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[OrangeAtlas]

If Bobby wrote in all caps like Film Crit Hulk would it be acceptable?

 

[DMczaf]

If Bobby wrote in all caps like Film Crit Hulk would it be acceptable?

BronsonLee does it and it is not.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

BronsonLee does it and it is not.

And Bronson only does it a sentence at a time since he can't write complete paragraphs. The AI breaks down.

 

[DecoReturns]

Reportedly huh?

I wonder why WB won't straight up say what's the budget for Dunkirk.

 

[Litan]

Maybe I'm missing something? Hehe.


And, I would argue that the "Cinematic Universe idea" was proven to work long before The Avengers was released, it was a conclusion to something already known to be a success. The hype for the ending of Iron Man with Nick Fury showed that the audience were onboard.

And, saying that The Avengers "kickstarted" a universe doesn't really ring true to me, it was the 6th (?) movie in that universe.

Lol, what?
The 30 seconds end credits scene is not what proved connected cinematic universes a success. The two and a half hours team-up movie, The Avengers, did that.

Like, there's not even an argument to be made here. The massive success of The Avengers is what made Marvel what they are today.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

Maybe I'm missing something? Hehe.


And, I would argue that the "Cinematic Universe idea" was proven to work long before The Avengers was released, it was a conclusion to something already known to be a success. The hype for the ending of Iron Man with Nick Fury showed that the audience were onboard.

And, saying that The Avengers "kickstarted" a universe doesn't really ring true to me, it was the 6th (?) movie in that universe.

Which movie showed that it worked though? Previously, there were just little cameos and references in each movie and with Avengers, it was the first time the big payoff happened and of course it managed to do it really well. Leaving aside Iron Man, the rest of the MCU didn't exactly make big money. The first Captain America and Thor movies were all below half billion. Hulk was the lowest grossing movie in MCU.

It was only after The Avengers that all the other Super Heroes started getting post-Avengers bump. Previously, only Iron Man could have pulled big numbers but after Avengers, Captain America and Thor all had a huge bump in their box office gross while Iron Man 3 jumped to a whole another level. Now it is pretty average to see a MCU movie grossing half billion and above at the box office.

 

[Mrbob]

Can Dunkirk still hit 28 million for the weekend with an 8 million dollar Friday?

 

[OrangeAtlas]

The Avengers was the point when Marvel realized their future was building their universe and team-ups instead of just smaller individual stories, because that's what excited people.

Don't forget they were still intent on making the Runaways movie until basically the moment it exploded, and it's since been relegated to (streaming) TV.

 

[womfalcs3]

Adjusting for Inflation is horseshit though.

Stop it

You have to do it if you're comparing movies in different years. Econ 101. Now there are other normalization factors.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Avengers opening weekend box office thread. That was an interesting one.

The second weekend one was fun as well.

Sadly, it seems like the week before Avengers was a dead thread. I can't remember which thread we were in as grosses kept climbing and we were laughing at Nikki Finke's NOT A RECORD stuff as she kept getting proven wrong.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

MCU worldwide box office leading to The Avengers

The Incredible Hulk - $263,427,551
Captain America 1 - $370,569,774
Thor 1 - $449,326,618
Iron Man 1 - $585,174,222
Iron Man 2 - $623,933,331

Average - $458 million
Average (no Iron Man) - $360 million

MCU worldwide box office post-Avengers and pre-Avengers 2

Thor 2: The Dark World - $644,571,402
Captain America 2 - $714,264,267
Iron Man 3 - $1,214,811,252
Guardians of the Galaxy - $773,328,629

Average - $836 million
Average (no Iron Man) - $710 million

 

[BronsonLee]

If Bobby wrote in all caps like Film Crit Hulk would it be acceptable?

BronsonLee does it and it is not.

And Bronson only does it a sentence at a time since he can't write complete paragraphs. The AI breaks down.

