Shazam! Fury of the Gods Crashes to Earth - Charts with Dan!

[@Asummersdaydreamer14]

I appreciate how Dan feels comfortable adding and adapting sections to the show format. The independent theatres and the tributes sections really show how this show values all parts of the film industry and not just the movies with the biggest budgets/ biggest box office.

[@officharlottestorm]

RIP to Mr. Reddick... Just finished maybe my fifth Wire research and he as always was one of my favorite parts. Saw how Destiny players were honoring him and broke down in tears. Thanks for remembering him, Dan

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

The consensus was that the first Shazam was suffocated by being so close to Captain Marvel and Endgame, but in retrospect, I think it was actually HELPED by it. Those movies were well-received and the superhero hype was real. That plus coming off of Aquaman.

[@martinlymer9535]

Maybe you shouldn’t announce you’re rebooting a universe when you have four films left to release in that universe

[@alexmaverick6647]

The overwhelming majority of movie goers don’t know or give a shit about that at all. Don’t overestimate things that happen in the bubble that we all exist in.

[@vegas_party_animal7737]

@@alexmaverick6647 everyone always wants to say that when things like this happen and yet they seem to keep happening…it’s as if those bubbles are bigger than people think they are 🤔

[@orlandowright2323]

Thats why I didn't watch. Makes no sense to view something that is non-consequential.

[@MatthewBreck]

This movie is like a 100 million dollar budget spent in a child’s daydream.

[@Yaoau]

@@alexmaverick6647 lol we aren't in 1970s anymore, everyone are hearing reboot from tiktok, KZbin and whatever else. Bubble is way bigger than your vision

[@siddhantbanerjee3328]

Lance Reddick's loss was very very harsh, especially for us gamers. Movie and TV goers do love him, but he was absolutely special to us Destiny and Horizon players

[@sdgidney4139]

Loved your tribute to Lance Reddick 💜 I'm glad we'll see Lance in many upcoming projects. I enjoy your 'In Memoriam segments, because you're always so thoughtful and respectful of people's contributions to their industry. White Madea, I can't right now Dan 😯😁😅😂🤣😭 I love your dry wit!❤

[@ellicel]

Dan, I like the franchise trackers and appreciate you asking for feedback and adjusting your work accordingly. Because there were so many MCU movies in Phase 3 (and they included both middling and terrific movies), I don’t think the color coding contributed much clarity. I prefer what you’ve done this week. BTW, also absolutely LOVING your coverage of independent theaters!

[@cmasterson]

Even lion king was doing it with the king talking about nature.

[@thomaswayne1852]

This. I second this 100%.

[@chyhodgson7726]

There was maybe 20 people in my theatre. I thing WB saved as much money on marketing as it could.

[@zengamer21]

Same for me. Movie was good, though.

[@kevinphanhvilay8552]

We had 7 people in my theater

[@jonrahproductions]

My theater was half full, but it was a huge theater in a big city on a Friday. Still bad for a CBM. Fun movie tho.

[@cmasterson]

My wife loves unicorns. All or daughter love them too. She walked out when the girl said " taste the rainbow mf" while riding a unicorn. She was shocked they did it.

[@desertsuede4]

Hey at least they released it

[@CrimsionKing]

Hey Dan, I know the "Road to Recovery" chart is an average of two timespans, but I think It would help to add "Notable Movies" that came out certain weeks so we can get a better picture of why the line was so high or lower on average for those time ranges. You mentioned because Shazam 2 did not do well the line for 2023 dipped, which got me thinking seeing all those other jumps and drops along the chart, it would be interesting to see what movies caused those peeks and valleys, thus changing the average, even if it is for just the current week we are looking at. Keep up the awesome work!

[@Opeth1940]

The Vogue Theater is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for featuring it!

[@taha_boy]

This might not be related to the charts but I would absolutely love to see an episode around the making of each charts episode. The research, scripting, editing and turn around time. I am always blown away by the production quality and quick turnaround time.

