'SHAZAM! Fury of the Gods' felt the fury of the marketplace in its theatrical debut this weekend, as the New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. superhero movie opened to a disappointing $30.5 million from 4,071 theaters, according to studio estimates on Sunday.

The 'Shazam!' sequel fell short of its modest expectations ($35 million), as well as the first film in the series ($53.5 million in April 2019), and earned a place on the very low end of modern DC comics movie launches, between 'Birds of Prey' ($33 million in February 2020) and 'The Suicide Squad' ($26.2 million in August 2021), both of which were R-rated.