Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has arrived and if you're planning a pre-Christmas trip to the cinema, you might be wondering how long the new DC movie is.
The sequel brings back Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry as he faces off against Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) to protect his family. It also marks the final movie of the DC Extended Universe, before the new DC Universe starts in 2024.
As such, you might be expecting an epic finale, but we can confirm that Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom runs for 123 minutes and 59 seconds, or just shy of two hours and four minutes if you prefer.
There is also one credit scene to stick around for, but it comes mid-credits and there's nothing post-credits, so you can trim a little bit off that runtime.
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom's runtime is actually the shortest of the four DC movies released this year: Blue Beetle (127 mins, 18 seconds), Shazam! Fury of the Gods (130 mins, 4 seconds) and The Flash (143 mins, 55 seconds).
It's also 20 minutes shorter than the first Aquaman movie which ran for 143 minutes and 28 seconds, or two hours and 23 minutes if you prefer.
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During the long wait for Aquaman 2 to arrive, there have been reports of extensive reshoots and deleted Batman cameos. However, director James Wan explained that the reshoots were down to shooting schedules.
"We have big actors in this movie, and everyone's schedule is really hard. So, we had to break up our shooting schedule into sections," he told EW in September 2023.
"People are like, 'Oh, they're doing a whole bunch of different shoots!' No. If we actually combined them all together, it's actually not that many number of days at all."
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is out now in cinemas.
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