Shazam movie star Zachary Levi has commented on the box office results for Shazam: Fury of the Gods, which had a slow start at the box office and is not expected to make as much money as the 2019 film. Responding to someone on Twitter, Levi said the marketing campaign for the Shazam sequel didn’t attract the kind of family audience he thought it should have.
Not only that, but Levi said it is “sad but true” that fans of Batman v Superman director Zach Snyder wanted to see Shazam 2 come up short at the box office. However, Levi said he couldn’t put a number on how much this might have affected the box office results for Fury of the Gods.
The New Jersey gambling industry generated a total of $506 million in revenues in July 2023, up 5.3 percent from the same period of the prior year. As Associated Press (AP) reports, New Jersey casinos, horse tracks, and their online arms and partners contributed to the result, with the Atlantic City-based Borgata casino achieving the best performance with the record-breaking revenue level of $127 million in July.
$ 506 Million in Revenues:
The industry reportedly won more than half a billion dollars in July from casino, internet and sports betting, but the land-based gambling facilities saw a 3% revenue decline when compared to July 2022 generating less than $290 million, according to AP.
Jane Bokunewicz, director of the Lloyd Levenson Institute at Stockton University and the Atlantic City gambling industry analyst, reportedly commented: “As is the nature of the gaming industry, there are always fluctuations in the monthly revenues …