[@etan00b]

The strength it took not to laugh out loud when Dan called airbrush Jane Fonda the “white Madea”

[@TanyaUrrutia]

I failed, my son in the other side of the room just looked at me strangely when I laughed so hard.

[@jim1242]

The franchise trackers are very interesting and a welcome addition . I hope these do not become too much work for you as we get into the summer season. As there will be Guaridens of the galaxy, Flash, Mission Impssible, Indiana Jones, Fast X that are all coming out around the same time! We will understand if you are can only do a couple!

[@dmcboston382]

👏👏👏 to you Dan for supporting independent theaters! Love this!

[@storywala88]

Great work Dan. RIP Tom Joiner and Lance Reddick whose death was quite surprising. His presence as an authority figure is very unique. He will be missed.

[@annw7843]

Love how the independent theater section is developing. Great video as always ❤

[@honeynielsen4778]

Anyone know how to recommend a theater?

[@sueyates4915]

I think you hit the nail on the head. With the cost of living crisis, people are going to choose what movies they want to see carefully. I had wanted to see Shazam, but with this kind of press, I am going to save my money for D&D. There will be many others like me.

[@KeanuCharlesReeves5]

Thanks for your love care and support ❤❤❤

[@KeanuCharlesReeves5]

Thanks for being my great fan, Where are you chatting from?❤

[@DEATHxTHExKIDx1]

I saw Shazam 2 yesterday it was ok some fun moments. There's gonna be a huge drop off way too much competition in March. It's surrounded by Great movies Creed III, SCREAM VI, John wick 4. The word of mouth won't be strong either not seeing much talk online or even amongst my own friends. Even Quantumania despite issues had way more talk online good or Bad.

[@jim1242]

31:40 a great snapshot of early 90s movies. The lawnmower man (with a pre-bond Pierce Brosnan) and waynes world in particular are very nostalgic for me!

[@marcusvoght]

All these cool independent theaters you're featuring is making me want to find one near me!

[@TheAncientdragon1]

Such a shame that Shazam 2 isn’t doing well.

[@brandonroy7554]

I don’t think anyone does box office like you do. You keep it fresh and a must watch every week. Keep killing it, man.

[@alexanderg1297]

I think a lot of the segments in charts could be there own series! Maybe you could make a series about theaters in the US and around the world that are important.

[@jackson857]

I love Succession. Would be great to see a recap show.

[@nupt9473]

I haven't watched a charts in a while, I love the additions of the theatre and memorial segments

[@funguy8801]

13:32 - That adjustment for inflation is clearly vitally important. Since, once that is taken into account, that chart pretty much reads like my personal order I would rank those movies in, from best to worst.

[@LasseWedege]

Hi Dan. When doing the Franchise Tracker how about doing opening weekend or box office gross compared to each movie's budget? It gives a useful comparison in terms of each movie's success.

[@64bitratchet49]

I just realized that The Batman was never inducted into the 365 day club.

[@EleventhCubFan]

The only nice thing I can say about this movie is that it’s the best looking Skittles ad ever!

[@ggs27]

Well... that's debatable

[@zengamer21]

When you view the movie as a movie for kids or young adults, it's actually quite good.

[@DanielZeal]

​@@zengamer21So it appeals mostly to people with a less-developed sense of taste. ...Much like Skittles.

[@ronin7997]

I facepalmed so hard when the Skittles / Ambrosia plot device was revealed. I get it was supposed to be whimsical and goofy, but it just came across very stupid.

[@cmasterson]

Fr my wife walked out and she loves unicorns. My dauggters love unicorns. My wife have everything unicorn and she was pissed.

