Since it was released in China on December 7th, 2018; Aquaman movie has turned out to be a huge success earning millions of dollars for the Warner Bros. Studios and the DCEU franchise. Although the movie is doing great and setting new records worldwide. However, it has yet to be released in North America and keeping in view its ongoing success; the fans all over the world are anticipating that its going to be the first DCEU movie to touch the billion dollar mark.
This underwater adventure flick which is directed by James Wan (The Conjuring, Fast and Furious 7, The Nun) has not only earned the biggest opening weekend for any movie in the month of December in the Chinese market but it also dethroned Captain America: Civil War.
According to Heroic Hollywood, the DCEU stand-alone superhero film Aquaman managed to break Captain America: Civil War’s record by becoming the highest earning movie within the first 10 days of its release.
In 2016, Captain America: Civil War earned $155.8 million in China during the first 10 days of its release whereas Aquaman broke this record and scored $189.2 million (of which $135 million are its opening weekend’s earnings).
Checkout the list below to see Aquaman’s first 10 days gross earnings compared with other Marvel & DC comic book movies in the China Box Office:
10-day #boxoffice starts in China:
$189.2M – #Aquaman
$155.8M – #CaptainAmericaCivilWar
$95.2M – #ThorRagnarok
$87.5M – #Logan
$85.1M – #BvS
$85.0M – #JusticeLeague
$83.5M – #DoctorStrange
$80.5M – #GOTG2— Gitesh Pandya (@GiteshPandya) December 16, 2018
Aquaman was released in an additional 42 markets this past weekend making it close to a worldwide gross of $300 million. Although Aquaman will have to face quite a stiff competition once it is released in North America however, it is still expected that the King of Atlantis will be able to earn some huge numbers when the movie is released near Christmas.
What are your thoughts about Captain America: Civil War being dethroned by Aquaman at the China Box Office and how much do you think will the movie earn when it opens in the United States? Do share your thoughts in the comments section below!
The cast of the movie includes Jason Momoa (as Aquaman / Arthur Curry), Amber Heard (as Mera), Nicole Kidman (as Queen Atlanna), Patrick Wilson (as Ocean Master / Orm), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (as Black Manta), Willem Dafoe (as Nuidis Vulko) and Dolph Lundgren among others.
