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Yeah - Scott Mendelson has a hard-on for the film -- but he also knows what gets him clicks. He did daily Episode 7 and Rogue One posts as well. Doesn't matter - he's still my favorite critic. Notable: Box Office Mojo is predicted $6.9 million for Wonder Woman this weekend and a # 7 finish -- behind the aforementioned films and "Wish Upon." I'll guess it will over-perform slightly and end up in sixth place, but either way gets it to $380 million+ by weekend's end -- which means $400 million may indeed happen.

Doesn't change the fact that Moore got _zero_ royalties from the Walking Dead TV show, merchandise, or spin-offs -- despite being a co-creator. Analogous to if Eastman had conned Laird out of any rights to TMNT immediately before the cartoon came out.

Reviews on Rotten Tomatoes so far indicate that it's a solid film... with two woefully mis-cast, charisma-less leads.

Yes. The book has already been, in the short-to-medium term, "potentialized." With Jackman's final turn at the character behind us, the speculative money will move on to greener pre-movie pastures, like Venom, Punisher, even Dark Phoenix books. God help us if we get wind that Beta Ray Bill will appear in Guardians 3...

Hulk # 180 is indeed his first appearance. Where the market put the emphasis on 181 is not just story but the lack of Woverine on the cover of the preceding issue. Esp. now, in this CGC-dominated culture, if Wolverine were on the cover 180, this would not even be an issue. Kind of like how it's exhausting explaining to people that Werewolf 37 isn't Moon Knight's 3rd appearance because he's not actually in the issue. But he's on the cover, so that's all that matters. Thank god people haven't been stockpiling Hulk # 359 because Wolverine's on the cover, and drawn by Byrne no less (but again, not actually in the issue).

Maybe. Much as I'd love to see it do so, I'm still not sure I'd bet on it passing $400M domestic. Next two weeks give us Planet of the Apes and Dunkirk. I mean, I think Valerian is going to be a Jupiter Ascending-level flop, but we'll see...

I'd say he's a But Millar's a solid storyteller too. Out of everything they could have chosen from, there's a reason that Hollywood chose his stories to adapt for Civil War & Logan. Civil War was the best full company crossover I'd read since Valiant's Unity, and was arguably our generation's Secret Wars. And I only *finally* got around to reading Old Man Logan this month - surprisingly good, even if only ~30% of it was represented in the final movie. For instance, nobody had told me that Logan and Hawkeye did their road trip in the freakin' Spider-mobile. I think Kirkman mostly got lucky with The Walking Dead, although he was savvy enough to screw Tony Moore out of any of the TV or merchandising rights.

Yeah - I disagree. Aside from the shocking fact that Mark Millar has now had far more of his comic book adaptations made into major movies than Frank Miller, roughly half of them have been based on his Image creator-owned projects (i.e., Wanted, Kick- 1+2 and Kingsman 1+2). Quality is what matters, not the Marvel/DC duopoloy.

I hope this works out. Shane Black is one of my favorite filmmakers, and as far as I'm concerned has made only one bad film (The Last Action Hero). But balance that against: Lethal Weapon, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Iron Man 3, The Nice Guys, The Last Boy Scout, and Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. Yeah - most of those were as writer not director, but for me only Christopher Nolan and Chris McQuarrie have produced more consistent scripts.

1) Yes - I'm not saying Deadpool wasn't more "recognizable" than Wonder Woman among the general public; but he was definitely more popular -- with a _huge_ cult following among comic nerds and anime-cosplay plans alike (who don't actually cross over with comic fans as much as you'd think). Recognizable/known and popular are two different things. 2) Of course the 50 MM tickests sold for WW so far weren't driven by the comic collecting universe. But that's more indicative of the movie's quality than the popularity of WW vs. Deadpool say -- a year ago. If anything, I'd argue that the WW movie is doing for the character what the Iron Man movie did for that character nearly 10 years ago -- vaunt Iron Man from the B-list to the A-list. Before the Marvel movies, Iron Man, Captain America and Thor were decidedly B-list superheroes (vs. the A-list of Batman, Spider-Man, the X-Men, and (esp. Wolverine). Now, kids love Iron Man just as much/more than they do the X-Men or Batman. The movie itself changed public perception of the character. I think the Wonder Woman film will do the same for the character (at least for the next decade).

It's now less than $5 million away from beating Deadpool domestically (in inflation-adjusted terms). Given how much more popular Deadpool was than Wonder Woman prior to each film's release, that really says something.

Much as I'd love to see it cream Guardians (WW was the far far better film, I thought), it may not be able to catch up. As others have noted, WW is going to drop _fast_ beginning this weekend. Tons of competition coming...and it looks like some high-quality competition to boot.

I've always wondered about the break-even rates for comic dealers at San Diego. What is it, like $25,000 in sales? More?

No - the newsstand copies of Image 0 books (including Spawn # 4) did not have the coupons.

I've seen it twice and will gladly see it again once it hits my local $2 theater (currently showing Guardians 2 and Pirates um...5?) Here's hoping there's enough meat to Justice League that Whedon can edit a solid cut.

Not quite -- Domestic is closer to 66%. Usual studio take is 60%-70% for the first two weeks, 30-40% thereafter (so, average of 66-33 -- which would net to about 50%. But for the exponential drop-off after the first two weeks -- where films make a huge portion of their overall take). So it's more like 66% domestic, 33% international, 25% China.

It hasn't yet. In real (i.e., inflation-adjusted terms), has to hit $339-$340 million domestic. Which it wil, maybe by the end of today. I'm just excited that a good movie is being rewarded over two woefully mediocre missed opportunities. And I'm less concerned about international totals because domestic dollars count about twice as much as international ones (in terms of studio take).

Gauche to quote myself, but simplly noting...15 months later and here we are. With a Vulture movie arriving next week and Kraven, Mysterio and Venom spin-off movies announced.

So apparently that VHS cassette was with Firearm # 0. But it's on YouTube!

Hah! Thanks for that. And I do care, because I remember a polybagged version of Firearm # 1. And wasn't there also a VHS tape with a live-action Firearm on it? Or am I just senile?

I'd buy that if not for the qualifier on Wonder Woman that the "roughly $88 million" was "behind expectations." If BvS -- with bigger-name actors and far better known characters -- grossed just $96 million a year ago, I have a _really_ hard time swallowing that >90% of that gross for Wonder Woman was under analyst expectations.

So Wonder Woman's China take is considered disappointing because it's just 92% that of Batman v. Superman? And those characters have had how many other film appearances? (hint: at least 5 each).

Yeah - that's dumb. Sort of like revealing more than a year later that Domino wasn't really Domino in X-Force -- something I didn't know for decades because I stopped reading X-Force after # 8. At least with Web of Spider-Man # 18, you've got the same writer so the post hoc Venom arm reveal isn't total garbage...

It needs to hit just shy of $340 million domestic to surpass both BvS and Suicide Squad on an inflation-adjusted basis. Here's hoping!

Yeah - this is _nothing_ like Titanic. Heck - it's not even holding as well as most of the true blockbusters of the last few years (like Jurassic World, for one).