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Aquaman (film)

April 26, 2024

Aquaman is a 2018 American superhero film based on the DC character of the same name. Co-produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is the sixth film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). Directed by James Wan from a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Will Beall, it stars Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry / Aquaman, who sets out to lead the underwater kingdom of Atlantis and stop his half-brother, King Orm (Patrick Wilson) from uniting the seven underwater kingdoms to destroy the surface world. Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Nicole Kidman also star in supporting roles.

Aquaman
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Directed byJames Wan
Screenplay by
Story by
Based onCharacters
from DC
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDon Burgess
Edited byKirk Morri
Music byRupert Gregson-Williams
Production
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Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
Running time
143 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$160–200 million[4][5][6]
Box office$1.152 billion[7]

Development began in 2004 but did not gain traction until Man of Steel was released in 2013. In August 2014, Beall and Kurt Johnstad were hired to write competing scripts. Wan signed on as director in April 2015, and in July 2016, the film moved forward with Beall's screenplay. The main cast was confirmed through 2016 and early 2017. Principal photography began in Australia in May 2017, taking place at Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, with additional production teams in Canada, Italy and Morocco. Filming concluded the following October. Several vendors provided visual effects, ranging from high-detail hair simulations to the creation of CGI animals and locations.

Aquaman premiered in London on November 26, 2018, and was released in the United States on December 21. While the film received mixed reviews from critics, it grossed $1.152 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing DCEU film, the highest-grossing film based on a DC Comics character, the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2018, and the 20th highest-grossing film of all time. A sequel, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, was released on December 22, 2023, while a non-canonical animated miniseries, Aquaman: King of Atlantis, is set after the events of this film and was released in October 2021.

Plot edit

In 1985 Maine, lighthouse keeper Thomas Curry rescues Atlanna, queen of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, during a storm. They fall in love and have a son named Arthur, who has the power to communicate with sea creatures. When Atlantean soldiers sent by King Orvax (the ruler of Atlantis) arrive for Atlanna, who fled her arranged marriage, she is forced to leave her family to protect them from her people. She promises to return when it's safe and goes back to Atlantis, entrusting her advisor, Nuidis Vulko, to train Arthur. Becoming a skilled warrior, Arthur rejects Atlantis upon learning that Atlanna was executed by Orvax for loving a human and for Arthur's illegitimate birth.

In the present, Arthur has become known as the metahuman dubbed as the "Aquaman" by the public. One year after Steppenwolf's defeat,[a] Arthur confronts pirates hijacking a Russian Akula-class submarine. Their leader, Jesse Kane, is killed, leading his son David to vow revenge against Arthur, after he refused to help save Jesse in retaliation for murdering innocent people. King Orm Marius, Orvax's son (now Atlantis's new ruler) and Arthur's younger half-brother, convinces King Nereus of Xebel to help unite Atlantis and destroy the surface world for polluting the oceans. If Orm unites all four kingdoms, he will receive the title of Ocean Master, commander of the most powerful force on Earth. They are ambushed by a submarine, causing Orm to feel obligated to send a tsunami.

Nereus' daughter Mera, betrothed to Orm, refuses to aid them and requests Arthur's help, and Arthur accompanies her to Atlantis after Orm's tsunami nearly kills his father. Vulko urges him to find the Trident of Atlan, a powerful artifact of Atlantis' first ruler, to reclaim his rightful place as king. They are ambushed by Orm's men, and Arthur is captured. Orm blames him for Atlanna's death and nearly kills him in a duel before Mera rescues him. Arthur and Mera journey to the fallen Kingdom of the Deserters hidden under the Sahara, where the trident was forged, and unlock a holographic message that leads them to Sicily, where they retrieve the trident's coordinates.

Orm gives David an Atlantean battle suit to kill Arthur, imprisons Vulko, and coerces the Kingdom of the Fishermen to pledge their allegiance to him by killing their king. It is revealed that Orm hired David and Jesse to hijack the Russian submarine to win Nereus's support. Rechristening himself as "Black Manta", David battles Arthur, but Arthur defeats him. Arthur and Mera fend off amphibious monsters of the Trench, and a wormhole transports them to an uncharted sea at the center of the Earth. They are reunited with Atlanna, who managed to survive and escape into the uncharted sea, but was unable to find her way back.

Arthur faces the Karathen, a mythical sea monster and guardian of the trident, and reclaims the trident, which grants him control over the seven seas. Orm leads his army against the Kingdom of the Brine to declare himself Ocean Master, while in turn Arthur leads an army of marine creatures against him. Orm's followers embrace Arthur as the true king upon learning that he wields Atlan's trident. Arthur spares Orm's life after beating him in a duel, and Orm accepts his imprisonment after discovering that Arthur rescued their mother. Atlanna reunites with Thomas, while Arthur ascends to the throne. In a mid-credits scene, Manta is rescued by Dr. Stephen Shin, a marine scientist and conspiracy theorist obsessed with Atlantis, and agrees to lead Shin there in exchange for help in his revenge on Arthur.

Cast edit

 
Cast and director of Aquaman at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con. From left to right: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Nicole Kidman, Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and James Wan
  • Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry / Aquaman:
    A half-Atlantean, half-human who is reluctant to be king of the undersea nation of Atlantis. He is a member of the Justice League. He possesses superhuman strength, durability, has hydrokinetic powers, can communicate with sea creatures, and can swim at supersonic speeds.[8] A younger Arthur Curry is portrayed by various actors, including Kobi Booker as the infant, Tainu and Tamor Kirkwood at age 3, Kaan Guldur at age 9, Otis Dhanji at age 13 and Kekoa Kekumano at age 16.[9]
  • Amber Heard as Mera:
    The princess of Xebel, Arthur Curry's love interest, a warrior and daughter of King Nereus. She was raised by Queen Atlanna and groomed to become queen. Mera possesses hydrokinetic and telepathic powers that allow her to control her aquatic environment and communicate with other Atlanteans.[10]
  • Willem Dafoe as Nuidis Vulko:
    Atlantis' vizier, who mentored the young Arthur and trains him to fight. Dafoe was digitally de-aged for the flashback scenes.
  • Patrick Wilson as Orm Marius / Ocean Master:
    Arthur Curry's younger Atlantean half-brother and king of Atlantis, who seeks to unite the seven underwater kingdoms and become the Ocean Master to declare war on the surface world for humanity's desecration of the seas. Wilson previously voiced the President of the United States of America in the DC Extended Universe film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).
  • Dolph Lundgren as Nereus:
    Mera's father and the king of the Atlantean tribe of Xebel, whom Orm tricks into an alliance through false pretenses.
  • Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as David Kane / Black Manta:[b]
    A ruthless pirate and a high-seas mercenary with a flair for creating deadly technological innovations. He is not referred to by his civilian name in the film and is credited simply as "Manta".
  • Ludi Lin as Captain Murk: The commander of the Men-of-War, the frontline army of Atlantis.
  • Temuera Morrison as Tom Curry: Arthur's father and a lighthouse keeper.
  • Nicole Kidman as Atlanna: The Queen of Atlantis, mother of Arthur Curry and Orm.

Randall Park portrays Doctor Stephen Shin, a marine biologist obsessed with finding the lost city of Atlantis. Graham McTavish appears as King Atlan, the first king of Atlantis and the ancestor of Atlanna, Arthur, and Orm. Michael Beach plays Jessie, Manta's father and the leader of their group of ocean pirates.

Leigh Whannell, director Wan's longtime film collaborator, appears in the film as a cargo pilot.[11][non-primary source needed] Julie Andrews provides the voice of Karathen, a mythical sea monster and keeper of the Trident of Atlan who allies with Aquaman.[12] John Rhys-Davies voices the Brine King and Djimon Hounsou voices King Ricou of the Fishermen, while both of these characters are portrayed on screen through motion capture performed by Andrew Crawford.[13] Natalia Safran and Sophia Forrest provide the voice and motion capture of Fishermen Queen Rina and Fishermen Princess Scales, respectively.

