James Wan’s Aquaman has now become the highest-grossing DC superhero film of all time, surpassing Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises.
According to Box Office Mojo, Aquaman has earned $1.09 billion worldwide. This surpasses The Dark Knight Rises, which earned $1.08 billion worldwide in 2012. When you take inflation into account, Dark Knight Rises earned about $1.187 billion, which puts it only slightly ahead of Aquaman. That’s not bad at all for a Superhero from the sea. Aquaman has now earned its spot as the eighth highest-grossing superhero movie of all time. There will no doubt be a sequel.
At a time when Marvel’s MCU is slowing down and featuring second and third-tier characters, this bodes well for DC if they can keep producing good movies.
