The success of Aquaman really is unprecedented. Justice League and Batman v Superman were considered box office failures for not making $1 billion, and to date, not even the critically acclaimed Wonder Woman managed it. Nevertheless, Warner Bros took one of the lamest DC characters, gave him an Asgardian makeover, and learning from past mistakes saw him cross the highly-coveted mark. According to Forbes, Momoa’s Aquaman passed $1 billion on Saturday, becoming only the third DC Comics movie to do so.
As it stands, Aquaman has topped Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight which made $1.004 billion back in 2008.
However, it’s still behind the most successful DC movie ever, 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises on $1.084 billion.
Nevertheless, it’s currently the eighth highest-grossing live-action superhero movie ever made behind Nolan’s third Batman, three Avengers, Black Panther, Iron Man 3 and Captain America Civil War.
Certainly, Aquaman’s success was thanks to foreign markets, seeing as its US domestic box office was the second lowest ahead of 2017 flop Justice League.
MARVEL BOSS GIVES HIS VERDICT