Production edit

Development edit

In 2004, FilmJerk.com reported that Sunrise Entertainment's Alan and Peter Riche planned to bring Aquaman to the big screen for Warner Bros., with Robert Ben Garant writing the screenplay.[14] However, the attempt fell through. In 2007, Warner Bros. announced the development of a Justice League film with Michele and Kieran Mulroney writing the screenplay. The film, reportedly titled Justice League: Mortal, would have been Aquaman's cinematic debut. George Miller signed on to direct later that year. However, the film would be cancelled following production delays stemming from the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike. Prior to the film's cancellation in 2008, actor Santiago Cabrera had been cast as Aquaman.[15] In July 2009, it was reported that Aquaman was in development at Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way. Warner chairman and CEO Barry Meyer said that an Aquaman film was in development.[16] After Man of Steel's release in 2013, a source from Warner Bros. told The Wrap that they were discussing future films, with the mention of more Man of Steel movies as well as a Superman/Batman film, a Wonder Woman film and an Aquaman film.[17][18][19] Geoff Johns told Variety that Aquaman was a priority character.[20] On August 12, 2014, Warner Bros. announced that it had hired screenwriters Will Beall and Kurt Johnstad to pen separate scripts. The film was developed on dual tracks, although only the better version would move forward.[21]

 
James Wan at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con

Peter Jackson was approached to direct the film but he declined.[22] On April 10, 2015, The Hollywood Reporter reported that James Wan was the front-runner to direct.[23] In June 2015, Wan was confirmed to direct and overlook the screenplay by Johnstad.[24][25] On November 12, 2015, David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick was hired to write the script; however, it was unclear whether his would be separate or work with Wan.[26] Previous script plans had been scrapped and Wan and Johns planned to move forward with a new script written by Beall.[27] Later, Johnson-McGoldrick was brought back to the project to rewrite Beall's script.[28][29]

In March 2016, it was announced that the events of Aquaman would be set after Justice League.[30][31] Wan confirmed that cinematographer Don Burgess, who had previously worked with Wan on The Conjuring 2, would serve as cinematographer.[32][non-primary source needed] Pre-production began in Australia in late November 2016.[33][34]

Casting edit

 
Jason Momoa at 2017 San Diego Comic-Con International

In October 2014, Warner Bros. announced Aquaman as a part of the DC Extended Universe, with Jason Momoa starring.[35] On October 20, 2014, Momoa revealed that he was preparing for a Justice League film, and that he did not know whether a solo Aquaman film would come before or after. He thought it might be an origin story.[36] In December 2014, it was revealed that Momoa had signed a four-picture deal with the studio and DC, and he wanted Zack Snyder to direct.[37]

On January 13, 2016, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Amber Heard had entered negotiations to play Mera;[10] her casting was confirmed two months later.[38] In April 2016, Willem Dafoe was cast in an undisclosed role,[39] later revealed to be Nuidis Vulko.[40] On December 12, 2016, it was confirmed that Patrick Wilson would play Aquaman's half-brother.[41] On January 31, 2017, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II was added to the cast as Black Manta, Aquaman's archenemy in the comics.[42] Michael K. Williams was also considered for the role.[43] That same day, press reports noted that Nicole Kidman had entered talks to play Queen Atlanna.[44] Two months later, Kidman confirmed her participation.[45]

By February 2017, New Zealand actor Temuera Morrison had entered talks to play Thomas Curry.[46] On April 12, Dolph Lundgren was cast as Nereus.[47] Ludi Lin was cast in the film on May 15, 2017.[48] Almost two weeks later, Michael Beach, who voiced Devil Ray, a character loosely based on Black Manta in Justice League Unlimited, was cast as Black Manta's father.[49] In October 2017, Graham McTavish revealed that he had a role.[50] In April 2018, Randall Park was cast as Dr. Stephen Shin,[51] and in July, Djimon Hounsou, Natalia Safran and Sophia Forrest were cast as the Fisherman King, Fisherman Queen, and Fisherman Princess, respectively.[52] In November 2018, it was revealed that Julie Andrews had a voice role.[12]

Filming edit

Principal photography began in Australia on May 2, 2017, under the working title Ahab.[53] A majority of the film was shot at Village Roadshow Studios in Gold Coast, Queensland, with additional production in Newfoundland, Sicily and Morocco.[54] Between May and August 2017, location shooting took place on the Australian Gold Coast, including Main Beach, Coomera, Southport and Amity Point in North Stradbroke Island, Queensland,[55] as well as Hastings Point, in New South Wales.[56] On filming underwater sequences, Wan stated that "the underwater world is super complicated" and "it's not an easy shoot".[57]

Filming would have begun on the Lighthouse set at Hastings Point on August 11, 2017, and ended later that month.[58] Filming took place in Newfoundland and Labrador.[59] Willem Dafoe finished up his part by late September.[60] On October 13, James Wan announced that Patrick Wilson had wrapped.[61] Filming on location took place in Morocco by mid-October, which included the cities of Merzouga and Erfoud.[62] Principal photography wrapped on October 21, 2017.[63]

Post-production edit

James Wan's five-time collaborator Kirk Morri served as the editor for Aquaman. Two-time Academy Award winner Charles Gibson (Babe and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest) and Kelvin McIlwain (Fast & Furious franchise) served as overall visual effects supervisors.[64] On November 3, 2018, Wan announced that post-production was complete.[65]

Some additional detail of blood was removed from the UK version of the film to achieve a lower age rating.[66]

Visual effects edit

Two thousand three hundred visual effects shots (VFX) appear in the movie, completed by Lucasfilm's Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Base FX, Rodeo FX, Scanline VFX, DNEG, Luma Pictures, Weta Digital, Moving Picture Company (MPC), Method Studios, Digital Domain and Clear Angle Studios.[67][68] The visual effects for the director's cut were created at the same time as the theatrical cut.[69]

ILM was the lead VFX vendor and worked on creating Atlantis and all its CGI animals, the Karathen and the final battle. Jeff White served as the VFX supervisor for ILM. For the underwater sequences, the actors were shot dry-for-wet on special tuning fork rigs designed by the FX team, and later the bodies of the actors were replaced with digital doubles in post-production. For creating Atlantis, the team relied on the designs provided by the art department. ILM's environment team created over 200 buildings, including the signature jellyfish buildings, and laid over 7,000 buildings in districts covering almost 600 square miles for the action to travel through. The underwater ships were modeled off organic creatures and designed to move that way. For the entrance to the Atlantis sequence, the team built over 150,000 ships to fill the traffic lanes leading into Atlantis. All the animals, including the Karathen, were built by ILM and animated using keyframe animation.

Approximately 700 shots in the film required high-detail hair simulations. ILM had to significantly improve its hair simulation software due to the unique aspects of hair flowing underwater. Normally, hair simulations use guide strands to define or influence the movement of groups of hair strands. This did not provide a satisfying look, so ultimately, ILM simulated strands individually, which required heavy computations. Additionally, Wan wanted to be able to direct the hair when the physically accurate simulation resulted in undesirable results. ILM delivered 670 shots.[70][71]

Weta Digital handled most of the digital de-aging involved in the film. They digitally de-aged Nicole Kidman and Temuera Morrison for flashback sequences.[72] DNEG digitally de-aged Willem Dafoe for the scene where his character Nuidis Vulko trains the young Arthur.[71]

Jay Barton served as the VFX supervisor for Digital Domain. They worked on creating the Dead King's Island environment. For the sequence, the actors were shot in a pool of water against blue screen backgrounds, with Digital Domain adding CGI extensions, waterfalls, mountains and dinosaurs in post-production. Most of the waterfalls in the scene were created using Houdini, while some were created using practical elements of things such as pouring salt and glass beads. They also built an extensive library of shot FX elements. The dinosaurs were animated using keyframe animation. Digital Domain delivered 19–20 shots.[73]

David Nelson and Craig Wentworth served as VFX supervisors for Method Studios. Method handled the Sicily fight sequence between Arthur, Mera and Black Manta; Arthur's encounter with the Karathen in the Well of the Souls; and his acquisition of Atlan's trident. For the Sicily fight sequence, the team built the main square of the Italian village and terracotta tiled roof set pieces that were backed with a blue screen. A completely CGI village was also created based on scans and documentation of the real village.[70] For the Well of the Souls sequence, Momoa was filmed dry-for-wet and captured on set in rigs that simulated underwater movements, but they ultimately felt restrictive so artists replaced the majority of his performance with a digital body double and added the CGI environment, Karathen and Arthur's free-flowing locks. A specially designed 700fps shot was used in the scene where the camera travels through Arthur's eyes.[74][75]

