Aquaman
Action & Adventure Warner Bros. PG-13 2h 23m Released Dec 21, 2018 Discussed 2024
Opening weekend
$67.9M
4,125 theaters
Per-theater average
$16,454
opening weekend
Domestic total
$335.1M
4.9× its opening
Worldwide total
$1.15B
29% domestic
Production budget
$160.0M
7.2× worldwide
RT critics
66%
RT audience
72%
+6 vs critics
Metacritic
55
Where it turns up
Friday, December 13, 2024 Second weekend of December 2024
In the note
So the performance curve is the antithesis of the ‘play long’ parameters of opening pre-Christmas. Of course there are outliers, and back in 2018 Aquaman went the weekend before Christmas and was the top fish dog over the Christmas period, opening to $68 million.