Justice League rakes in the cash, but far less than anticipated…

Oh, Justice League, Oh Justice League of heroes won opening weekend at the box office, and while that’s better than not winning, the film still has a long way to go. $96 million, while decent, is still far below the reported $300-$350 million it cost to make this film, and that opening weekend didn’t even cover a third of the cost.

For reference, Batman V Superman’s opening weekend netted $166 million,  and it’s followed by The Dark Knight Rises ($160 million) and The Dark Knight ($158 million) for the best opening weekends for DC films of all time. Justice League’s showing puts it around 53rd on the biggest opening weekends, which is far away from Marvel’s superhero ensemble films which occupy 3rd, 4th, and 5th spots respectively. I’m not saying that to trigger any DC fans or spark a debate, just to showcase how much of a problem it is that this film didn’t kick ass in its first weekend.

Justice League ultimately is the end of the DCU as we know it. While an Aquaman film and another Wonder Woman film are already in the pipeline, expect more shake ups and developments after this film fails to deliver even pre-Ragnarock Thor numbers.

Justice League is everything that was wrong with Warner’s comic book house of cards that has finally toppled over. Now the obvious question is given how this film’s already tracking to perform, what will they do next?

Obviously, a lot of the DCU depends on the success of Justice League, and if were at a discussion where foreign box office is being looked at to help this film break even…things aren’t looking good. I guess what I’m trying to say is, if you liked Justice League, you may want to see it twice…