Rodeo FX worked on two key sequences, with Sebastien Moreau as VFX Supervisor. For the aquarium that young Arthur visits near the beginning, Rodeo FX used simulations as well as algorithms for the fish behavior. They created hard and soft corals by developing a colonization growth system, along with procedural stem and tentacle generation tools. They also created the environments for the Atlantis ruins below the desert. Artists used a Lego-type approach to layer the environment with a large amount of sand, dust and rocks, all of which would realistically give way to the characters' interactions. From there, they sculpted ruined buildings, bridges, towers, statues and temples, which were textured and shaded to add depth to the ruined city.[76][77]

Scanline VFX delivered 450 shots. Bryan Hirota served as VFX supervisor. The main sequences produced by them were the lighthouse and its surrounding environment; the "Aquaman" title card that follows the Boston aquarium; Aquaman pushing the submarine to the surface and rescuing the sailors inside; Orm's tidal wave that sweeps away Arthur and Tom, including the rescue and aftermath; Black Manta being paid by Orm for the submarine's delivery; and Arthur and Mera's visit to the Kingdom of the Trench. For the title card, the team relied on Rodeo's work on the aquarium sequence and simulated up to 60,000 fish. The tidal wave sequence was realized with a large-scale simulated wave, which was integrated with a combination of day-for-night footage, blue screenshots for the actors in truck interiors, a truck on a rotisserie rig, an interior cabin in a water tank, and VFX simulations for debris. For creating the lighthouse, a full-size house with the base of the lighthouse tower was constructed by the FX team. Additional house and dock sets were built on sound stages. A digital build-out was done to complete the lighthouse tower and extend the dock fully out into the sea. For the sequence where the camera pushes into a toy snow globe with a tiny lighthouse inside, a CGI transition was created from the lighthouse's living room set to a fully CGI winter coastline. For creating the Trench creatures, motion capture was done on set by stunt performers.[78]

Music edit

Main article: Aquaman (soundtrack)

On March 7, 2018, Rupert Gregson-Williams was announced as the composer for Aquaman. Gregson-Williams previously wrote the score for Wonder Woman, the fourth film in the DC Extended Universe.[79] The soundtrack was released by WaterTower Music on December 14, 2018.[80][81] The album features two original songs, the first by American musician Skylar Grey titled "Everything I Need", written by Grey and Elliott Taylor and the second by American rapper Pitbull featuring Rhea titled "Ocean to Ocean", written by Pitbull, George Bechara, Bianca Oechsle and Gabriel Dunn, this song samples Toto's "Africa" (1982), written by Jeff Porcaro and David Paich also being credited as songwriters.[82] Joseph Bishara, Wan's frequent collaborator, composed a piece called "Trench Engaged" for the trench sequence.[83]

Marketing edit

In March 2017, prior to filming, a first look at Aquaman was shown during CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Nevada, with Momoa introducing a video of director James Wan displaying a concept art sizzle reel.[84] Later, on July 22, the film's footage made its debut at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) 2017 with a teaser presented by Momoa during the Warner Bros. panel; director Wan presented the footage, stating that "in a lot of ways, this is an origin story,"[85] In April 2018, another teaser, with new footage, was shown by Wan and Momoa at CinemaCon, joined by Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II on stage.[86] Wan teased the conflict between Arthur and Ocean Master, stating that "it's almost a very classic Shakespearean story about brother from another world vs. brother from another world. And it really is a classic story of sibling rivalry."[87]

On June 11, 2018, the film's first trailer was previewed at CineEurope.[88] On July 21, 2018, the first trailer was released at SDCC 2018, considered the best received trailer;[89] it was later attached to theatrical showings of Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The Meg, The Predator, Venom, and First Man.[90] The cast appeared on Sunday, July 22, as guests on Conan with Conan O'Brien during SDCC.[91] By late August the studio held early test screenings with mixed reactions shared on social media describing the film as good but not great.[92][93] On October 5, 2018, a 5-minute Extended Video was released by Warner Bros.[94][95][96][97] The first official TV spot for the film came on October 16,[98] followed by a second on November 1.[99] The same month, character posters were released for Aquaman, Mera, Black Manta, Ocean Master, King Nereus, Queen Atlanna and Nuidis Vulko.[100]

On November 7, the studio announced the promotion tour schedule, which would take place during November and December with fan events, screenings and premieres, including Beijing, London, New York City, Manila, Los Angeles, Miami, Gold Coast, Sydney and Honolulu.[101] Additionally, it was announced that the film would be screened on December 7, 2018, during Brazil Comic Con (CCXP) in São Paulo.[102] The following week, an official behind the scenes featurette was released, which included footage not seen in the mainstream trailers.[103] Two days later, the film's two main posters were released, depicting Aquaman and Mera in their costumes.[104] On November 19 the final trailer was released, alongside the announcement of ticket sales.[105] The same day, 30 minutes of footage was shown in China during the first stop of the film's promotion tour, generating rave reactions.[106]

The film's financial success has been attributed to the studio's marketing plan that attracted a broad demographic (particularly women) through advertising, social media and promotional partners.[107]

Release edit

Theatrical edit

Aquaman had its world premiere at the Empire, Leicester Square, in London on November 26, 2018.[108] It was released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on December 21.[109] On November 19, Atom Tickets announced that Amazon Prime members in the United States would have early access to tickets for a December 15 screening of the film at select AMC, Regal, National Amusements, and ArcLight Cinemas.[110]

It was previously set for July 27, 2018, and then moved to October 5, 2018, before settling on its release date.

Home media edit

Aquaman was released for digital download on March 5, 2019,[111] and on Blu-ray, 4K Blu-ray Ultra HD, 3D Blu-ray and DVD on March 19.[112] It has an estimated total of $27.4 million in US DVD sales, as well as an estimated total of $42.2 million in Blu-ray sales, bringing in a total of $69.7 million in domestic video sales.[113] Director James Wan has revealed there will not be a director's cut.[114]

Reception edit

Box office edit

Aquaman grossed $335.1 million in the United States and Canada and $813.4 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $1.152 billion.[7] It became the highest-grossing installment in the DCEU and the highest-grossing film based on any DC character[115] as well as Warner Bros.' third-highest-grossing film worldwide behind Barbie ($1.403 billion)[116] and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($1.342 billion).[117] Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be $260.5 million when factoring together all expenses and revenues, making it the fifth-most-profitable release of 2018.[118]

United States and Canada edit

The day after announcing the early Amazon screenings, Aquaman's first 24-hour pre-sale totals became the highest in the history of Atom Tickets, beating out Avengers: Infinity War as well as outpacing Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, another film Amazon Prime had offered early to subscribers the previous December.[119][120] The film made $2.9 million from the Amazon preview screenings at 1,225 theaters, higher than the $1.86 million made by Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.[121] In the United States and Canada, Aquaman was released alongside Bumblebee, Second Act and Welcome to Marwen and was projected to gross $65–70 million in its opening weekend and $120 million over its first five days (with some tracking figures going as high as $150 million).[6] The film made $28 million on its first day, including $9 million from Thursday night previews (a total of $13.7 million including the Amazon screenings and a Wednesday preview). It went on to debut at $67.9 million ($73.2 million including all early showings), topping the box office but marking the lowest opening of the DCEU.[122] It then made $11 million on Monday and $22.1 million on Christmas Day, one of six films to ever gross over $20 million on the holiday; its five-day total opening was $105.7 million.[123] The film made $52.1 million in its second weekend, a drop of 23%, as well as $10.1 million on New Year's Eve and $16.8 million on New Year's Day.[124][125] The film then remained in first place for a third consecutive weekend, grossing $31 million.[126] The film made $17.4 million in its fourth weekend of release but was dethroned by The Upside, which exceeded expectations to become STX Films' first number one box office opening with $20.4 million. Aquaman also crossed the $1 billion mark that same weekend after earning $758.3 million and $940 million worldwide in both its second and third weekends.[127]

Domestically, Aquaman's opening weekend audience was 60 percent male before falling to 56 percent on its second weekend.[128] During the second holiday weekend, women over 25 rated the film the highest at 84%, with Deadline reporting, "Moms are out-numbering dads in attendance, 52% to 48%, and they're smitten with this DC superhero by a wide gap, 82% to 60%."[129]

