Friday, July 3, 2026

Box Office Success for a Change: Big Stars Draw Big Numbers for “Black Adam,” “Ticket to Paradise”

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Big stars are the big tickets this weekend.

Last night “Black Adam” starring Dwayne The Rock Johnson booked $19 million plus $7.4 million from previews. It’s heading to a $60 million weekend.

George Clooney and Julia Roberts pulled in $5 million Friday night for “Ticket to Paradise.” Including Thursday they’re in for $6.4 million. Their weekend take will be $16 million, shy of $20 million but just what was expected. “Ticket to Paradise” already has $68 million in the bank from international sales.

Neither movie great reviews. But they have the stars, and that’s all that matters. For “Black Adam,” success is a must as Warner Bros. tries to rebuild the DC Extended Universe. Superman even makes an appearance in “Black Adam,” so you know a sequel lurks out there.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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