Black Adam Crosses $100 Million in Second Weekend Win at the Box Office

After already handing Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson the biggest opening weekend of his career as a leading, Black Adam will cross $100 million domestically to win its second weekend at the box office during an otherwise uneventful Halloween weekend. The film will earn $27.7 million in its second frame, which brings its domestic box office total to $111.1 million. The film has a B+ CinemaScore, and there's a wide gap between critics and audiences on the Rotten Tomatoes review aggregation site, with only 40% of critics giving Black Adam a positive review, a "rotten" aggregate score. However, 90% of audience members who chose to review the film on the site awarded it a positive rating. Black Adam's critics' consensus on the site reads, "Black Adam may end up pointing the way to an exciting future for DC films, but as a standalone experience, it's a wildly uneven letdown."

ComicBook.com's Evan Valentine saw Black Adam as a first step in writing the DC Universe's ship. In his 3.5-out-of-5 review of the film, he writes, "Is Black Adam the movie that will singlehandedly bring back the DC Cinematic Universe to stand toe to toe with what Marvel has built? No, but it's certainly laying the groundwork for this to be a possibility down the line. Black Adam is a fun, frenzied, and flawed film that answers the prayers of many while also giving viewers an action-packed thrill ride with plenty of charisma from its key players. (I would also be doing the movie a disservice if I didn't mention the amazing "pop" my screening received during the post-credit scene, which might just rival Captain America picking up Thor's hammer for the biggest reaction ever heard in a theater.) It's a roller coaster ride and, if you walk in with that mindset, you're going to have a good time."

Also at the box office this weekend, George Clooney and Julia Roberts' romantic comedy Ticket to Paradise hangs onto second place, horror flicks Prey for the Devil, Halloween Ends, and Smile round out the top five during the peak of the spooky season, while Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile and The Woman King hang on their spots in the top 10. The list of the top 10 films at the box office this weekend follows.