Other territories edit

In China, where the film was released two weeks prior to its US debut, the film made $24.6 million (¥169.5 million) on its first day, representing 86% of the market share and setting a Warner Bros. opening-day record in the country. It went on to debut at $93.6 million (¥644.8 million), marking the best-ever opening for the DCEU, Warner Bros,. and a December release in the country. It overtook the entire lifetime gross of Wonder Woman there in just three days.[130] The film grossed $12.99 million on Monday, thus crossing $100 million ($107.7 million).[131] By Thursday, its fifth day, the film had made $135.3 million, surpassing the lifetime totals of every solo Marvel Cinematic Universe film.[132] As of April 4, 2019, the film had grossed $298.33 million in China.[133] In the Philippines, Aquaman is the biggest Warner Bros. and DC film of all time, with a cumulative gross of PhP 536.4 million, surpassing Justice League and becoming the 6th-most-successful film of all time in the country.[134] The film became the highest-grossing film of the decade in Romania. South Korea is the second-biggest market with $39.1 million.[135]

Critical response edit

Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 65% of 414 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 6/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Aquaman swims with its entertainingly ludicrous tide, offering up CGI superhero spectacle that delivers energetic action with an emphasis on good old-fashioned fun."[136] Metacritic surveyed 50 critics and assigned a weighted average score of 55 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[137] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, while those polled by PostTrak gave it four out of five stars.[123]

Peter Debruge of Variety criticized the dialogue but praised the production design, action scenes and the final act, writing, "The biggest surprise here is how, after the running time of a standard-length film has elapsed, Aquaman suddenly kicks the movie up a level for the finale. At just the moment this critic's eyes tend to glaze over in superhero movies—typically, as the villain goes nuclear and a portal to another dimension opens, threatening to destroy the planet—Wan unleashes a massive deep-sea battle on par with The Lord of the Rings."[138] Germain Lussier of io9 wrote "Aquaman is all about spectacle. It's filled with ambition. It's always about trying to put the coolest, most imaginative sequence on screen at every single turn of the story, no matter what the cost."[139] Writing for TheWrap, William Bibbiani called the film "a weird and wonderful superhero adventure that strives—and almost succeeds—to be the most epic superhero movie ever made."[140]

Writing for Rolling Stone, Peter Travers gave the film 2+1⁄2 out of 5 stars, praising Wan's ambition and Momoa's performance but criticizing the plot and dialogue, writing: "Aquaman is a mess of clashing tones and shameless silliness, but a relief after all the franchise's recent superhero gloom."[141] Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly graded the film a C−, writing, "It can't decide if it wants to be silly or serious—a superhero movie or a parody of one...Unfortunately, the bloated, waterlogged film is loaded with crummy CGI, cheesy costumes, and groaner dialogue delivered by actors who are too good to traffic in such nonsense".[142] For the Chicago Tribune, Michael Phillips gave the film 1.5 stars out of 4, criticizing the film's script and Wan's direction, saying, "Watching this movie is like spending two hours and 27 minutes staring at a gigantic aquarium full of digital sea creatures and actors on wires, pretending to swim."[143]

Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com gave Aquaman three-and-a-half out of four stars, positively comparing the film to SpongeBob SquarePants in its lack of concern for scientific accuracy, along with praising the treatment of characters crying as "a normal byproduct of pain or joy" instead of "a shameful loss of dignity". Seitz stated that "It takes skill to be as ridiculous as this movie.... [Aquaman]... feels simultaneously like a spoof and an operatic melodrama. Any film that can combine those modes is a force to be reckoned with."[144]

Accolades edit

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients Result Ref.
Alliance of Women Film Journalists January 10, 2019 (2019-01-10) Outstanding Achievement by A Woman in The Film Industry Nicole Kidman for a banner year of performances in Destroyer, Boy Erased and Aquaman, and for opening opportunity for women in production. Nominated [145]
Dorian Awards January 12, 2019 (2019-01-12) Campy Film of the Year Aquaman [146]
Gold Derby Awards January 30, 2019 (2019-01-30) Best Visual Effects Kelvin McIlwain, Jeff White, Bryan Hirota, Kimberly Nelson LoCascio [147]
Visual Effects Society Awards February 5, 2019 (2019-02-05) Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature Quentin Marmier, Aaron Barr, Jeffrey De Guzman, Ziad Shureih for "Atlantis" [148]
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project Claus Pedersen, Mohammad Rastkar, Cedric Lo, Ryan McCoy for "Third Act Battle"
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards February 16, 2019 (2019-02-16) Best Special Make-Up Effects Justin Raleigh, Ozzy Alvarez, Sean Genders [149]
Golden Reel Awards February 17, 2019 (2019-02-17) Feature Film – Music Underscore J.J. George & Paul Rabjohns (music editors) [150]
Costume Designers Guild Awards February 19, 2019 (2019-02-19) Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Kym Barrett [151]
SXSW Film Design Award March 12, 2019 (2019-03-12) Excellence in Title Design Aaron Becker, Simon Clowes [152]
Kids' Choice Awards March 23, 2019 (2019-03-23) Favorite Movie Aquaman [153]
Favorite Movie Actor Jason Momoa
Favorite Superhero
Golden Trailer Awards May 29, 2019 (2019-05-29) Best Home Ent Fantasy Adventure Aquaman, Target Wall "I Am", Warner Bros., Aspect [154]
MTV Movie & TV Awards June 17, 2019 (2019-06-17) Best Kiss Jason Momoa and Amber Heard [155]
Saturn Awards September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13) Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture Aquaman [156]
Best Director James Wan
Best Supporting Actress Amber Heard
Best Editing Kirk Morri
Best Production Design Bill Brzeski
Best Costume Design Kym Barrett
Teen Choice Awards August 11, 2019 (2019-08-11) Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie Aquaman [157]
Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie Actor Jason Momoa
Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie Actress Amber Heard
Choice Movie Villain Patrick Wilson
Chinese American Film Festival November 3, 2019 (2019-11-03) Most Popular U.S. Film in China Aquaman Won [158]
AACTA Award December 4, 2019 (2019-12-04) Best Visual Effects or Animation Kelvin McIlwain, Kimberly Nelson LoCascio, Josh Simmonds, David Nelson Nominated [159]

Future edit

Sequel edit

Main article: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

A sequel titled Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom was released on December 22, 2023,[160] with Wan returning as director along with Johnson-McGoldrick as the screenwriter.[161][162] Momoa, Wilson, Heard, Abdul-Mateen II, Park, Lundgren, Morrison, and Kidman reprised their roles.[163]

Animated miniseries edit

Main article: Aquaman: King of Atlantis

In January 2020, a three-part animated mini-series based on Aquaman was announced,[164] with James Wan set to serve as executive producer, and to premiere on HBO Max.[164][165][166] Although non-canonical to the wider DCEU,[167] Aquaman: King of Atlantis would be set after the events of Wan's 2018 DCEU Aquaman film, explicitly referencing its events throughout,[168] and feature the voices of Cooper Andrews, Gillian Jacobs, Thomas Lennon, and Dana Snyder respectively replacing Momoa, Heard, Wilson, and Dafoe in their roles.[169][170] On February 17, 2021, the Television Critics Association had a press junket with HBO Max, in which a promotional image was released.[171] On September 1, 2021, it was announced the series will air on Cartoon Network as part of the ACME Night block.[172] The series premiered on October 14, 2021[173][174] but was removed from HBO Max in August 2022.[175]

Unproduced spin-off edit

In early February 2019, Warner Bros. hired Noah Gardner and Aidan Fitzgerald to write the script for a "horror-tinged" Aquaman spin-off film titled The Trench, based on one of the kingdoms introduced in the first film. It was expected to have a smaller budget and not feature the main cast of Aquaman, with Wan and Safran producing.[176] Safran said he and Wan were approaching the Aquaman franchise in a similar way to the Conjuring Universe, with spin-offs like The Trench exploring stories about the underwater kingdoms alongside the "mothership" films starring Arthur Curry.[177] In April 2021, Warner Bros. and DC announced that development on The Trench was no longer moving forward, with the studios not having room for the spin-off on their slate of films and believing Aquaman 2 to be enough of an expansion of the franchise for the time being;[178] Wan later revealed that The Trench had been the working title and a misdirect for a planned Black Manta film.[179]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ As depicted in Justice League (2017) and its 2021 director's cut.
  2. ^ Although identified onscreen as "Black Manta" in the film itself, Abdul-Mateen II is credited as simply "David Kane / Manta".

