LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Despite the early buzz around Ezra Miller's long-awaited return as Barry Allen, 'The Flash' has disappointed the box office. After a weaker-than-expected opening weekend in the United States, 'The Flash' could recoup without significant new openers. However, it accomplished the opposite, recording the worst-ever week-on-week dip for a DC film. However, there could be a couple of reasons why the movie failed, but one of the spiking reasons could be the lead actor Miller, who uses they/them pronouns.
Recent legal issues and assault claims have gained a corroded reputation for Miller. The actor, who has expressed regret for his past erratic conduct and sought therapy for "complex mental health issues." Miller made a limited public appearance at the movie premiere due to the controversy surrounding him.
Why did 'The Flash' fail in box office?
The Flash already had one of the lowest domestic opening-day grossing performances, proving it to be a box office dud. Despite accolades from the director James Gunn, Hollywood legend Tom Cruise, author Stephen King, etc., the movie was unable to meet expectations.
And to make matters worse, the entire movie was recently leaked on Twitter, where it received around 2 million views before being removed from the site. The fact that so many people are seeing the movie for free will likely harm its box office performance even more.
'The Flash', a movie starring Ezra Miller and directed by Andy Muschietti, sadly fell short of expectations for popularity. The movie underperformed expectations on the first day of its release, earning only $55 million. Black Adam was seen as a failure despite earning 65 million dollars on its opening day, as per reports.
The movie 'Flash' was uploaded online
The movie didn't do well, despite being a hot topic of conversation, for a variety of reasons. However, a recent leak of the whole 2 hours and 24 minutes of the movie on Twitter has only made matters worse in terms of the box office results. The movie that was purportedly posted was removed when the site suspended the user @BriYoshFR for violating its terms of service. However, prior to that, everything has previously been seen for free by about 2 Million individuals. This only strengthens The Flash's potential for box office disaster, as reported by AnimatedTimes.
Miller's troubled background over the last few years is another factor in the box office catastrophe. Another one may be the early leaks of movie snippets before to the film's premiere. Additionally, the film's opening scene's entire odd and unfinished VFX work did not contribute to a positive reaction, as per reports.
Internet says, 'Erza Miller sucks as the flash!'
However, in the Internet world, Miller has received some solid backlash from the die-hard fans of DC, as one of the users took to Twitter and wrote, The problem with #theflash movie It's not that Erza Miller is a pos in real life... (separate the from the talent) It's that Erza Miller sucks as the flash! So he sucks twice, but one of the 2 really matters to us as consumers." A different user wrote, "That is such a stretch. Like he's forgetting the main reason why the Flash is doing terribly is because Erza Miller is the lead."
The last user wrote, "It flopped cause it released between GotG3 and Across the Spiderverse. No body is going to talk about the flash except for die hard fans. Erza miller doesn't help when most people already couldn't be bothered to go see it."
