Warning: SPOILERS for Blue Beetle are ahead!
2023 has been a rough time for DC movies. In the first half of the year, Shazam! Fury of the Gods and The Flash were not only met with mixed critical reception, but both bombed at the box office. Blue Beetle has been faring slightly better (albeit still mixed) on the critical front, ranking at 77% on Rotten Tomatoes (though our own Eric Eisenberg only gave the movie 2.5 out of 5 stars in his review), but it’s also been suffering commercially, which is a shame. At the time of this writing, Jaime Reyes’ cinematic debut has only made $81.8 million worldwide off a reported $104 million budget.
