Unlike the first movie, a Dark Adam sequel won't take 15 years to make

Earlier this month, The Hollywood Reporter tracked "Black Adam" for a $70-75 million opening weekend, but Collider is now giving it a more conservative estimate of $60 million. Either way, that would put it ahead of the latest DC Extended Universe movie, James Gunn's "The Suicide Squad," which only raked in $26.5 million when it opened amid the pandemic ( bearing in mind that this year's biggest box office hit "The Batman" also exists outside of DCEU continuity, and Batman is probably bulletproof in terms of gross, anyway) .

It's understandable that producers want to capitalize on the buzz around a blockbuster as it spends its day in the sun on opening weekend, but our review of "Black Adam" also calls it a film that "looks more like a hasty speed-read footnote rather than a feature." And it almost feels like that's what's happening in the news cycle as well. While Johnson may be invested in his character and determined to see him fight Superman, we only heard this week that Warner Bros. finally developing a sequel to "Man of Steel" with Henry Cavill. Considering how long it took him and "Black Adam" to become a reality, it seems like any talk of a "Black Adam" sequel at this point is a bit premature.

Again, if the fans are happy and Johnson wants to give them more Black Adam, I'm sure we can all expect to see him change the DC power hierarchy again sooner rather than later.

“Black Adam” is in theaters now.