[@backpackerraden6268]

1) excellent coverage of Fury of the Gods as usual 2) if you're still taking submissions for featured theaters, one that's near and dear to my heart is The Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, VA. It might be a for profit, but it's served the Virginia Tech community for many many years and often plays lots of classic movies or out of season movies and when I was a student it was a frequent stopping ground for movies I wouldn't normally think about 3) love your tributes as usual, but this one was especially well done and I love that you were able to give love to someone who wasn't a major name like a writer or lead actor. Keep up the great work!

[@storywala88]

I would recommend to see Shazam : Fury of the Gods, great family movie and very enjoyable. Very cool family dynamic. Disappointing to see that it will probably lose money.

[@pegasusdrive12]

Hey Dan! Love the charts! I was wondering if it is possible to add a budget multiplier chart for the franchise tracker to find out how many times the budget the movie has grossed and you can highlight the ones that are under 3x or 2.5x to know that they haven't made a return yet.

[@stevemartegani]

White Medea just killed me LMAO!

[@HotTakeJake]

Thanks for the spotlight on the vogue! I’ll be planning a trip this summer, it’s a 3:50 minute drive from me.

[@aleksandarradovanovic8496]

Just saw Shazam 2. It was every bit of engaging, funny and emotional as the 1st one. I really don't understand bad reviews

[@JohnSmith-jh6ey]

Critics are trying to kill superhero q

[@JohnSmith-jh6ey]

Movies

[@manuelcastro7446]

Dan, question for you. How does tracking work if people see using amc a list or other theater subscriptions. Would that be more of your bits index?

[@LukeRohling]

Definitely would watch some Dan Succession coverage. Best show on TV

[@Harrock]

You should compare Ant man Quantummanias Box Office with Puss in Boots 2 ... Puss is making double that what Ant Men did at the same days 😂😂😂

[@IsaacV24]

When you realize The Rock was debatably responsible for the downfall of 2 DC franchises…

[@IsaacV24]

@@Carloszavalalol Black Adam and Shazam. He said no to having Black Adam as a villain to Shazam. And now, BOTH movies underperformed!

[@chazjohannsen]

That’s what happens when Hollywood egos go unchecked.

[@nms7872]

The rock basically Dark Universe'd himself.

[@julesverne06]

"Crashes to Hades". Dan you had a chance to mix in the mythology angle, but it's ok because you're still awesome.

[@blueberryboats]

I look forward to these videos every week!!

[@KeanuCharlesReeves5]

Thanks for your love care and support ❤❤❤

[@KeanuCharlesReeves5]

Thanks for being my great fan, Where are you chatting from?❤

[@ddat3]

The Indie Theater Spotlight is a fantastic bit, keep it up!

[@benjamintillema3572]

The only news coverage I saw about Shazam in the past week were two news stories where people involved seemed to diss the movie. One, Rachel Ziegler said she accepted a role in the film simply because she needed a job. The other one was the director essentially saying he wasn't surprised that the movie didn't do well. It's really weird to see the very people who should be championing a film be so dismissive of it, especially when it just reached theaters. Usually people wait years to air their grievances, until the project is no longer making money and it's clearly in the rearview. Not a great sign for Warner Bros management if their own talent is willing to publicly denounce them after just fulfilling their contractual agreements.

[@nms7872]

Why don't you look into the context behind those stories. Because just taking them for face value gives you a skewed image. And that's how fake information spreads.

[@emanuelrodriguez9044]

I heard the director was upset with Warner Bros with the handling of the movie and that Rachel Ziegler posted on twitter that people should check the movie out because it was fun and she loved working on it.

[@benzaiten933]

if Rachel Ziegler really said that, (big 'if', rumors and all) then she's truly ungrateful as she's still very new in the industry and should be glad for every piece of work she gets.

[@KevinFreitas]

A couple great indie theaters in Tacoma for you: - Blue Mouse Theatre - The Grand Cinema AND a travel show starring you like Anthony Bourdain but for visiting indie movie houses around the country/world.

