Shazam! Fury of the Gods

Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid F. Sandberg
Written by
Based onCharacters
by DC
Produced byPeter Safran
Starring
CinematographyGyula Pados
Edited byMichel Aller[1]
Music byChristophe Beck
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • March 14, 2023 (2023-03-14) (Fox Village Theatre)
  • March 17, 2023 (2023-03-17) (United States)
Running time
130 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$110–125 million[3][4]
Box office$134.1 million[5]

Shazam! Fury of the Gods is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC character Shazam. Produced by New Line Cinema, DC Films, and the Safran Company, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is the sequel to Shazam! (2019) and the 12th installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). Directed by David F. Sandberg and written by Henry Gayden and Chris Morgan, it stars Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Rachel Zegler, Adam Brody, Ross Butler, D. J. Cotrona, Grace Caroline Currey, Meagan Good, Lucy Liu, Djimon Hounsou, and Helen Mirren. In the film, Billy Batson / Shazam and his foster siblings fight the Daughters of Atlas.

A sequel to Shazam! began development shortly after its release in April 2019, with Gayden returning as writer, and Morgan joining soon after to revise Gayden's screenplay. Sandberg and Levi (Shazam) were also set to return by that December. The title and the rest of the returning cast were confirmed in August 2020, with Zegler, Mirren and Liu cast as the daughters of Atlas in early 2021. Filming began that May in Atlanta, Georgia, and concluded in August.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods premiered at the Fox Village Theatre in Los Angeles on March 14, 2023, and was released in the United States on March 17. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who considered it inferior to its predecessor. It was also considered by analysts to be a box-office bomb,[a] grossing $134 million worldwide against a production budget of $110–125 million.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Aller was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Shazam! Fury of the Gods (12A)". BBFC. March 17, 2023. Archived from the original on July 29, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
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  4. ^ Kim Murphy, J. (March 18, 2023). "Box Office: 'Shazam 2' Zaps Up $11.7 Million Opening Day". Variety. Archived from the original on March 18, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  5. ^ "Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 31, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.


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