After topping Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice on the home front last weekend, the film starring Jason Momoa as the King of Atlantis in his first standalone film managed a total of $5.2 million this week, surpassing the $805.8 million worldwide gross for Iron Man 3 with Robert Downey Jr to become the highest-grossing solo feature for a superhero internationally.
In total, Aquaman has managed $1.139 billion at the global box office. It holds the number one spot in the DCEU franchise and is also the highest-grossing DC film of all time.
A sequel is currently in the works. Warner Bros. has tapped Aquaman writer David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick to return to pen the script. Jason Momoa is expected to reprise his role. Robert Downey Jr will next be seen in Avengers: Endgame for what is expected to be his final appearance as Iron Man.
Based on characters created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, Aquaman was written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Will Beall based on a story by Geoff Johns, Wan and Beall. Peter Safran and Rob Cowan produced the film with Deborah Snyder, Zack Snyder, Jon Berg, Johns, and Walter Hamada serving as executive producers.
Directed by James Wan, Aquaman stars Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry, Amber Heard as Mera, Willem Dafoe as Vulko, Patrick Wilson as Orm / Ocean Master, Dolph Lundgren as Nereus, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Black Manta, Nicole Kidman as Atlanna, Ludi Lin as Captain Murk, and Temuera Morrison as Tom Curry.
From Warner Bros. Pictures and director, James Wan comes an action-packed adventure that spans the vast, visually breathtaking underwater world of the seven seas, “Aquaman,” starring Jason Momoa in the title role. The film reveals the origin story of half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime—one that will not only force him to face who he really is, but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be… a king.
Aquaman is now playing. The DCEU will continue next with Shazam! which will be released in theaters on April 5, 2019, and will be followed by Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) on February 7, 2020, and Wonder Woman 1984 on June 5, 2020. A standalone Joker film set outside of the DC Films universe starring Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince of Crime is also set to hit theaters October 4, 2019.
Stay tuned to Heroic Hollywood for the latest news on the future of the current DC cinematic universe as we learn it.
Source: Box Office
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