Movies It's official: Aquaman is the biggest DC Extended Universe movie ever By James Hibberd James Hibberd James is the TV News Editor for EW.com EW's editorial guidelines Published on January 5, 2019 10:48AM EST Aquaman, the much-mocked underdog superhero, long dissed as the one who merely “talks to fish,” leads the highest-grossing D.C. Extended Universe movie at the global box office. Aquaman has just passed Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in worldwide ticket sales. As of Saturday, the Warner Bros. release has grossed $887 million since its release last month, edging out Batman v Superman‘s cumulative $873 million. The King of Atlantis has been helped enormously by overseas interest, with international sales responsible for 75 percent of the film’s revenue — a significantly greater percentage than the other DCU titles (China leads the way, where Aquaman has grossed a whopping $279 million to become the country’s second-biggest superhero film of all time behind Avengers: Infinity War). In fact, if you only look at international popularity, not domestic, Aquaman is the biggest DC Universe movie — not just the Extended Universe — so even more popular than The Dark Knight overseas. The James Wan film already shot past 2017’s Justice League ($657 million) during its first week of U.S. release, then surpassed 2013’s Man of Steel ($668 million), then 2016’s Suicide Squad ($746 million) and then, earlier this week 2017’s Wonder Woman ($821 million). At this rate, Aquaman should be the first DCEU movie to cross the $1 billion mark. Domestically, Aquaman probably won’t be the biggest DCEU title, with Wonder Woman and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice topping that list. Next up for the DCEU is Shazam!, which comes out April 5. Henry Cavill posts a shirtless Jason Momoa impression to praise Aquaman