I want apologies from all of you immediately or I'm writing you all up

 

[DMczaf]

I want apologies from all of you immediately or I'm writing you all up

Will you write us up in all caps?

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Will you write us up in all caps?

DAMMIT! YOU BEAT ME TO IT! I FEEL THREATENED!

 

[BronsonLee]

I DO FEEL THREATENED
I'M SURROUNDED BY AXES

Spoiler

I'm at some axe throwing thing

 

[Schlorgan]

No that was X-men...

None of the X-Men films broke box office records.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Avengers opening weekend box office thread. That was an interesting one.

The second weekend one was fun as well.

Sadly, it seems like the week before Avengers was a dead thread. I can't remember which thread we were in as grosses kept climbing and we were laughing at Nikki Finke's NOT A RECORD stuff as she kept getting proven wrong.

I remember reading a thread before The Avengers released where nearly everyone was laughing at the idea of it doing well.

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

None of the X-Men films broke box office records.

The first one kinda did iirc. One of the biggest opening week-ends for a non-sequel I believe.
Not that I disagree that Spider-Man had a much bigger impact but the X-Men films definitely deserve some credit for the explosion of the superhero genre.

After some googling, I found this in an old Guardian article:

The comic book adaptation, X-Men, has opened in the US to huge success. It has taken $57.5m over its opening weekend, making it the biggest non-holiday, non-sequel ever. It is also the fourth largest three-day opening after such heavy weights as The Phantom Menace, Jurassic Park and Mission: Impossible 2.

Remember when M:I 2 was big for a hot minute?

 

[Prototype Viktor]

In really glad Girls Trip did well. It was such a funny movie and it didn't really feel like a rehash of other T-Rex comedies to me.

It's doing Tyler Perry numbers. He makes his living off doing $50 mill on a run while spending less than 20

 

[Chamber]

Remember when M:I 2 was big for a hot minute?

Of course I remember it, best Mission Impossible.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

I think Slenderman fits. Kswis coming out of the wood to drop those numbers.

Nah, Predator style. Just decloaking and throwing in those numbers and then walking off while cloaking again.

"take it"

Also explains vicious sniping in other threads.

"You see it? Past those posts..."
*blam!*

 

[Slayven]

None of the X-Men films broke box office records.

They just broke my heart

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Of course I remember it, best Mission Impossible.

Unless you're Dougray Scott's GAF account, in which case, I understand.

 

[Toa TAK]

Of course I remember it, best Mission Impossible.

I'm sorry.

I think we all meant to say 3.

 

[lightskintwin]

It's doing Tyler Perry numbers. He makes his living off doing $50 mill on a run while spending less than 20

It's doing Will Packer numbers. Tyler Perry isn't the only one making low to modestly budgeted Black films that do really well at the box office.

 

[Lima]

I'm sorry.

I think we all meant to say 3.

Rip in peace Philip Seymour Hoffman.

 

[msdstc]

None of the X-Men films broke box office records.

I believe x men 3 actually set the opening night or weekend record when it came out, which was then subsequently broken by something... Maybe pirates 2?

 

[Random Human]

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[Toa TAK]

Looks like Atomic Blonde is turning out pretty divisive.

They just haven't come around to it yet.

Give 'em time.

 

[LordOfLore]

Spawn won't be the main character of the Spawn reboot.

 

[shintoki]

Looks like Atomic Blonde is turning out pretty divisive.

It's another Lucky Number Slevin, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Smoking Aces, etc.

 

[gamz]

Spawn won't be the main character of the Spawn reboot.

I actually dig that.

 

[OrangeAtlas]

It's pretty interesting how we're getting two R-rated very original-creator driven comic movie reboots at the same time (Spawn and Hellboy).

The Deadpool effect?

 

[Chamber]

I'm sorry.

I think we all meant to say 3.

No, that's the worst Mission Impossible.

 

[OrangeAtlas]

No, that's the worst Mission Impossible.

