The Box Office

[Wildling]

The thing about videogame movies is, with the exception of the Jojovich Resident Evil movies (which I don't think critics ever loved), they tended to be short lived without spawning real franchises. The first Mortal Kombat was cool but the second one was a Fatality failure, and you can say the same or similar about releases from Tomb Raider (which at best can only be rebooted) to Warcraft (which didn't get any sequel at all). Rampage with The Rock was cool and a hit but we got no sequel from it, maybe because Rock is busy in general and the studio decided to leave well enough alone.

But it's true things are turning around. Sonic already has two hits and will get a third movie and a spin-off show if Paramount still wants to do that. Super Mario Bros would have been the biggest movie out this year if not for Barbie also doing ridiculous business, and it's surely becoming a cinematic franchise too.

[Gaastra]

Angry birds got a part 2 also but game films not getting second ones can be any film not just games based ones. Many comic films never got a second film also.

[Gaastra]

Sag waiting for response from studio. AI and studios are the only hold up. It's up to the studios now to end the strike and dump trying to use actors faces in cg without paying them. That's the only hold up. We will find out later.

[chicago_bastard]

Brace yourselves for some intense online discourse come next weekend, The Marvels looks like it's going to make history and not in a good way. We might be looking at a The Flash level bomb if presales don't magically pick up in the last week, which doesn't seem likely. Worst box office for an MCU film since The Incredible Hulk is a real possibility.

[Geraldofrivia]

Brace yourselves for some intense online discourse come next weekend, The Marvels looks like it's going to make history and not in a good way. We might be looking at a The Flash level bomb if presales don't magically pick up in the last week, which doesn't seem likely. Worst box office for an MCU film since The Incredible Hulk is a real possibility.

It is going to replace Incredible Hulk at this rate so it will be the worst box office for an MCU or even comic book book movie

Also the worst sequel performance to one billion grosser replacing Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland sequel. it is dead on arrival everywhere inspite of zero competition in major markets.

It also has the widest release at 4000 theatres.

Weird thing is why Kevin Feige is not promoting the movie himself? He could have appeared in talk shows and interviews and hyped the movie up.

[chicago_bastard]

It is going to replace Incredible Hulk at this rate so it will be the worst box office for an MCU or even comic book book movie

Well that second part is impossible.

[achilles]

Feige is a known name to some of the general public, but by no means all. And his face is...well, could you pick him out of a line-up? If so, you'd be one of a few. So his doing any pub would be basically pointless.

Beyond that though, to keep any possible failure of The Marvels in perspective, according to Iger, ESPN is the real profit center for the company, eclipsing ALL of their entertainment offerings combined. So even an apparent catastrophic failure of the movie won't be AS bad as it may seem. That said, if it happens, it certainly won't be good.

[Geraldofrivia]

Well that second part is impossible.

If you ignore the CBM released in COVID like WW84 and Suicide Squad, Green Lantern is the only actual obstacle

[Geraldofrivia]

Feige is a known name to some of the general public, but by no means all. And his face is...well, could you pick him out of a line-up? If so, you'd be one of a few. So his doing any pub would be basically pointless.

Beyond that though, to keep any possible failure of The Marvels in perspective, according to Iger, ESPN is the real profit center for the company, eclipsing ALL of their entertainment offerings combined. So even an apparent catastrophic failure of the movie won't be AS bad as it may seem. That said, if it happens, it certainly won't be good.

But it will be Catastrophic for Carol Danvers. It is end of her being a leading Character. Of course Marvel and Disney will be fine and course correct but what about Carol and I dont think its her fault the movie is doing this badly but they will blame her just like Iger blamed Antman and Thor and not the people who put two Disney plus characters as leads

[Gaastra]

Isn't inhumans the "movie" the lowest? Was said to be canon to the movie universe when first coming out and praised by old ike than was the only movie to be removed from the movie universe right after it's release! Ouch!

No other theatre film was removed from canon as far as I know and is the lowest money making only in imax screenings to boot!

Also looks like the studios can't let go of the greed. No end yesterday. They want that free AI over paying actors and it may cost the new season if a deal is not reached by sunday! More talks this weekend. Last chance to save next season. Studios just need to drop the AI free crap.

On the plus side freddies passed $100m domestic today after just a week! Note it only cost around $20m to make so it only needs to made market budget back after one week!

[chicago_bastard]

If you ignore the CBM released in COVID like WW84 and Suicide Squad, Green Lantern is the only actual obstacle

Green Lantern isn't even close to being the lowest grossing comic book movie, and neither is any of the other two.

Check the box office cumes for the Punisher films or Elektra for a start. Or Blue Beetle and Shazam 2 that were released this year...

[Geraldofrivia]

Green Lantern isn't even close to being the lowest grossing comic book movie, and neither is any of the other two.

Check the box office cumes for the Punisher films or Elektra for a start. Or Blue Beetle and Shazam 2 that were released this year...

Thats on me. I just said box office but what i mean was box office bomb that is the money lost. None of these movies budget is anywhere close to The Marvels. Green Lantern, Flash, and The Dark Pheonix are comparable movies in terms of budget range.

[Maestro 216]

It is going to replace Incredible Hulk at this rate so it will be the worst box office for an MCU or even comic book book movie

Also the worst sequel performance to one billion grosser replacing Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland sequel. it is dead on arrival everywhere inspite of zero competition in major markets.

It also has the widest release at 4000 theatres.

Weird thing is why Kevin Feige is not promoting the movie himself? He could have appeared in talk shows and interviews and hyped the movie up.

Might be related to the SAG strike or he knowns the film is cooked.

[80sbaby]

That's not weird. Feige never really promotes films and wouldn't be expected to like that. Hardly any producers do that, unless they're also actors themselves.

[anyajenkins]

Well, yeah, but since the actors can’t do anything, it wouldn’t be a terrible idea.