<p>DC&#8217;s &#8220;Aquaman&#8221; sequel is projected to make less than half of what the original film did its opening holiday weekend as the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/superheroes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">superhero</a> genre continues to struggle at the box office.</p>
<p>&#8220;Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom&#8221; is currently tracking to make $40 million in projected ticket sales over the four-day Christmas holiday weekend (Dec. 22-Dec 25), according to sources with access to data compiled by the National Research Group (NRC), according to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/aquaman-lost-kingdom-tracking-box-office-migration-1235702120/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a>.</p>
<p>Warner Bros., home of DC, is projecting sales will be a bit higher and more in the ballpark of $50 million over the holiday weekend, the outlet noted.</p>
<p>The movie is a sequel to the 2018 &#8220;Aquaman&#8221; film, which earned $75.8 million over the four-day holiday weekend (Dec. 21-24) and $86.7 million through Monday, which was Christmas Eve. The five-day holiday opening in 2018, through Christmas Day, scored $97.8 million. In the end, the film made $1.2 billion globally, per <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1477834/?ref_=bo_se_r_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BoxOfficeMojo</a>.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Aquaman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Aquaman</a> and the Lost Kingdom will face rough seas when swimming into theaters over Christmas as the superhero genre continues to struggle <a href="https://t.co/15b8gv1S4Z">https://t.co/15b8gv1S4Z</a></p>
<p>— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) <a href="https://twitter.com/THR/status/1730575996825305208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>The Jason Momoa-led film takes fans back to the water as &#8220;Aquaman balances his duties as king and as a member of the Justice League, all while planning a wedding,&#8221; a description on <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9663764/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IMDb</a> reads.</p>
<p>&#8220;Black Manta is on the hunt for Atlantean tech to help rebuild his armor,&#8221; it added. &#8220;Orm plots to escape his Atlantean prison.&#8221;</p>
<p>The film&#8217;s low expectations come as the superhero genre has been struggling lately. Most recently, Disney&#8217;s female-led film &#8220;The Marvels&#8221; <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/11/14/1212836733/the-marvels-earned-a-disappointing-47-million-in-it-opening-weekend#:~:text=%22The%20Marvels%2C%22%20the%2033rd,million%20in%20its%20opening%20weekend." target="_blank" rel="noopener">opened</a> to just $47 million in its first weekend. It comes after expectations for ticket sales for the Marvel film had been lowered ahead of the film&#8217;s release from an estimated $75-$80 million in projected ticket sales to just $60-$65 million, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-led-film-the-marvels-lowers-box-office-expectations-to-60m-ahead-of-premiere" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.</p>
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<p>The Brie Larson-led Marvel Cinematic Universe film also fell 78% in box office performance for its second weekend out and managed to beat out the previous holder of the worst drop-off from opening weekend held by the third film in the &#8220;Ant Man&#8221; franchise, &#8220;Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,&#8221; which experienced a 69% drop, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/hunger-games-prequel-box-office-opening-1235663158/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood Reporter</a> noted.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Marvels&#8221; is a sequel to the 2019 film, which opened to $153.4 million in North America and eventually raked in $1.13 billion worldwide.</p>
<p>Over the summer, DC&#8217;s film &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-flash-fizzles-at-box-office-despite-being-called-one-of-the-greatest-superhero-movies-ever-made" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Flash</a>&#8221; struggled to gain traction as well, after it earned just $55 million its opening weekend domestically and just $270.6 million overall in earnings globally.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-marvels-continues-to-flail-at-box-office-earns-worst-second-weekend-drop-of-all-time" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;The Marvels&#8217; Continues To Flail At Box Office, Earns Worst Second-Weekend Drop Of All Time</a></strong></p>

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