“How Much Is Dwayne Johnson Paying You…”: Fans Raving Mad as Black Adam Becomes 2022’s “Second Most Searched” Movie on Google

Dwayne Jonhson’s ambitious project, Black Adam, may not have done the expected business, but that hasn’t stopped the DC movie from featuring in Google’s top 10 list of most searched movies in 2022. While Black Adam ranked second, netizens weren’t exactly happy about it.

Citing Deadline as a source, a tweet from the account Black Adam News read, “#BlackAdam was the second most searched movie in 2022 on Google! (via: DEADLINE).” While some users accused Dwayne Johnson of paying to hype up the news, others held different theories.

According to Box Office Mojo, Black Adam has collected a total of $384,815,868 worldwide.

Were people trying to watch Black Adam illegally?

Out of the several reactions from Twitter users, some said that the searches went up as people looked up the film on the web browser hoping to watch it illegally.

“Yeah searching for illegal live streams and torrents,” one user tweeted.

Another said, “Oops… 25% of that was me… lol.”

Contrary to the fan reaction, a Deadline report termed Black Adam the “biggest movie of the season.”

“In a very dry fall marketplace without any tent poles due the post-production logjam created by Covid, Black Adam was the biggest movie of the season, notching No. 1 for three weeks in a row around the world before Disney/Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever arrived,” the report read.

Fans question Deadline’s credibility

Not just the WWE superstar, Twitter users were equally hostile towards news outlet Deadline. However, the outlet merely reported the fact. It was Google who made the trends public.

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“How much is Dwayne paying u guys at deadline?” one user asked.

Another accused Deadline of doing damage control, since it “is owned by wb.”

While many have trashed the film as a flop, the Hollywood megastar thinks otherwise.

Quoting a report, he tweeted that the film would make a profit between $52 million and $72 million.

“Waited to confirm with financiers before I shared this excellent #BlackAdam news – our film will PROFIT between $52M-$72M. Fact. At almost $400M worldwide, we are building our new franchise step by step (first Captain America did $370M) for the DC future,” the Brahma Bull tweeted.

Black Adam, which had its world premiere in Mexico City on October 3, 2022, holds a rating of 6.7 on IMDB and 39 percent on Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer. With a $67 million collection at the US Box Office, Black Adam is Dwayne Johnson’s best opening performance as a leading man.

Although there is no confirmation yet, The Rock has expressed his interest in making a Black Adam sequel. He said the new franchise is being built gradually.

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