Justice League: Aftermath

*Justice League: Aftermath* is a 2015 superhero film, based on the DC Comics superhero team of the same name. The film is a sequel to *Justice League* and a crossover/sequel to *Superman: The Last Daughter of Krypton*, *The Flash: Rogue War*, *Batman: No Man's Land*, and *Wonder Woman: Bloodline*. It is the twelfth film in the DC Media Universe and the sixth film of Volume Two. The film was released on May 15, 2015 in the United States.

The film is directed by Patty Jenkins and stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, Ezra Miller as Barry Allen/The Flash, Tessa Thompson as Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Charlie Hunnam as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Emma Stone as Barbara Gordon/Oracle, Keri Russell as Lois Lane, Chris Pine as Steve Trevor, Melissa Benoist as Kara Zor-El/Supergirl, Thomas Middleditch as Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man, Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth, Ray Fisher as Victor Stone/Cyborg, Giancarlo Esposito as J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter, and Angela Bassett as Amanda Waller.

## Cast

* Jake Gyllenhaal as Bruce Wayne/Batman
* Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman
* Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman
* Ezra Miller as Barry Allen/The Flash
* Tessa Thompson as Dinah Lance/Black Canary
* Charlie Hunnam as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow
* Emma Stone as Barbara Gordon/Oracle
* Keri Russell as Lois Lane
* Chris Pine as Steve Trevor
* Melissa Benoist as Kara Zor-El/Supergirl
* Thomas Middleditch as Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man
* Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth
* Ray Fisher as Victor Stone/Cyborg
* Mark Wahlberg as Hank Henshaw/Cyborg Superman
* Diane Lane as Martha Kent
* Connie Nielsen as Hippolyta
* Joshua Orpin as Conner Kent/Superboy
* Kristen Wiig as Barbara Ann Minerva/Cheetah
* Hugo Weaving as Leonard Snart/Captain Cold
* Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Natasha Irons/Steel
* Giancarlo Esposito as J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter
* Angela Bassett as Amanda Waller

## Reception

### **Box office**

*Justice League: Aftermath* grossed $652.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $1.018 billion in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1.670 billion, against a production budget of $300 million. The film had a worldwide opening weekend of $525.5 million, becoming the biggest opening weekend of all time, and the first film to gross more than $500 million in a single weekend. *Deadline Hollywood* calculated the net profit of the film to be $758 million.

### **Critical reception**

The film garnered widespread critical acclaim from critics and audiences. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 94% based on 323 reviews, with an average rating of 7.72/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "As lovely to behold as it is engrossing to watch, *Justice League: Aftermath* is the rare superhero sequel that actually improves upon its predecessors - all while setting a new standard for CGI". On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 77 out of 100, based on 49 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported moviegoers gave it an overall positive score of 92%. Ninety-seven percent of the audience gave the film an A or a B, and it got A's from both the under- and over-25 crowd and A+ among those under 18 years of age and also for the over-50 audience.