As much as we are surprised to see the very poor box office data for ‘Shazam! The wrath of the gods’, the truth is that the fact that came out after announcing the reset of the DC universe it hasn’t helped raise more money. And his director, David F. Sandberg, hasn’t been taking it personally and hasn’t been biting his nails hoping his movie will turn heads, taking an attitude of resignation and convincing himself that it was not his fault.
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To declare his reassurance on the matter, Sandberg has used Reddit, of all sites: upon discovering that they were quoting him in all the posts about the box office collapseone user commented “It’s so wrong to quote him in a post about this movie failing. I understand it’s a positive comment but still.” Sandberg replied the following:
No problem. Not that it was a surprise. I saw a long time ago where this was headed. I’ll be fine anyway. They already paid me everything in advance.
The truth is A sea of reasons has come together for why the second part of ‘Shazam!’ has not managed to get ahead: the reset, the superheroic fatigue (which, now, is notorious), that the first part was not a success, some unexciting trailers… Although it has risen to number one at the American box office, it has only been with 30.5 million dollars. To put it clearly, 9 million less than ‘Morbius’ a year ago. And that has to hurt.
How could it be otherwise, These statements have been taken on the Internet in a thousand different ways and in the end the director had to clarify in a tweet that he wasn’t (so) serious: “Oh no, this response on Reddit, taken out of context, was meant as a joke and now it’s being read in so many wrong ways (…) It was not a comment on the quality of the film that I am very proud of“.
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