Black Panther: Wakanda Forever started to break records right from its opening week after making a whopping $180 million just in the domestic circuit following its debut, and bagging more than $330 million internationally. The movie stands just second in line to yet another MCU film for holding the record of 2022’s highest weekend debut, with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness earning around $187 million in its opening weekend.
Being out in the cinemas for merely two weeks, Black Panther 2 has already surpassed over $500 million, which is a couple hundred million more than the sum total of what DC’s Black Adam has managed to make since its release exactly a month ago. But that seems to be quite a sensitive topic for the lead actor of the movie as Dwayne Johnson called out IGN for comparing his movie’s box office collection with that of Marvel’s.
The Rock Defends Black Adam Against Black Panther 2‘s Success
Ryan Coogler‘s Black Panther 2 grossed about $550 million globally in just two weeks since its premiere, whereas Jaume Collet-Serra’s Black Adam has earned only around $366 million worldwide since a month of its release, with a pitiful performance concerning its box office collection as compared to Wakanda Forever. And the same has been the talk of the town for quite a while now.
IGN, a popular video game and entertainment site, recently pulled up a comparison between the numbers both films have made so far by posting about it on Twitter. DC’s newest addition, Dwayne Johnson rushed to defend his film’s success, or lack thereof, at this remark which seems to have insulted the Red Notice star.
Although he’s all up for competing, The Rock claimed that when it comes to “an established global brand of Black Panther,” there’s no room for competition in the first place. He also implied that they’re still fairly new, given this was his first DC superhero film that he led, which is why people should go a little easy on Black Adam.
😂 What a neutral post.
I love competing, but @IGN you guys are in the biz with us there’s no competition with the established global brand of Black Panther compared to Black Adam & JSA who a year ago no one even heard of. No need to knock us, we’re new babies and have to grow😊— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) November 20, 2022
And although this has been the topic of intense discussion among almost every DC and Marvel fan, many people are also showing The Rock tremendous support with regard to his ideology as they continue to back Black Adam up, even after the film not doing all too well in terms of numbers.
What’s more is that the San Andreas star has showcased true sportsmanship all this while and even congratulated Wakanda Forever on its massive success.
The Rock Shows Sportsmanship After Congratulating Black Panther 2
Johnson might have felt slighted by people constantly dragging Black Adam through the mud post-Wakanda Forever‘s release, but then again, nobody would like to have their work shamed ceaselessly like this, so his reaction is quite understandable.
Besides, the Walking Tall actor already congratulated the MCU film for its tremendous success during its opening week by showing genuine support and excitement for Black Panther 2.
“That’s a lot of happy movie goers around the world. Beautiful!!! Can’t wait to see the movie,” Johnson exclaimed in his tweet after congratulating the entire Black Panther team as well as Marvel and Disney. And in doing so, The Rock once again proved how much of a gem he truly is, especially when all people have done is comapre Black Adam‘s performance with Black Panther 2.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is out in theatres now.
Source: Twitter
