Aquaman Pre Sales Outpacing Wonder Woman But Don T Expect As Big Of An Opening Weekend

‘Aquaman’ Pre-Sales Outpacing ‘Wonder Woman’, But Don’t Expect As Big Of An Opening Weekend

By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 19, 2018 11:30 am EST

Let’s not forget that Aquaman is opening up against some pretty big competition this weekend. Mary Poppins Returns will be in theaters, Bumblebee is also opening this weekend, and the critically acclaimed Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is entering its second weekend. That has audience attention spread across a variety of movies.

Finally, let’s not forget that we’re heading into the last weekend before Christmas. Sure, plenty of families go to the movies over the holidays, but the box office performance is likely going to be more spread out because of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day falling on a Monday and Tuesday. Lots of last minute shopping needs to be done this weekend, so the movies won’t be a top priority for everyone. But even so, the five-day projections have Aquaman making around $120 million.

But despite all that, Aquaman looks like it should be a solid hit for Warner Bros. Pictures, especially with the movie making huge bank in China already, and it might give some of the more disinterested DC Comics fans some hope for the future of the DC Extended Universe.