Black Adam’s financial success may still be up for dispute, but the film will soon make its HBO Max streaming premiere after a recent digital release. On December 16, the movie hits the platform so that users may view it. Fans of Dwayne Johnson’s powerful anti-hero will receive an early Christmas present.
While there will still be plenty of people who have not yet seen Black Adam, how successful the movie’s streaming drop will turn out to be following the recent rumors that Black Adam 2 is unlikely going ahead is yet to be seen. In fact, Black Adam’s central role in the DCU going forward is in doubt, making the film a cinematic equivalent of a Netflix series being canceled after one season.
In the last week, reports suggested that the film will struggle to break even between the movie’s colossal production costs and equally extravagant marketing budget and could end up losing the studio as much as $100 million. Soon after this report was published, Johnson took to his Twitter account to, as he put it, set the record straight on the movie’s financial situation. According to The Rock, the film will actually turn a profit, albeit a small one for such a movie. Which of these reports is correct is anyone’s guess. But, having only been on digital sale since November 22, it looks like Black Adam is now being put out to graze.
As well as bigging up his own role in Black Adam, Dwayne Johnson has spent months singing the praises of Henry Cavill, and has more or less taken full credit for bringing the Man of Steel back to the DCU. However, this could be another dead-in-the-water move if the reports of Henry Cavill’s involvement in the DCU’s future also being up in the air are true. That hasn’t stopped Johnson from making his thoughts on Cavill clear. He said in a recent social media post:
Black Adam and Superman’s roles in the coming DCU overhaul will be revealed soon, and hopefully before many fans stop caring one way or the other.
