The audience evaluation of "Aquaman 2" in North America is not ideal, and the audience evaluation of Cinemascore is only B, which is far inferior to the A- achieved by the previous work "Aquaman", and is on par with "The Flash", "Captain Marvel 2", and "Ant-Man 3". In addition, the film's first-day box office in North America is expected to be $14 million, down about half from the previous film's first-day results. Despite this, "Aquaman 2" is still expected to win the box office this weekend.
It is worth noting that among the new films released in the same period, "Aquaman 2" has the lowest audience rating, lower than Sony's romantic comedy "I Just Want to Love You" (B+), A24 sports biopic "Iron Claw" (A-), and the illuminated animation "Flying Duck Rushing Forward" (A). And the audience evaluation of "Aquaman 2" is even inferior to "Thunder Shazam 2" (B+), Blue Beetle (B+), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (A), "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" (A).
Looking back, "Black Adam," which was released last year, received a B+ in Cinemascore, grossing $26.68 million on its first day in North America and $67 million over its first three days of the opening weekend. If it is placed this year, the box office performance of "Black Adam" can rank fourth among superhero movies and become the best among DC Universe movies. It can be seen that Johnson's performance in "Black Adam" may really be a little bit short of changing the power hierarchy of the DC Universe.
Although "Aquaman 2" did not perform well at the box office and audience reviews, we cannot completely deny the value of this movie. In the highly competitive film market, how to break out of the cliché and create works with unique style and depth is a problem that filmmakers need to pay attention to. We still need to keep an eye on the future development of the DC Cinematic Universe and look forward to more surprises from their future works.