Klosshufvud
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Welp, not the surefire hit and humiliation of the Snyder movies as propped up prior to release. I'm guessing we'll start to see the usual damage control gear up by WB's marketing as it barely limps to MoS' moderately successful box office run.With official numbers out, Superman has now fallen $17M WW behind Man of Steel for the same timeframe.
There is some irony that the oversaturation and homogenization that Snyder once warned against and was ridiculed for has now come true. Yes the conditions are different now compared to 10 years ago, but that is mostly due to film studios prioritizing profits and exploitation of IPs over consistent quality. Gunn's own DC movies have been pretty bland up to this point too so I'm not so sure why people expected anything different this time around.
I don't think the constant hand waving BO numbers away with various explanations will alter the fact that WB big shots will consider this costly fresh reboot of DC Universe a disappointment. They have committed a lot of time and money to this. There's a good chance a Snyder/Cavill MoS2 would have been more popular without risking as much, but that bridge was burned a long time ago.