We’re coming up on five years since Jason Momoa’s Aquaman last had the limelight for himself, although we haven’t been entirely devoid of the character during that period thanks to Zack Snyder’s Justice League, the Peacemaker Season 1 finale and The Flash (all of which can be streamed with a Max subscription). Still, the time is nearly here for this take on Aquaman to finally step back onto center stage with one of the final 2023 movie releases, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. However, the opening weekend estimates for this upcoming DC movie are in, and it’s not looking good for the Momoa-fronted sequel.
As shared by THR, the National Research Group is tracking the soon-to-arrive Aquaman 2 to open somewhere between $36-$44 million domestically during its four-day holiday weekend, with $40 million looking especially likely. Warner Bros. Pictures, on the other hand, believes its second-to-last movie of the year (the final one being The Color Purple) will collect $50 million or more during its first days playing in theaters, which caps off with Christmas Day.
