During its opening weekend, it grossed an underwhelming $55 million at the domestic box office. In its second weekend, that dropped 72% to a mere $15.3 million, with some pundits already predicting this will be a box office bomb.
According to Luiz Fernando, the film is estimated to earn $280-310 million globally in its theatrical run. When pitted against The Flash’s $200-220 million production budget, $150 million in marketing, and the fact that studios don’t take all of their box office haul, the movie may lose $200 million for Warner Bros.
Fernando believes they may have lost less money by releasing it on Max or not releasing it at all.
Every movie is required by law to have one plot thread introduced and left unresolved in order to get everyone to think, "what about a sequel maybe?"
This gets people to say things like "I wish they would have done more with X" which increases engagement, a metric that does not matter for movies. Kino will forevermore live in the long shadow of series view bump ticket sales.