Hellboy as a character certainly doesn’t have the following of either the Marvel or DC heroes.
Hellboy will have its work cut out for it at the box office.
At the same time, that makes Hellboy a more unique entry in the parade of comic book based movies, and that alone might be enough to help it stand out.
The film is sandwiched between the more light-hearted (though not entirely family friendly) Shazam!, which is going into its second weekend, and the blockbuster movie more than a decade in the making, Avengers: Endgame, coming out in a couple weeks.