Add 'Shazam! Fury of the Gods, to the growing list of disappointments at the box office. Warner Bros.' latest DC blockbuster only managed to earn $30 million in its opening weekend, a drop from the $53 million that the original 'Shazam!' made back in 2019. This is quite a blow considering that 'Fury of the Gods' had a production cost exceeding $110 million with a $100 million spent on marketing. The film now joins high profile movies like Paramounts 'Babylon,' Universals 'Bros' and Disney/Foxs 'Amsterdam' on the list of major Hollywood studio flops. However it's important to note that not all these films deserved such a fate at the box office. Throughout film history there have been great movies that unfortunately suffered from poor box office performance.

It's no surprise that Martin Scorsese gained attention this year for criticizing the industry's obsession with box office numbers and how films are judged based on their opening weekend grosses. Since the 1980s there has been a focus on numbers' ' Scorsese remarked during his appearance at the 2022 New York Film Festival.