32:30 Fun Fact: The Lawnmower Man was called "El jardinero asesino inocente" in Mexico, which translates to "The Innocent Assassin Gardener"

[@renskedunnewold1995]

I went to an early Friday evening showing of Shazam, in an IMAX theater, right in the middle of my country's 2nd city. It was half full. I've never seen such little turnout for a brand new big budget movie

[@pennstatefan2011]

Hey Dan, I always make sure to watch each week, as I do find it interesting how things shake out. I do want to suggest an idea for post-Oscar season. What are your thoughts on a post-Oscar buzz bump tracker (tracking the box office any Oscar nominated films post-Oscars Sunday) for like a month after just to see what bumps movies get from their post-Oscar noms or post-Oscar wins. Also, thoughts on doing an Oscars box office during Oscars season to do a chart of the Oscar noms and how much a bump they get during the nominating/voting period.

[@danieljameson6889]

Indie Theater Spotlight, best bit and it's only been around for 3 weeks. iconic.

[@californiumblog]

I LOVE the new(ish) indie theater highlight segment Dan!

[@BessieBopOrBach]

YES Local theatre support!!!!! Thank you, Dan, for donating your ad revenue!

[@danielmerritt8063]

Maybe it’s a dumb question, but I wondered how much people have changed since we first started going to the movies. I thought of it when I heard what a good or bad hold is for a certain genre. Horror movies don’t hold as well as others and they are measured by that metric. But has that line changed in the past years? Decades? Have we warmed up to certain genres more? I assume with CGI and fantasy/sci-if taking a front seat, there have to be some drastic changes, but what about to some of the core genres that aren’t swayed by technology? Probably way out of my element here. Just a thought.

[@msmilesftw]

The way I CACKLED at white Madea! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AnnaStevens-dx1uu]

Yes, please! Succession recaps!!

[@KeanuCharlesReeves5]

Thanks for your love care and support ❤❤❤

[@KeanuCharlesReeves5]

Thanks for being my great fan, Where are you chatting from?❤

[@diegom6053]

3:46 very interesting graph, let's see if recovery is actually possible.

[@Tonyoung55]

I keep saying this forget domestic numbers for a second the international numbers are the most concerning when dealing with the superhero market they are not coming out nearly as much and its hard to find those 35/65 or 30/70 spilts its getting more and more closer to 50/50 which will kill the superhero market a lot

[@boilderrik893]

Shazam was much better than I expected. I'd give it a 5.5/10

[@sheldonpetrie3706]

I was really introduced to Lance with the Horizon series of video games. He played Sylens so well, and will be badly missed in the third Game.

[@KeithandtheMovies]

So unfortunate about "Shazam!". I had a really good time with it.

[@benzaiten933]

what I mourn most is that we'll never get a third one with Zachary Levi and the rest, those characters have such potential!

[@TheKraken5360]

I think there’s general superhero fatigue, combined with feelings that many of the recent movies haven’t been as good.

[@gpcovenant]

It’s not superhero fatigue, it’s mediocre movie fatigue. Make good movies and people show up. Marvel has become super cookie cutter and DC has not been able to pull its own head out of its own ass since 2016.

[@laladoopsy]

I like that you've said that the ad revenue is going to this little cinemas, well done sir. I wish we had these lovely theatres over here in the UK

[@dberka210]

That picture of Jane Fonda looks like Zooey Deschanel in heavy “old person” makeup lol

[@KeanuCharlesReeves5]

Thanks for being my great fan, Where are you chatting from?

[@angelpipessd]

Gosh dangit Dan - your Jane Fonda is White Madea comment made me shoot sparkling water out my nose. OUCH! And also LOL 😂

[@papasquatofficial9282]

My favorite part of the week!

[@punxsydawn]

Poor Zach Levi. The dude deserved better

[@nms7872]

Zachary levi and comic book movie sequels. Name a worse duo.

[@justinsmallwood4636]

I think the first Shazam was helped by the hope of Black Adam, and once that didn’t do so well, it hurt this follow-up. Among other things.

