Superhero movies aren’t events anymore
Somewhere, Lex Luthor is smiling. Superheroes, the bane of his villainous existence, are having a rough year at the multiplex.The Flashstumbled hard.Shazam! Fury of the Godsfizzled.Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumaniaopened big, then fell fast. WillBlue Beetlereverse the trend? The $30 million it’s expected to make this weekend isn’tsobad for a film originally intended to go straight to streaming, but still pretty dire for something that cost four times that. Not every splash panel spectacle has underperformed....