"Aquaman" was officially released in mainland China on December 7, with a box office of 153 million yuan on the first day, winning the single-day box office champion. (Excluding the 8.9 million box office at the Midnight Show), the box office revenue on December 8 was 260 million yuan. On December 9th, it received another 220 million yuan, and the total box office in the first weekend was 650 million yuan in three days. The film was released for eight days on December 14, achieving eight consecutive box office titles, with a cumulative box office of 1 billion yuan.
"Aquaman" landed in 3,230 theaters in North America in advance at 5 pm on December 20th (Thursday), and won a box office of 9 million US dollars. It was included in the Amazon member exclusive last week and the Real-D special event held on Wednesday. "Aquaman" Earned a total of 13.7 million US dollars in advance, which is slightly higher than the 2017 DC team hero movie "Justice League" (13 million US dollars). The film was officially screened in 4123 theaters in North America on the 21st (Friday). On the first day, the box office included $32.7 million in advance. The film received another $21.53 million on the 22nd, which was a 13.3% increase from the first day after deducting the advance show. On the 23rd It fell by 17%, and received another 17.87 million US dollars in a single day, and finally got 67.4 million US dollars at the box office in three days over the weekend.
On January 28, 2019, Mtime.com reported that the mainland box office of Aquaman broke through the 2 billion mark, reaching 2.005 billion. At the same time, the film's global market box office reached 1.09 billion U.S. dollars (about 7.352 billion yuan), breaking the $1.085 billion box office record held by "Batman: The Dark Knight" and becoming DC's most popular film in the world.
