Shazam again wins at the box office The new Hellboy can't stand up to Shazam in its opening weekend at the box office. Hellboy will open in third place, earning $12 million from 3,303 locations in its first weekend. Shazam remains in first place with another $23 million for the weekend, bringing its domestic box office total to $93 million. The film is directed by David F. Sandberg. It's based on the DC character Shazam, first known as Captain Marvel, who was created by CC Beck and Billy Parker for Fawcett Comics in 1940. Asher Angel plays Bill Batson and Zachary Levi plays Billy’s superhero alter ego, Shazam. In this superhero-comedy film, Shazam takes on the villain Dr. Sivana, played by Mark Strong. The film also stars Jack Dylan Graer as Billy’s friend Freddy Freeman and Djimon Hounsou as the wizard who grants Billy his powers.
Pet Sematary moves into fourth place in its second weekend. It is the second film adaptation of Stephen King’s 1983 horror novel. The 2019 update is earning $9.4 million this weekend, bringing its total to $40.5 million. The film is directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer from a script written by Jeff Buhler.
Tim Burton’s live-action adaptation of Disney’s Dumbo moves into fifth place, earning another $8.1 million, bringing its box office total to $88.8 million.
Captain Marvel moves into seventh place, earning another $2 million in its sixth weekend. That brings its domestic box office total to $385.3 million. The film has grossed more than $1 billion worldwide. Jordan Peele’s Us moves into eighth place in its fourth weekend. The horror film will earn another $6.1 million, bringing its total to $162.6 million. Laika's latest stop-motion animation feature, Missing Link, opens in ninth place. The film earned $1.7 million on Friday leading into a $5.8 million opening weekend.
By Rahul Chawla
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