[@A-ro-2803]

I’VE BEEN TO THAT THEATER IN MICHIGAN!!!! I worked for the forest service at the Huron-Mantistee National Forest. I saw Harry Potter and the half blood prince and the proposal there.

[@A-ro-2803]

Also out of curiosity, I wonder how avatar twow has done worldwide in calendar year 2023 vs full river red.

[@isaacrichter3269]

Yes, please do weekly reviews of Succession!!! The audience is there, I'm sure, the show is quite popular (my take on the show is that, while it can get very meandering, every season has ended strong... the season finales have been my favorite episodes every season).

[@sweetexorcist7322]

Not a fan

[@auran82]

As average of a movie Shazam 2 was, I went to see that in cinemas and I never worried about Quantumania. Its the first MCU movie that my wife and I haven't worried about going to see in cinemas. Shazam 2, while not amazing, was at least popcorn movie fun, turn your brain off, watch some action, watch a fairly basic story and enjoy yourself. The Marvel films now have so much homework, references to stuff, callbacks to Movies and TV Shows from several years ago, and its just exhausting. I've personally seen all the Movies and TV Shows, but my wife hasn't seen any of the TV Shows other than the first 2 episodes of Wandavision, and all of Loki and Falcon and the Winter Soldier, so there is a bunch of stuff that she just hasn't seen so she might not understand, and alot of stuff that I have just flat out forgotten, because the TV Shows have been mostly enjoyable, but not really good enough to be worth re-watching. I feel like that fatigue has finally started to catch up to people, and the pandemic screwing up the originally planned release dates certainly hasn't helped.

[@johncra8982]

I lost it when he said "white Madea" 😂😂😂

[@SilverScale.]

I'd watch a Succession recap show, or, if not weekly, then at least a half-way through the season and whole season review!

[@DrAndyShick]

Not sure I could agree that Birds of Prey's run was curtailed sharply by the pandemic, at least not domestically. The weekend of Feb 28-March 1 was its fourth weekend, and it was already down almost 90% from its first weekend, which was only $33M to begin with. In the pandemic hadn't happened, it would have probably only made another 7 million tops

[@joshwilkins9138]

I'm probably not going to watch Succession, but I would definitely watch your recap video about it and a review of the new season once it's done

[@mnoir7257]

The Rio Theatre in Vancouver, BC is a great independent theatre in Vancouver. I have seen some classics like Holy Mountain and new favourites like Mandy. My friend even got married there!

[@lisamortini8567]

How weird that you're metioning the movie Fried Green Tomatoes! First time visiting the South of the US this week, and I had fried green tomatoes twice today while in Atlanta because I remembered them from the film. 😅

[@KeanuCharlesReeves5]

Thanks for your love care and support ❤❤❤

[@KeanuCharlesReeves5]

Thanks for being my great fan, Where are you chatting from?❤

[@rachelh2816]

I'd say the Music Box Theater in Chicago is a pretty awesome indie theater renovated but keeping the old design. They show new things but also do retrospectives on certain directors and have a Chicago Critics film festival where they share upcoming movies that critics pick before they are released in theaters to the general public. Other neat indie ones in Chicago are Gene Siskel Film Center and Facets.

[@jbearclowater]

It really seems like WB should have just done that tax write off for Shazam 2 that they did for Batgirl.

[@marcuscollins949]

Birds of Prey’s run was essentially over before theaters shut down

[@taurinstraiter2325]

I've always wondered, since you keep telling us that Jaws is your favorite movie of all time I'm curious what your thoughts are on Open Water (2003) (which is Jaws meets The Blair Witch Project)? Or Open Water 2 (2006) starring Multiple Man?

[@alexanderg1297]

KiMo Theater in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was in an episode of better call Saul and is a very old theater here in Abq

[@funtechu]

In the first Shazam film, the parts I liked were predominantly the non-Shazam parts of the film, particularly with Jack Grazer and Asher Angel. There was nothing in the Shazam 2 trailer that made me really want to go see it.

