Black Adam | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

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It was not well received by critics and grossed $393 million worldwide, becoming a box-office bomb for failing to break even.

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While Black Adam isn't a groundbreaking top-tier superhero film, it is an entertaining superhero movie that makes it up with the charm from star Dwayne Johnson as an anti-hero and guilty pleasures including non-stop action, irreverent humor and a high kill count.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is opening up about why he thinks Warner Bros. and DC Studios ultimately decided not to move forward with Black Adam 2. The actor, who spent 15 years fighting to make the original superhero film, says a second installment was axed due to a "vortex of new leadership."

Add a Review. Large budgeted and badly disjointed, "Black Adam" belongs in the poor category with the likes of "Justice League" and "Superman vs Batman". The story is hackneyed, and the dialog is eye-rolling with terrible worn out humor. It feels like a bad imitation of better Marvel movies.

As the dialogue in Justice League #73 suggested, while Superman's specific vulnerabilities give Black Adam a chance against him, that doesn't mean the two are equal in power, and the Man of Steel is clearly stronger by any comparison.

It took "four rounds" of cuts for the MPAA to grant a PG-13 rating. Black Adam had to go through multiple edits for the MPAA to consider lowering its rating from R to PG-13, but the film's producers say they "never compromised" to get there.

Shazam acknowledges that he is unsure if he is stronger than Black Adam, despite his confidence in his mortal form. Both Shazam and Black Adam possess the same strengths endowed by the Wizard and have never been able to triumph over each other.

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The continuous turmoil and lack of direction in the DCEU, coupled with mediocre movies and inflated budgets, contributed to the struggles of these subsequent releases. Black Adam's failure can be seen as the beginning of the downfall of the franchise.

Millennia ago, he had first chosen an Egyptian man named Teth-Adam to wield the power of the gods against the enemies of man, but he quickly succumbed to his power in the name of global conquest. Shazam sent Teth-Adam away to the farthest reaches of space, naming him “Black Adam” for his grave mistake in judgment.

The Rotten Tomatoes score for the movie Black Adam is 39%, based on 207 reviews as of September 30, 2023.

While Dwayne Johnson may have made a grant entry to superhero movies by headlining DC's 'Black Adam', it appears Warner Bros, the studio behind the project, is going to lose up to $100 million. The news was reported by Variety.

Black was successful at the box office in India and overseas; trade analysts believed that it was influenced by its positive critical reviews. In India, the film had a theatrical run of nine weeks. It earned ₹10.3 million (US$233,560.09) on its opening day.

While Black Adam may have challenged the hierarchy of power in the DCEU, the Dwayne Johnson-led blockbuster didn't win the box office over. Variety reported that Black Adam will ultimately break even at $600 million, but sources at Warner Bros. dispute this number and said that it's actually $425 million.

The original Shazam! was a surprise hit that won over fans and critics, earning $363 million at the box office. That means there were some decent expectations around its sequel this time around. Unfortunately, Shazam! Fury of the Gods failed to meet those expectations even halfway.