“Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” made a splash at the box office.
The superhero flick, a sequel to 2018’s “Aquaman,” raked in $9.2 million on its opening night Friday, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.
The Jason Momoa-led movie is expected to earn over $40 million plus on the four-day Christmas weekend, according to Deadline.
However, if those numbers are correct, it will have a worse opening weekend than Marvel’s biggest bomb, “The Marvels,” which was released in November.

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The Post said the DC Studios film “isn’t well done, but it isn’t miserable either.”
“Wonka,” which held the No. 1 spot last Friday, moved down a notch to second, with a $6.5 million take.
The musical fantasy, with Timothee Chalamet in the titular role, is slated to earn $22 million this weekend, as per Vulture.
The animated comedy “Migration,” which features characters voiced by Kumail Nanjiani, Elizabeth Banks, Awkwafina and Keegan Michael-Key, landed in third, with earnings of $5.8 million.
Variety said the movie, which follows a family of mallards, “is for the birds.”
The epic action film “Salaar” came in fourth with sales of $3.8 million.
In fifth place was the romantic comedy “Anyone But You,” starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell and based on William Shakespeare’s play “Much Ado About Nothing,” which took in $3.45 million.