[@rvovelazquez]

I saw Fury of the Gods last night and really enjoyed it. It isn’t perfect, no film is, and I’ll admit the WW cameo is horrific. But, overall I enjoyed both films a lot. To me they brought a lot of the ambience that I enjoy in DC stories. I’ll for sure buy the blu-ray pack when it comes out, and I’ll watch whatever Sanberg does next. I hope this isn’t the last thing he does for DC or this genre.

[@uchihabomber1296]

I’m not surprised cuz I’m just positive a large amount of people just didn’t know there was even Shazam movies to begin with. I did enjoy the movie tho it was pretty fun

[@iamVJLopez]

I assumed Black Adam and Shazam would or should cross paths in their movies. But then The Rock insisted that.. No. I wonder how much of an impact that had on sales.

[@bluesdjben]

It’s too bad Shazam didn’t do better. I thought it was really fun. I get why they’re not everybody’s favorite, but the Shazam movies have so much heart, and I really enjoyed watching the kids in the Shazamily grow across the two movies.

[@tomiwaaina5499]

That succesion poster is glorious. I want to buy it

[@martinbocking8304]

Yes to a Succession recap show!

[@Weaponator18]

Not a surprising flop from Shazam 2. So many factors were working against it (insane competition immediately on the horizon, mixed reviews, the studio openly saying that this movie's universe is ending, so the entire story has no stakes, more selective audiences) just to name a few. The same generic formula for a superhero movie isn't going to net a studio the returns that justify the movies' giant budgets anymore. While it's too early to say superhero movies are dying (especially with the soon to be mega hit 'across the spiderverse') it's abundantly clear that superhero movies have to work harder to draw an audience now.

[@CamPopplestone]

I think in a vacuum Quantumania isn't a disappointment, it's right in line with the other films in the series and above the first domestically at least. The issue is cranking the budget up and putting an entire phases setup on a C tier character who has always had smaller scale movies that aren't about the world ending, with somewhat lower budgets than the other marvel properties. Ant-Man is one of the least popular characters but still has his place as a supplementary fun character. But they seemed to decide since he had a big role in Endgame that he could carry a higher budget and get people out to see him in numbers way above what his first two movies did. Expectations and execution is the issue with Quantumania. The numbers would be fine if the movie was a 100-125 million budget film in line with the first two in terms of what it's trying to do

[@hallopino]

With the D&D movie preview this past weekend, was that result recorded anywhere?

[@DanMurrellMovies]

It will be rolled into opening weekend

[@JuniorYTrinidad]

White Madela..... Priceless!

[@shadebug]

Where’s the Fonda Tomlin franchise tracker?

[@HarrietL]

Dan! Please recap Succession S4. It will be such a treat, cant think of a better finale experience 😊.

[@RonnieBarzel]

Your attempt to discern a reason for “Shazam 2”s underperformance just shows how right William Goldman was: “Nobody knows anything...... Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what's going to work. Every time out it's a guess and, if you're lucky, an educated one.”

[@sjw4life546]

I think we are living in an era not of superhero fatigue, but in a place where middling superhero flicks can no longer make box office bank just because they are superhero movies.

[@ezrarahmey3351]

Yes, Do a Succession Recap Show!

[@matheuslascasas134]

Yesssssssss!!! You definitely should do a recap for succession

[@plo617]

The Rock's Black Adam should've been the main antagonist of Shazam 2.

[@paulw858]

The marketing for the movie seemed quite minimal, so would we still look at 2.5x its budget for its break-even amount? Like is that how it works? Less marketing = lower budget multiplier? Or is it always 2.5x?

[@therockisbornchristmasnativity]

you keep saying 'adjusted for inflation' but where I live, ticket prices have been the same since at least 2018. so...i'm confused.