Yes, The Flash is a holdover from the previous regime but the execs were touting this as the blockbuster that was going to save us all from further job cuts. I'm sorry, but James Gunn isn't going to turn this thing around for DC and frankly, between CNN, the whatever tf they did to the Scripps properties, and the failures of Max and D+, I don't see any future for WB/Discovery whatsoever. The execs need to stop taking cues from the hedge funders at Blackrock and Vanguard and start listening to the customers.
The first signs that such a drop was coming arrived on Thursday afternoon, when Wednesday numbers were reported and showed that both “Spider-Verse” and “Elemental” had beaten “Flash” in the daily grosses. Daily grosses for Thursday showed the same trend, as “Flash” grossed just $2.8 million on that day to finish its first week with a domestic total of $72.1 million, below the $83.4 million first week total of “Black Adam.”
https://www.thewrap.com/flash-box-office-bo-b-second-weekend/