Their Predecessors
First Movie Lifetime Gross
Second Movie Lifetime Gross
Suicide Squad ( 2016 ): $ 325,100,054
The Suicide Squad ( 2021 ): $ 55,817,425
Wonder Woman ( 2017 ): $ 412,563,408
Wonder Woman 1984 ( 2020 ): $ 46,801,036
Aquaman ( 2018 ): $ 335,061,807
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom ( 2023 ): $ 114,460,076
Shazam ! ( 2019 ): $ 140,371,656
Shazam ! Fury of the Gods ( 2023 ): $ 57,638,006
Each ofthe DCEU ’s four subsequence film perform importantly less than their predecessors . AlthoughBatman v Superman : Dawn of Justicehad a substantial lifetime megascopic thanMan of Steel , the movie is more of a crossover cinema akin toZack Snyder ’s Justice Leaguethan a real sequel toMan of Steel . Unfortunately , two of the DCEU ’s continuation , Wonder Woman 1984andThe Suicide Squad , suffered from the Covid-19 pandemic ’s devastating effect on movie theaters . The poor performances ofShazam ! Fury of the GodsandAquaman 2were likely because of a compounding of broker , include the imminent DCU soft reboot .
Aquaman 2may have continue the DCEU ’s course of poor box office functioning in the franchise ’s final year , but it did manage to have a good lifespan vulgar than any other sequel . This may be due to Jason Momoa ’s looping of Aquaman being one of the DCEU ’s more popular elements and perhaps the possibility that he may return as the King of Atlantis in the DCU ( though Momoa is also rumored to be switching to the use of Lobo ) . DespiteAquaman and the Lost Kingdom’sdisappointing lifetime gross , it at least terminate the DCEU enfranchisement with one of its expert Heron and a small victory at the box federal agency .
Where does Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom rank ?
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