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aquaman, film, aquaman, 2018, american, superhero, film, based, character, same, name, produced, distributed, warner, bros, pictures, sixth, film, extended, universe, dceu, directed, james, from, screenplay, david, leslie, johnson, mcgoldrick, will, beall, sta. Aquaman is a 2018 American superhero film based on the DC character of the same name Co produced and distributed by Warner Bros Pictures it is the sixth film in the DC Extended Universe DCEU Directed by James Wan from a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson McGoldrick and Will Beall it stars Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry Aquaman who sets out to lead the underwater kingdom of Atlantis and stop his half brother King Orm Patrick Wilson from uniting the seven underwater kingdoms to destroy the surface world Amber Heard Willem Dafoe Patrick Wilson Dolph Lundgren Yahya Abdul Mateen II and Nicole Kidman also star in supporting roles AquamanTheatrical release posterDirected byJames WanScreenplay byDavid Leslie Johnson McGoldrick Will BeallStory byGeoff Johns James Wan Will BeallBased onCharactersfrom DCProduced byPeter Safran Rob CowanStarringJason Momoa Amber Heard Willem Dafoe Patrick Wilson Dolph Lundgren Yahya Abdul Mateen II Nicole KidmanCinematographyDon BurgessEdited byKirk MorriMusic byRupert Gregson WilliamsProductioncompaniesWarner Bros Pictures 1 DC Entertainment 2 DC Films 1 RatPac Entertainment 1 The Safran Company 1 Cruel and Unusual Films 1 Mad Ghost Productions 1 Distributed byWarner Bros PicturesRelease datesNovember 26 2018 2018 11 26 Empire Leicester Square December 21 2018 2018 12 21 United States Running time143 minutes 3 CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 160 200 million 4 5 6 Box office 1 152 billion 7 Development began in 2004 but did not gain traction until Man of Steel was released in 2013 In August 2014 Beall and Kurt Johnstad were hired to write competing scripts Wan signed on as director in April 2015 and in July 2016 the film moved forward with Beall s screenplay The main cast was confirmed through 2016 and early 2017 Principal photography began in Australia in May 2017 taking place at Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast Queensland Australia with additional production teams in Canada Italy and Morocco Filming concluded the following October Several vendors provided visual effects ranging from high detail hair simulations to the creation of CGI animals and locations Aquaman premiered in London on November 26 2018 and was released in the United States on December 21 While the film received mixed reviews from critics it grossed 1 152 billion worldwide making it the highest grossing DCEU film the highest grossing film based on a DC Comics character the fifth highest grossing film of 2018 and the 20th highest grossing film of all time A sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom was released on December 22 2023 while a non canonical animated miniseries Aquaman King of Atlantis is set after the events of this film and was released in October 2021 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3 1 Development 3 2 Casting 3 3 Filming 3 4 Post production 3 5 Visual effects 3 6 Music 4 Marketing 5 Release 5 1 Theatrical 5 2 Home media 6 Reception 6 1 Box office 6 1 1 United States and Canada 6 1 2 Other territories 6 2 Critical response 6 3 Accolades 7 Future 7 1 Sequel 7 2 Animated miniseries 7 3 Unproduced spin off 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 External linksPlot editIn 1985 Maine lighthouse keeper Thomas Curry rescues Atlanna queen of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis during a storm They fall in love and have a son named Arthur who has the power to communicate with sea creatures When Atlantean soldiers sent by King Orvax the ruler of Atlantis arrive for Atlanna who fled her arranged marriage she is forced to leave her family to protect them from her people She promises to return when it s safe and goes back to Atlantis entrusting her advisor Nuidis Vulko to train Arthur Becoming a skilled warrior Arthur rejects Atlantis upon learning that Atlanna was executed by Orvax for loving a human and for Arthur s illegitimate birth In the present Arthur has become known as the metahuman dubbed as the Aquaman by the public One year after Steppenwolf s defeat a Arthur confronts pirates hijacking a Russian Akula class submarine Their leader Jesse Kane is killed leading his son David to vow revenge against Arthur after he refused to help save Jesse in retaliation for murdering innocent people King Orm Marius Orvax s son now Atlantis s new ruler and Arthur s younger half brother convinces King Nereus of Xebel to help unite Atlantis and destroy the surface world for polluting the oceans If Orm unites all four kingdoms he will receive the title of Ocean Master commander of the most powerful force on Earth They are ambushed by a submarine causing Orm to feel obligated to send a tsunami Nereus daughter Mera betrothed to Orm refuses to aid them and requests Arthur s help and Arthur accompanies her to Atlantis after Orm s tsunami nearly kills his father Vulko urges him to find the Trident of Atlan a powerful artifact of Atlantis first ruler to reclaim his rightful place as king They are ambushed by Orm s men and Arthur is captured Orm blames him for Atlanna s death and nearly kills him in a duel before Mera rescues him Arthur and Mera journey to the fallen Kingdom of the Deserters hidden under the Sahara where the trident was forged and unlock a holographic message that leads them to Sicily where they retrieve the trident s coordinates Orm gives David an Atlantean battle suit to kill Arthur imprisons Vulko and coerces the Kingdom of the Fishermen to pledge their allegiance to him by killing their king It is revealed that Orm hired David and Jesse to hijack the Russian submarine to win Nereus s support Rechristening himself as Black Manta David battles Arthur but Arthur defeats him Arthur and Mera fend off amphibious monsters of the Trench and a wormhole transports them to an uncharted sea at the center of the Earth They are reunited with Atlanna who managed to survive and escape into the uncharted sea but was unable to find her way back Arthur faces the Karathen a mythical sea monster and guardian of the trident and reclaims the trident which grants him control over the seven seas Orm leads his army against the Kingdom of the Brine to declare himself Ocean Master while in turn Arthur leads an army of marine creatures against him Orm s followers embrace Arthur as the true king upon learning that he wields Atlan s trident Arthur spares Orm s life after beating him in a duel and Orm accepts his imprisonment after discovering that Arthur rescued their mother Atlanna reunites with Thomas while Arthur ascends to the throne In a mid credits scene Manta is rescued by Dr Stephen Shin a marine scientist and conspiracy theorist obsessed with Atlantis and agrees to lead Shin there in exchange for help in his revenge on Arthur Cast edit nbsp Cast and director of Aquaman at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con From left to right Jason Momoa Amber Heard Nicole Kidman Patrick Wilson Yahya Abdul Mateen II and James WanJason Momoa as Arthur Curry Aquaman A half Atlantean half human who is reluctant to be king of the undersea nation of Atlantis He is a member of the Justice League He possesses superhuman strength durability has hydrokinetic powers can communicate with sea creatures and can swim at supersonic speeds 8 A younger Arthur Curry is portrayed by various actors including Kobi Booker as the infant Tainu and Tamor Kirkwood at age 3 Kaan Guldur at age 9 Otis Dhanji at age 13 and Kekoa Kekumano at age 16 9 Amber Heard as Mera The princess of Xebel Arthur Curry s love interest a warrior and daughter of King Nereus She was raised by Queen Atlanna and groomed to become queen Mera possesses hydrokinetic and telepathic powers that allow her to control her aquatic environment and communicate with other Atlanteans 10 Willem Dafoe as Nuidis Vulko Atlantis vizier who mentored the young Arthur and trains him to fight Dafoe was digitally de aged for the flashback scenes Patrick Wilson as Orm Marius Ocean Master Arthur Curry s younger Atlantean half brother and king of Atlantis who seeks to unite the seven underwater kingdoms and become the Ocean Master to declare war on the surface world for humanity s desecration of the seas Wilson previously voiced the President of the United States of America in the DC Extended Universe film Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice 2016 Dolph Lundgren as Nereus Mera s father and the king of the Atlantean tribe of Xebel whom Orm tricks into an alliance through false pretenses Yahya Abdul Mateen II as David Kane Black Manta b A ruthless pirate and a high seas mercenary with a flair for creating deadly technological innovations He is not referred to by his civilian name in the film and is credited simply as Manta Ludi Lin as Captain Murk The commander of the Men of War the frontline army of Atlantis Temuera Morrison as Tom Curry Arthur s father and a lighthouse keeper Nicole Kidman as Atlanna The Queen of Atlantis mother of Arthur Curry and Orm Randall Park portrays Doctor Stephen Shin a marine biologist obsessed with finding the lost city of Atlantis Graham McTavish appears as King Atlan the first king of Atlantis and the ancestor of Atlanna Arthur and Orm Michael Beach plays Jessie Manta s father and the leader of their group of ocean pirates Leigh Whannell director Wan s longtime film collaborator