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Worldwide Gross$134.2M
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Shazam! Fury of the Gods
movie·PG-13·Mar 17, 2023·
Box OfficeUnderperformed · 1.2x
$110M
Budget
$134.2M
Gross
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Shazam! Fury of the Gods
movie
PG-13
March 17, 2023
Wokeometer Rating
5Mixed
0/10
Scale: 0 = not woke, 10 = maximally woke
TL;DR Verdict
Shazam! Fury of the Gods lands at a moderate 5/10 because it weaves in a few deliberate modern character moments amid its main focus on found family, teamwork, and self-doubt. The story stays centered on action-comedy adventure rather than pushing any single agenda.
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Detailed Analysis
The film centers on Billy Batson and his established foster siblings battling the original Daughters of Atlas (Hespera, Kalypso, and Anthea) over a stolen staff and stolen powers, with core themes of found family, teamwork, and self-doubt driving the action-comedy plot.
Progressive elements appear in the foregrounding of Pedro Peña's sexuality: the writer Henry Gayden explicitly stated he fought to make Pedro's gay identity more prominent than the subtle hint in the first film, resulting in an on-screen coming-out moment that multiple reviews flag as a deliberate inclusion. The Shazam family's multi-ethnic foster sibling roster (including characters played by Ross Butler, Meagan Good, and others) continues from the prior movie as organic to the premise rather than new forced casting. The three villain goddesses feature diverse actresses (Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu, Rachel Zegler) in original roles drawn from mythology, with no evidence of source-character race or gender swaps.
Key Factors
- Writer-driven emphasis on Pedro Peña coming out as gay as a subplot
- Continuation of diverse foster family casting established in the first film
- Original female villain trio with no central identity-politics framing or systemic-oppression themes
- Minor audience and critic pushback citing the gay element as unnecessary messaging amid otherwise traditional superhero storytelling
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Is Shazam! Fury of the Gods Woke?
We've run a full content analysis on Shazam! Fury of the Gods and scored it 5/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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What kind of woke content is in Shazam! Fury of the Gods?
Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Shazam! Fury of the Gods's overall score.
Is Shazam! Fury of the Gods family-friendly?
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