Box Office Pro has shared long-range box office forecasts for several upcoming summer releases, and The Flash could be off the races with a strong opening weekend domestically.
Though early tracking does often prove to be way off, initial estimates point to the Scarlet Speedster's first solo feature taking in anything between $115M and $140M when it hits theatres in June. Of course, there's quite a bit of space between those figures!
Warner Bros. seems very confident in The Flash, however, and early reactions have been (mostly) positive. Michael Keaton's return as Batman should be a significant draw, although there is also the spectre of Ezra Miller's pretty appalling (alleged) behaviour hanging over the movie.
Whether this will have any impact on general audiences remains to be seen, but the film continues to receive high praise from those who have managed to catch early screenings, with Stephen King the latest celeb to share his endorsement.
"Directed by Andy Muschietti, The Flash features Barry Allen traveling back in time in order to change events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Super Heroes to help. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian…albeit not the one he’s looking for.
Ultimately, to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry’s only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?"
The Flash is produced by Barbara Muschietti and Michael Disco, with a screenplay by Christina Hodson, an a screen story by John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein and Joby Harold, based on characters from DC. Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Double Dream/a Disco Factory production of an Andy Muschietti film.
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