 

[Schlorgan]

The first one kinda did iirc. One of the biggest opening week-ends for a non-sequel I believe.
Not that I disagree that Spider-Man had a much bigger impact but the X-Men films definitely deserve some credit for the explosion of the superhero genre.

I think X-Men gets some credit, but I doubt other studios would have gotten really big on it if Spider-Man hadn't blown up.

The first X-Men made $237m WW. Spider-Man nearly doubled that just in the US and went on to have a $800m WW gross, not adjusting for inflation.

That is an event film.

 

[Toa TAK]

No, that's the worst Mission Impossible.

Should've expected this form the person who pimped out Valerian. 🌝

 

[Lima]

Should've expected this form the person who pimped out Valerian. 🌝

Sick burn. Still haven't seen Valerian. Looks like tomorrow is my only chance to see this on a larger premium screen with Atmos sound so I should probably get my ass to the theater. 10am showing though. That's too early on Sunday for me ugh.

 

[vinnygambini]

No, that's the worst Mission Impossible.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

Spawn won't be the main character of the Spawn reboot.

This is what everyone's going to be talking about from that interview, and when you click the link you'll see why

Because it can get much worse than this

Twitch is often accompanied by his partner Sam, but McFarlane didn't mention if he will also play a part in the Spawn reboot.

Maybe that's because the two fan favorites will have their own series soon on the BBC, helmed by a well-known director and comic enthusiast.

"We're developing Sam and Twitch over at BBC America that Kevin Smith is attached to. Hopefully, they'll sign off on that and he's going to write and direct all that."

that Kevin Smith is attached to

so much worse *shudder*

 

[DarkLordMalik]

The first one kinda did iirc. One of the biggest opening week-ends for a non-sequel I believe.
Not that I disagree that Spider-Man had a much bigger impact but the X-Men films definitely deserve some credit for the explosion of the superhero genre.

X-Men never made it big overseas even at its peak. It was mostly popular domestic. Before the Super Hero explosion, the original X-Men trilogy never hit half billion. It is not like the movies were any less expensive either. While the original X-Men cost $75 million, the sequels just ballooned in budget with X-2 costing $110 million and The Last Stand with whooping $210 million. Yet their box office gross were not sufficient enough to carry on with their budget.

Compare that to the Raimi Trilogy which averaged out $800 million and above per each movie. Even if the budget were bigger for these movies, they also made a shit load of money in cinema and in the home video market.

 

[Jon Carter]

Sick burn. Still haven't seen Valerian. Looks like tomorrow is my only chance to see this on a larger premium screen with Atmos sound so I should probably get my ass to the theater. 10am showing though. That's too early on Sunday for me ugh.

Do it.

 

[Chamber]

X-Men and Blade cracked the door open for comic book films after Batman & Robin nearly closed it. Spider-Man blew the door off the hinges.

Should've expected this form the person who pimped out Valerian. 🌝

 

[vinnygambini]

Saw Valerian yesterday.... not very good.

Dunno where the $200M+ went.

 

[broncobuster]

Dunkirk only costing $100M? No wonder WB wants to keep him happy.

 

[MHWilliams]

No, that's the worst Mission Impossible.

Every Mission: Impossible is a precious gem.

 

[Toa TAK]

Sick burn. Still haven't seen Valerian. Looks like tomorrow is my only chance to see this on a larger premium screen with Atmos sound so I should probably get my ass to the theater. 10am showing though. That's too early on Sunday for me ugh.

See Atomic Blonde instead.

 

[Jon Carter]

See Atomic Blonde instead.

He can see Atomic Blonde next time. Valerian must be experienced on the largest screen possible.

 

[Toa TAK]

What I'd do to see Atomic Blonde on the largest screen possible.

 

[Jon Carter]

What I'd do to see Atomic Blonde on the largest screen possible.

He said it was his last chance to see it on a larger premium screen. That's not the case with Atomic Blonde, so he should see Valerian first.