'Black Adam' China Release In Doubt: Killed By Marvel Fans 2022

China release has been cancelled! The movie’s been banned from a theatrical release in China, which is a huge blow to the movie’s and DC Studios’ box office hopes. This will also be a huge blow to Warner Bros Discovery’s executives and its CEO, David Zaslav who would have been hoping for big box office returns from the Chinese market.

The film, widely tipped to need China to gross a significant profit after a less-than-underwhelming performance in the United States, will not get a chance in that market. It’s been alleged that the movie has been banned from being released in China thanks to none other than Pierce Brosnan (via Reddit). I know! It sounds crazy to us as well. However, there has been footage of the former 007 actor sporting the Dalai Lama’s insignia in recent posts on social media Chinese MCU fans upset over 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' not getting a China release may have turned in Pierce Brosnan Rumors are swirling that Black Adam is not getting a China release due to Marvel fans, which if that is the case, would certainly kill its box office.

'Black Adam' China Release In Doubt: Killed By Marvel Fans 2022  

MOVIE INFO

Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the ancient gods--and imprisoned just as quickly--Black Adam (Dwayne Johnson) is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.

Rating: PG-13 (Sequences of Strong Violence|Intense Action|Some Language)

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Original Language: English

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra

Producer: Beau Flynn, Hiram Garcia, Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia

Writer: Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani

Release Date (Theaters): Oct 21, 2022  Wide

Box Office (Gross USA): $110.9M

Runtime: 2h 5m

Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos

Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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It has been thought that Black Adam would get released in China on Nov. 11 (the same date Black Panther: Wakanda Forever opens in the rest of the world, but it will not get released in China), where Dwayne Johnson has a huge following, but nothing official has been announced.

However, on Wednesday, a big rumor hit that Black Adam is not going to be released in China.China decided not to release Black Adam

A user on the Box Office Theory forums (via Reddit) posted that as a result of Chinese Marvel fans informing the Chinese Film Board that Pierce Brosnan is a Dalia Lama supporter, China has decided not to release Black Adam.

“Pierce Brosnan wore something related to Daila Lama in an interview – that is what I heard / read,” states user Tiger Paw. “And on Weibo, there are comments that said many Marvel fans took the chance and called in to the film board to highlight this and complained to get the film banned.”