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‘Justice League’ disappoints in U.S. with $96 million opening

( | Warner Bros. Pictures) The Flash (Ezra Miller, left), Batman (Ben Affleck, center) and Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot, right) are among the DC superheroes pressed to join forces in "Justice League."

Los Angeles • "Justice League" may be the No. 1 film in North America, but it also has the dubious distinction of being the lowest-opening film of the DC Comics Extended Universe.

Studios on Sunday estimate that the enormously expensively superhero mashup will earn $96 million from 4,051 theaters. It is well below its modest $110 million estimates and pales in comparison to the $166 million launch of "Batman v Superman" in early 2016. Both films were similarly panned by critics.

But not all was gloomy at the box office. "Wonder" opened in second place with a better than expected $27.1 million. The drama stars Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson and Jacob Tremblay. It's based on R.J. Palacio's novel about a child with a facial deformity.