appears in the film as a cargo pilot 11 non primary source needed Julie Andrews provides the voice of Karathen a mythical sea monster and keeper of the Trident of Atlan who allies with Aquaman 12 John Rhys Davies voices the Brine King and Djimon Hounsou voices King Ricou of the Fishermen while both of these characters are portrayed on screen through motion capture performed by Andrew Crawford 13 Natalia Safran and Sophia Forrest provide the voice and motion capture of Fishermen Queen Rina and Fishermen Princess Scales respectively Production editDevelopment edit In 2004 FilmJerk com reported that Sunrise Entertainment s Alan and Peter Riche planned to bring Aquaman to the big screen for Warner Bros with Robert Ben Garant writing the screenplay 14 However the attempt fell through In 2007 Warner Bros announced the development of a Justice League film with Michele and Kieran Mulroney writing the screenplay The film reportedly titled Justice League Mortal would have been Aquaman s cinematic debut George Miller signed on to direct later that year However the film would be cancelled following production delays stemming from the 2007 08 Writers Guild of America strike Prior to the film s cancellation in 2008 actor Santiago Cabrera had been cast as Aquaman 15 In July 2009 it was reported that Aquaman was in development at Leonardo DiCaprio s Appian Way Warner chairman and CEO Barry Meyer said that an Aquaman film was in development 16 After Man of Steel s release in 2013 a source from Warner Bros told The Wrap that they were discussing future films with the mention of more Man of Steel movies as well as a Superman Batman film a Wonder Woman film and an Aquaman film 17 18 19 Geoff Johns told Variety that Aquaman was a priority character 20 On August 12 2014 Warner Bros announced that it had hired screenwriters Will Beall and Kurt Johnstad to pen separate scripts The film was developed on dual tracks although only the better version would move forward 21 nbsp James Wan at the 2016 San Diego Comic ConPeter Jackson was approached to direct the film but he declined 22 On April 10 2015 The Hollywood Reporter reported that James Wan was the front runner to direct 23 In June 2015 Wan was confirmed to direct and overlook the screenplay by Johnstad 24 25 On November 12 2015 David Leslie Johnson McGoldrick was hired to write the script however it was unclear whether his would be separate or work with Wan 26 Previous script plans had been scrapped and Wan and Johns planned to move forward with a new script written by Beall 27 Later Johnson McGoldrick was brought back to the project to rewrite Beall s script 28 29 In March 2016 it was announced that the events of Aquaman would be set after Justice League 30 31 Wan confirmed that cinematographer Don Burgess who had previously worked with Wan on The Conjuring 2 would serve as cinematographer 32 non primary source needed Pre production began in Australia in late November 2016 33 34 Casting edit nbsp Jason Momoa at 2017 San Diego Comic Con InternationalIn October 2014 Warner Bros announced Aquaman as a part of the DC Extended Universe with Jason Momoa starring 35 On October 20 2014 Momoa revealed that he was preparing for a Justice League film and that he did not know whether a solo Aquaman film would come before or after He thought it might be an origin story 36 In December 2014 it was revealed that Momoa had signed a four picture deal with the studio and DC and he wanted Zack Snyder to direct 37 On January 13 2016 The Hollywood Reporter announced that Amber Heard had entered negotiations to play Mera 10 her casting was confirmed two months later 38 In April 2016 Willem Dafoe was cast in an undisclosed role 39 later revealed to be Nuidis Vulko 40 On December 12 2016 it was confirmed that Patrick Wilson would play Aquaman s half brother 41 On January 31 2017 Yahya Abdul Mateen II was added to the cast as Black Manta Aquaman s archenemy in the comics 42 Michael K Williams was also considered for the role 43 That same day press reports noted that Nicole Kidman had entered talks to play Queen Atlanna 44 Two months later Kidman confirmed her participation 45 By February 2017 New Zealand actor Temuera Morrison had entered talks to play Thomas Curry 46 On April 12 Dolph Lundgren was cast as Nereus 47 Ludi Lin was cast in the film on May 15 2017 48 Almost two weeks later Michael Beach who voiced Devil Ray a character loosely based on Black Manta in Justice League Unlimited was cast as Black Manta s father 49 In October 2017 Graham McTavish revealed that he had a role 50 In April 2018 Randall Park was cast as Dr Stephen Shin 51 and in July Djimon Hounsou Natalia Safran and Sophia Forrest were cast as the Fisherman King Fisherman Queen and Fisherman Princess respectively 52 In November 2018 it was revealed that Julie Andrews had a voice role 12 Filming edit Principal photography began in Australia on May 2 2017 under the working title Ahab 53 A majority of the film was shot at Village Roadshow Studios in Gold Coast Queensland with additional production in Newfoundland Sicily and Morocco 54 Between May and August 2017 location shooting took place on the Australian Gold Coast including Main Beach Coomera Southport and Amity Point in North Stradbroke Island Queensland 55 as well as Hastings Point in New South Wales 56 On filming underwater sequences Wan stated that the underwater world is super complicated and it s not an easy shoot 57 Filming would have begun on the Lighthouse set at Hastings Point on August 11 2017 and ended later that month 58 Filming took place in Newfoundland and Labrador 59 Willem Dafoe finished up his part by late September 60 On October 13 James Wan announced that Patrick Wilson had wrapped 61 Filming on location took place in Morocco by mid October which included the cities of Merzouga and Erfoud 62 Principal photography wrapped on October 21 2017 63 Post production edit James Wan s five time collaborator Kirk Morri served as the editor for Aquaman Two time Academy Award winner Charles Gibson Babe and Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man s Chest and Kelvin McIlwain Fast amp Furious franchise served as overall visual effects supervisors 64 On November 3 2018 Wan announced that post production was complete 65 Some additional detail of blood was removed from the UK version of the film to achieve a lower age rating 66 Visual effects edit Two thousand three hundred visual effects shots VFX appear in the movie completed by Lucasfilm s Industrial Light amp Magic ILM Base FX Rodeo FX Scanline VFX DNEG Luma Pictures Weta Digital Moving Picture Company MPC Method Studios Digital Domain and Clear Angle Studios 67 68 The visual effects for the director s cut were created at the same time as the theatrical cut 69 ILM was the lead VFX vendor and worked on creating Atlantis and all its CGI animals the Karathen and the final battle Jeff White served as the VFX supervisor for ILM For the underwater sequences the actors were shot dry for wet on special tuning fork rigs designed by the FX team and later the bodies of the actors were replaced with digital doubles in post production For creating Atlantis the team relied on the designs provided by the art department ILM s environment team created over 200 buildings including the signature jellyfish buildings and laid over 7 000 buildings in districts covering almost 600 square miles for the action to travel through The underwater ships were modeled off organic creatures and designed to move that way For the entrance to the Atlantis sequence the team built over 150 000 ships to fill the traffic lanes leading into Atlantis All the animals including the Karathen were built by ILM and animated using keyframe animation Approximately 700 shots in the film required high detail hair simulations ILM had to significantly improve its hair simulation software due to the unique aspects of hair flowing underwater Normally hair simulations use guide strands to define or influence the movement of groups of hair strands This did not provide a satisfying look so ultimately ILM simulated strands individually which required heavy computations Additionally Wan wanted to be able to direct the hair when the physically accurate simulation resulted in undesirable results ILM delivered 670 shots 70 71 Weta Digital handled most of the digital de aging involved in the film They digitally de aged Nicole Kidman and Temuera Morrison for flashback sequences 72 DNEG digitally de aged Willem Dafoe for the scene where his character Nuidis Vulko trains the young Arthur 71 Jay Barton served as the VFX supervisor for Digital Domain They worked on creating the Dead King s Island environment For the sequence the actors were shot in a pool of water against blue screen backgrounds with Digital Domain adding CGI extensions waterfalls mountains and dinosaurs in post production Most of the waterfalls in the scene were created using Houdini while some were created using practical elements of things such as pouring salt and glass beads They also built an extensive library of shot FX elements The dinosaurs were animated using keyframe animation Digital Domain delivered 19 20 shots 73 David Nelson and Craig Wentworth served as VFX supervisors for Method Studios Method handled the Sicily fight sequence between Arthur Mera and Black Manta Arthur s encounter with the Karathen in the Well of the Souls and his acquisition of Atlan s trident For the Sicily fight sequence the team built the main square of the Italian village and terracotta tiled roof set pieces that were backed with a blue screen A completely CGI village was also created based on scans and documentation