That gives the DC blockbuster a domestic total through two weekends of just under $95 million, and depending on the performance of the horror film "The Curse of La Llorona" next weekend, "Shazam!" might have a chance to stay No. 1 for one more frame before "Avengers: Endgame" takes over the box office.

As for this weekend's new releases, two of them are on their way to become big flops. One is Lionsgate/Millennium's "Hellboy," which has been panned with a 15% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes and a C on CinemaScore. With such poor word of mouth, the R-rated reboot of the Dark Horse Comics hero sits third on the charts with a $12 million opening from 3,303 screens, below projections for a $17-20 million opening and against a reported $50 million budget.

Also struggling is Laika's latest stop-motion animated film, "Missing Link," which was distributed by United Artists on 3,413 screens. Unlike "Hellboy," this film had characteristically strong reception for a Laika film with an 88% RT score and a B+ on CinemaScore.

But "Missing Link" has also continued the decline of stop-motion at the box office with Laika's worst opening weekend yet: $5.8 million. That is less than half of the $12.6 million opening earned by 2016's "Kubo and the Two Strings," which was Laika's previous low opening. Despite an Oscar nomination, "Kubo" barely made back its $60 million budget with $69 million grossed worldwide.

One new release that did do well was Universal's "Little," which hit tracker expectations with a $15.5 million opening from 2,667 screens. Produced by Will Packer Productions on a $20 million budget, the film received mixed review with a 50% RT score.

But the film was a hit with its primarily female, African-American audience, who gave it a B+ on CinemaScore. Even after the release of "Avengers," "Little" may have a chance to leg out well as counterprogramming to the superhero blockbuster.

The fourth new release was Aviron's romance film "After," an adaptation of the Anna Todd romance novel of the same name. While critics panned it with a 13% RT score, it performed slightly above tracker expectations with a $6.2 million opening against a $14 million budget, sitting at No. 8 on this weekend's charts. The film earned a B on CinemaScore.