The box office bust 'Black Adam' arrives on HBO Max


“The Rock" Johnson's DC antihero movie "Black Adam" is now streaming on HBO Max.

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As a result of nearly 5,000 years, archeologists free Adam from the Intergang crime syndicate to save Kahndaq.

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According to Johnson, "Black Adam" would lose between $50 million and $100 million.

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