of the real village 70 For the Well of the Souls sequence Momoa was filmed dry for wet and captured on set in rigs that simulated underwater movements but they ultimately felt restrictive so artists replaced the majority of his performance with a digital body double and added the CGI environment Karathen and Arthur s free flowing locks A specially designed 700fps shot was used in the scene where the camera travels through Arthur s eyes 74 75 Rodeo FX worked on two key sequences with Sebastien Moreau as VFX Supervisor For the aquarium that young Arthur visits near the beginning Rodeo FX used simulations as well as algorithms for the fish behavior They created hard and soft corals by developing a colonization growth system along with procedural stem and tentacle generation tools They also created the environments for the Atlantis ruins below the desert Artists used a Lego type approach to layer the environment with a large amount of sand dust and rocks all of which would realistically give way to the characters interactions From there they sculpted ruined buildings bridges towers statues and temples which were textured and shaded to add depth to the ruined city 76 77 Scanline VFX delivered 450 shots Bryan Hirota served as VFX supervisor The main sequences produced by them were the lighthouse and its surrounding environment the Aquaman title card that follows the Boston aquarium Aquaman pushing the submarine to the surface and rescuing the sailors inside Orm s tidal wave that sweeps away Arthur and Tom including the rescue and aftermath Black Manta being paid by Orm for the submarine s delivery and Arthur and Mera s visit to the Kingdom of the Trench For the title card the team relied on Rodeo s work on the aquarium sequence and simulated up to 60 000 fish The tidal wave sequence was realized with a large scale simulated wave which was integrated with a combination of day for night footage blue screenshots for the actors in truck interiors a truck on a rotisserie rig an interior cabin in a water tank and VFX simulations for debris For creating the lighthouse a full size house with the base of the lighthouse tower was constructed by the FX team Additional house and dock sets were built on sound stages A digital build out was done to complete the lighthouse tower and extend the dock fully out into the sea For the sequence where the camera pushes into a toy snow globe with a tiny lighthouse inside a CGI transition was created from the lighthouse s living room set to a fully CGI winter coastline For creating the Trench creatures motion capture was done on set by stunt performers 78 Music edit Main article Aquaman soundtrack On March 7 2018 Rupert Gregson Williams was announced as the composer for Aquaman Gregson Williams previously wrote the score for Wonder Woman the fourth film in the DC Extended Universe 79 The soundtrack was released by WaterTower Music on December 14 2018 80 81 The album features two original songs the first by American musician Skylar Grey titled Everything I Need written by Grey and Elliott Taylor and the second by American rapper Pitbull featuring Rhea titled Ocean to Ocean written by Pitbull George Bechara Bianca Oechsle and Gabriel Dunn this song samples Toto s Africa 1982 written by Jeff Porcaro and David Paich also being credited as songwriters 82 Joseph Bishara Wan s frequent collaborator composed a piece called Trench Engaged for the trench sequence 83 Marketing editIn March 2017 prior to filming a first look at Aquaman was shown during CinemaCon in Las Vegas Nevada with Momoa introducing a video of director James Wan displaying a concept art sizzle reel 84 Later on July 22 the film s footage made its debut at San Diego Comic Con SDCC 2017 with a teaser presented by Momoa during the Warner Bros panel director Wan presented the footage stating that in a lot of ways this is an origin story 85 In April 2018 another teaser with new footage was shown by Wan and Momoa at CinemaCon joined by Amber Heard Patrick Wilson and Yahya Abdul Mateen II on stage 86 Wan teased the conflict between Arthur and Ocean Master stating that it s almost a very classic Shakespearean story about brother from another world vs brother from another world And it really is a classic story of sibling rivalry 87 On June 11 2018 the film s first trailer was previewed at CineEurope 88 On July 21 2018 the first trailer was released at SDCC 2018 considered the best received trailer 89 it was later attached to theatrical showings of Mission Impossible Fallout The Meg The Predator Venom and First Man 90 The cast appeared on Sunday July 22 as guests on Conan with Conan O Brien during SDCC 91 By late August the studio held early test screenings with mixed reactions shared on social media describing the film as good but not great 92 93 On October 5 2018 a 5 minute Extended Video was released by Warner Bros 94 95 96 97 The first official TV spot for the film came on October 16 98 followed by a second on November 1 99 The same month character posters were released for Aquaman Mera Black Manta Ocean Master King Nereus Queen Atlanna and Nuidis Vulko 100 On November 7 the studio announced the promotion tour schedule which would take place during November and December with fan events screenings and premieres including Beijing London New York City Manila Los Angeles Miami Gold Coast Sydney and Honolulu 101 Additionally it was announced that the film would be screened on December 7 2018 during Brazil Comic Con CCXP in Sao Paulo 102 The following week an official behind the scenes featurette was released which included footage not seen in the mainstream trailers 103 Two days later the film s two main posters were released depicting Aquaman and Mera in their costumes 104 On November 19 the final trailer was released alongside the announcement of ticket sales 105 The same day 30 minutes of footage was shown in China during the first stop of the film s promotion tour generating rave reactions 106 The film s financial success has been attributed to the studio s marketing plan that attracted a broad demographic particularly women through advertising social media and promotional partners 107 Release editTheatrical edit Aquaman had its world premiere at the Empire Leicester Square in London on November 26 2018 108 It was released in the United States by Warner Bros Pictures on December 21 109 On November 19 Atom Tickets announced that Amazon Prime members in the United States would have early access to tickets for a December 15 screening of the film at select AMC Regal National Amusements and ArcLight Cinemas 110 It was previously set for July 27 2018 and then moved to October 5 2018 before settling on its release date Home media edit Aquaman was released for digital download on March 5 2019 111 and on Blu ray 4K Blu ray Ultra HD 3D Blu ray and DVD on March 19 112 It has an estimated total of 27 4 million in US DVD sales as well as an estimated total of 42 2 million in Blu ray sales bringing in a total of 69 7 million in domestic video sales 113 Director James Wan has revealed there will not be a director s cut 114 Reception editBox office edit Aquaman grossed 335 1 million in the United States and Canada and 813 4 million in other territories for a total worldwide gross of 1 152 billion 7 It became the highest grossing installment in the DCEU and the highest grossing film based on any DC character 115 as well as Warner Bros third highest grossing film worldwide behind Barbie 1 403 billion 116 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 1 342 billion 117 Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be 260 5 million when factoring together all expenses and revenues making it the fifth most profitable release of 2018 118 United States and Canada edit The day after announcing the early Amazon screenings Aquaman s first 24 hour pre sale totals became the highest in the history of Atom Tickets beating out Avengers Infinity War as well as outpacing Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle another film Amazon Prime had offered early to subscribers the previous December 119 120 The film made 2 9 million from the Amazon preview screenings at 1 225 theaters higher than the 1 86 million made by Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle 121 In the United States and Canada Aquaman was released alongside Bumblebee Second Act and Welcome to Marwen and was projected to gross 65 70 million in its opening weekend and 120 million over its first five days with some tracking figures going as high as 150 million 6 The film made 28 million on its first day including 9 million from Thursday night previews a total of 13 7 million including the Amazon screenings and a Wednesday preview It went on to debut at 67 9 million 73 2 million including all early showings topping the box office but marking the lowest opening of the DCEU 122 It then made 11 million on Monday and 22 1 million on Christmas Day one of six films to ever gross over 20 million on the holiday its five day total opening was 105 7 million 123 The film made 52 1 million in its second weekend a drop of 23 as well as 10 1 million on New Year s Eve and 16 8 million on New Year s Day 124 125 The film then remained in first place for a third consecutive weekend grossing 31 million 126 The film made 17 4 million in its fourth weekend of release but was dethroned by The Upside which exceeded expectations to become STX Films first number one box office opening with 20 4 million Aquaman also crossed the 1 billion mark that same weekend after earning 758 3 million and 940 million worldwide in both its second and third weekends 127 Domestically Aquaman s