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Hah! No argument there.

Maybe. Isle of Dogs was phenomenal, and may give it strong competition. More Academy-friendly, and it's a Wes Anderson production.

Scene from Avengers: Infinity War when he follows Tony into space.

Yeah - I'm dumb. The obvious scenario is that Mysterio created the elemental villains himself -- and/or that they're working for him -- knowingly or unknowingly. I'm just tired of the Earth/Wind/Fire/Water elemental trope. I would have written Mysterio as more of a Lex Luthor-type business magnate who casts grand illusions that fool the city in his quest for hero-dom and/or political power. Not saying he's not doing so here -- but we'll see.

Solid trailer but...the villains are elementals rather than Mysterio? Doesn't inspire confidence because that kind of stupidity was featured in the first Ghost Rider film, where the primary villains were Blackheart's henchmen, literally elementals: Earth, Air, and Water (before we got to the "Big Bosses" -- Blackheart and Mephistopheles.) Seriously, having a Spider-Man film rip off Ghost Rider is as idiotic as when Indiana Jones - Kingdom of the Crystal Skull _literally_ had the same ending as Predator 2. Also...no hint of Shocker after the build-up in Homecoming?

Fair point. As exhilarating as it was for me to feel like a part of something with the Death of Superman and Knightfall, the subsequent maxi-series storylines were a bridge too far, and I ended up dropping most titles (Superman - dropped with Adventures 500; Batman - dropped around #503; Spider-Man - dropped with Maximum Carnage; X-Men - dropped after # 304, but it was really X-Cutioner's Song that pushed me to the breaking point). And it seems I wasn't alone, as the industry all-but imploded less than a year after the release of Superman 75.

Makes sense that Marvel can't make any announcements until after Endgame since nearly all the planned movie characters are "dead." I'd love a status update on The Batman, tho. (Like...who will be playing him.)

Makes sense. I think $325M's still a stretch but Mendelson's not off base, given that Aquaman's now pacing $3.8M ahead of Suicide Squad, which ultimately finished with $325M. And given the poor reviews, I think Glass will play like a typical horror movie and make the vast majority of its revenue this weekend and then dropping off.

We'll know soon, as Deadline will produce their list of 2018's "Most Profitable Blockbusters" list that analyzes full costs, off-sets, back-end participation and ROI -- around Mar. 30/Apr. 1. In the mean time, Aquaman's still got ~3 weeks before it opens in Japan.

Weird, man. All this time I thought Venom was more popular than Aquaman.

Would it be blasphemous to admit I don't really see Gambit's appeal? His heyday was smack in the middle of my teenage / high school collecting days (I started collecting monthly at UXM at # 251 and stopped around # 307) and I never really saw his appeal - he certainly wasn't as cool as Cable or Bishop. Yeah - I loved that X-Men 266 quickly became a $20 book, but he seemed essentially like a Longshot replacement on the team. Also - I thought Taylor Kitsch's portrayal in Wolverine was decent - it was the rest of the film that was . Not saying I wouldn't potentially enjoy a Channing Tatum-anchored solo film but...other than some X-Men 266 speculators, are folks actually clamoring for this film? Did I miss some key elements of the Gambit mythos post-1995 or so that made him particularly cool or important? And...forgive my ignorance, is he still active and/or relevant in the books today?

I agree - Avatar was mess. Never been more disappointed in a film. Dances With Smurfs.

Oh Noes! Box Office Mojo has stopped comparing its domestic take to Wonder Woman and has now downgraded it to comparison to Suicide Squad. After three weeks of release, Aquaman is now pacing $175,000 behind Suicide Squad. The sky is falling!

This won the Golden Globe last night for "Best Animated Film," which solidifies its position as the favorite to win the Oscar for the same. Wouldn't be noteworthy, except this was a strong year, with competition including both Incredibles 2 and Isle of Dogs.

So...it’s _finally_ broken even? Crazy!

Makes sense - Amber Heard publicly identified as a lesbian until she started Johnny Depp. This was way back in 2011 when she starred opposite Nic Cage in "Drive Angry" and on TV in "The Playboy Club."

I stand corrected. BOM has now updated their weekend estimate to $30M based on Friday's showing. Now estimates $260M domestic by tomorrow evening. Apologies to you both.

Now you're just making mess up. Not saying it won't happen, but why jump the gun with predictions when it would be sweet enough to wait 24 hours for the real numbers? Also, Box Office Mojo's got a more conservative estimate of $26M. Either way, it will win this weekend by a large margin, which is cool. Maybe now Lionsgate will ask him to return in a Conan sequel. (kidding...)

Are you super duper impressed now that it's surpassed $850M in just two weeks flat? Then again, it's still trailing Wonder Woman by 2.1%. Sigh...

Worth noting that in less than two weeks of domestic release, Aquaman's stats look near-comparable to Venom's full run: Aquaman $222.8M domestic / $623.5M international 26.3% domestic / 73.7% international split $846.3M total Venom $213.3M domestic / $642.1M international 24.9% domestic / 75.1% international split $855.5M total I still think $300M domestic is a stretch for Aquaman, but hopefully its success will convince WB to actually schedule a Flash solo movie.

I wish I could! Beautiful book.

Thanks for this, Bosco. I bit my tongue the other day, because I too really wanted your chart to reflect the generally-accepted production costs of $300M for Justice League and $200M for Aquaman. Why? Consistency -- truth-in-advertising, and because Aquaman is already profitable and doesn't need a thumb-on-the-scale. However, at the time, I'd only seen ScreenRant cite $160M - and we know they're notoriously unreliable. The Numbers, however, I see as credible. Since Jaydog seems to be the only run who truly cares, I'm leaning towards $200M / $150M for the purposes of this thread. 'Cuz he's still wrong.

Fair point, but aside from maybe 1-2 voices, I don't think that's really widespread on these boards. Me? I'm for _quality_. As comic book fans, we lucked out with The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Avengers, Wonder Woman, and The Winter Soldier. Even Guardians of the Galaxy. All were better than they should have been. On the flipside, we got far worse than we deserved with films like Suicide Squad, Jonah Hex, Justice League, Amazing Spider-Man 2, and Venom. With that out of the way, I'll now give a nod to factionalism with this article, that notes as of yesterday Aquaman's worldwide total of $761.9 million so far puts it ahead of 10 of the 20 MCU films. And (of course) both Justice League and Man of Steel. Yes - it's not a fair comparison because the international box office started so far before the domestic one, and inflation, and high cost, etc. etc. But at $199.5M domestic so far, it's doing extraordinarily well. If anyone had told me when I went to see X-Men on opening day that less than 20 years later there'd be a big budget (and popular) Aquaman film, I'd have told them to lay off the meds. https://movieweb.com/aquaman-box-office-beats-mcu-marvel-movies/