opening weekend audience was 60 percent male before falling to 56 percent on its second weekend 128 During the second holiday weekend women over 25 rated the film the highest at 84 with Deadline reporting Moms are out numbering dads in attendance 52 to 48 and they re smitten with this DC superhero by a wide gap 82 to 60 129 Other territories edit In China where the film was released two weeks prior to its US debut the film made 24 6 million 169 5 million on its first day representing 86 of the market share and setting a Warner Bros opening day record in the country It went on to debut at 93 6 million 644 8 million marking the best ever opening for the DCEU Warner Bros and a December release in the country It overtook the entire lifetime gross of Wonder Woman there in just three days 130 The film grossed 12 99 million on Monday thus crossing 100 million 107 7 million 131 By Thursday its fifth day the film had made 135 3 million surpassing the lifetime totals of every solo Marvel Cinematic Universe film 132 As of April 4 2019 update the film had grossed 298 33 million in China 133 In the Philippines Aquaman is the biggest Warner Bros and DC film of all time with a cumulative gross of PhP 536 4 million surpassing Justice League and becoming the 6th most successful film of all time in the country 134 The film became the highest grossing film of the decade in Romania South Korea is the second biggest market with 39 1 million 135 Critical response edit Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 65 of 414 critics gave the film a positive review with an average rating of 6 10 The website s critical consensus reads Aquaman swims with its entertainingly ludicrous tide offering up CGI superhero spectacle that delivers energetic action with an emphasis on good old fashioned fun 136 Metacritic surveyed 50 critics and assigned a weighted average score of 55 out of 100 indicating mixed or average reviews 137 Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of A on an A to F scale while those polled by PostTrak gave it four out of five stars 123 Peter Debruge of Variety criticized the dialogue but praised the production design action scenes and the final act writing The biggest surprise here is how after the running time of a standard length film has elapsed Aquaman suddenly kicks the movie up a level for the finale At just the moment this critic s eyes tend to glaze over in superhero movies typically as the villain goes nuclear and a portal to another dimension opens threatening to destroy the planet Wan unleashes a massive deep sea battle on par with The Lord of the Rings 138 Germain Lussier of io9 wrote Aquaman is all about spectacle It s filled with ambition It s always about trying to put the coolest most imaginative sequence on screen at every single turn of the story no matter what the cost 139 Writing for TheWrap William Bibbiani called the film a weird and wonderful superhero adventure that strives and almost succeeds to be the most epic superhero movie ever made 140 Writing for Rolling Stone Peter Travers gave the film 2 1 2 out of 5 stars praising Wan s ambition and Momoa s performance but criticizing the plot and dialogue writing Aquaman is a mess of clashing tones and shameless silliness but a relief after all the franchise s recent superhero gloom 141 Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly graded the film a C writing It can t decide if it wants to be silly or serious a superhero movie or a parody of one Unfortunately the bloated waterlogged film is loaded with crummy CGI cheesy costumes and groaner dialogue delivered by actors who are too good to traffic in such nonsense 142 For the Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips gave the film 1 5 stars out of 4 criticizing the film s script and Wan s direction saying Watching this movie is like spending two hours and 27 minutes staring at a gigantic aquarium full of digital sea creatures and actors on wires pretending to swim 143 Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert com gave Aquaman three and a half out of four stars positively comparing the film to SpongeBob SquarePants in its lack of concern for scientific accuracy along with praising the treatment of characters crying as a normal byproduct of pain or joy instead of a shameful loss of dignity Seitz stated that It takes skill to be as ridiculous as this movie Aquaman feels simultaneously like a spoof and an operatic melodrama Any film that can combine those modes is a force to be reckoned with 144 Accolades edit Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients Result Ref Alliance of Women Film Journalists January 10 2019 2019 01 10 Outstanding Achievement by A Woman in The Film Industry Nicole Kidman for a banner year of performances in Destroyer Boy Erased and Aquaman and for opening opportunity for women in production Nominated 145 Dorian Awards January 12 2019 2019 01 12 Campy Film of the Year Aquaman 146 Gold Derby Awards January 30 2019 2019 01 30 Best Visual Effects Kelvin McIlwain Jeff White Bryan Hirota Kimberly Nelson LoCascio 147 Visual Effects Society Awards February 5 2019 2019 02 05 Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature Quentin Marmier Aaron Barr Jeffrey De Guzman Ziad Shureih for Atlantis 148 Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project Claus Pedersen Mohammad Rastkar Cedric Lo Ryan McCoy for Third Act Battle Make Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards February 16 2019 2019 02 16 Best Special Make Up Effects Justin Raleigh Ozzy Alvarez Sean Genders 149 Golden Reel Awards February 17 2019 2019 02 17 Feature Film Music Underscore J J George amp Paul Rabjohns music editors 150 Costume Designers Guild Awards February 19 2019 2019 02 19 Excellence in Sci Fi Fantasy Film Kym Barrett 151 SXSW Film Design Award March 12 2019 2019 03 12 Excellence in Title Design Aaron Becker Simon Clowes 152 Kids Choice Awards March 23 2019 2019 03 23 Favorite Movie Aquaman 153 Favorite Movie Actor Jason MomoaFavorite SuperheroGolden Trailer Awards May 29 2019 2019 05 29 Best Home Ent Fantasy Adventure Aquaman Target Wall I Am Warner Bros Aspect 154 MTV Movie amp TV Awards June 17 2019 2019 06 17 Best Kiss Jason Momoa and Amber Heard 155 Saturn Awards September 13 2019 2019 09 13 Best Comic to Film Motion Picture Aquaman 156 Best Director James WanBest Supporting Actress Amber HeardBest Editing Kirk MorriBest Production Design Bill BrzeskiBest Costume Design Kym BarrettTeen Choice Awards August 11 2019 2019 08 11 Choice Sci Fi Fantasy Movie Aquaman 157 Choice Sci Fi Fantasy Movie Actor Jason MomoaChoice Sci Fi Fantasy Movie Actress Amber HeardChoice Movie Villain Patrick WilsonChinese American Film Festival November 3 2019 2019 11 03 Most Popular U S Film in China Aquaman Won 158 AACTA Award December 4 2019 2019 12 04 Best Visual Effects or Animation Kelvin McIlwain Kimberly Nelson LoCascio Josh Simmonds David Nelson Nominated 159 Future editSequel edit Main article Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom A sequel titled Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom was released on December 22 2023 160 with Wan returning as director along with Johnson McGoldrick as the screenwriter 161 162 Momoa Wilson Heard Abdul Mateen II Park Lundgren Morrison and Kidman reprised their roles 163 Animated miniseries edit Main article Aquaman King of Atlantis In January 2020 a three part animated mini series based on Aquaman was announced 164 with James Wan set to serve as executive producer and to premiere on HBO Max 164 165 166 Although non canonical to the wider DCEU 167 Aquaman King of Atlantis would be set after the events of Wan s 2018 DCEU Aquaman film explicitly referencing its events throughout 168 and feature the voices of Cooper Andrews Gillian Jacobs Thomas Lennon and Dana Snyder respectively replacing Momoa Heard Wilson and Dafoe in their roles 169 170 On February 17 2021 the Television Critics Association had a press junket with HBO Max in which a promotional image was released 171 On September 1 2021 it was announced the series will air on Cartoon Network as part of the ACME Night block 172 The series premiered on October 14 2021 173 174 but was removed from HBO Max in August 2022 175 Unproduced spin off edit In early February 2019 Warner Bros hired Noah Gardner and Aidan Fitzgerald to write the script for a horror tinged Aquaman spin off film titled The Trench based on one of the kingdoms introduced in the first film It was expected to have a smaller budget and not feature the main cast of Aquaman with Wan and Safran producing 176 Safran said he and Wan were approaching the Aquaman franchise in a similar way to the Conjuring Universe with spin offs like The Trench exploring stories about the underwater kingdoms alongside the mothership films starring Arthur Curry 177 In April 2021 Warner Bros and DC announced that development on The Trench was no longer moving forward with the studios not having room for the spin off on their slate of films and believing Aquaman 2 to be enough of an expansion of the franchise for the time being 178 Wan later revealed that The Trench had been the working title and a misdirect for a planned Black Manta film 179 See also editList of underwater science fiction worksNotes edit As depicted in Justice League 2017 and its 2021 director s cut Although identified onscreen as Black Manta in the film itself Abdul Mateen II is credited as simply David Kane Manta References edit a b c d e f Aquaman 2018 The Numbers Nash Information Services LLC Archived from the original on January 14 2024 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