ComicConnoisseur Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 wow Amazing, but we will still have the haters. To me these comic book movies have been the new golden age. I noticed the change in quality with Dark Knight and Iron Man in 2008. That to me was the turning point when comic book movies actually became accepted by mainstream and for good reason. Quality stories with event like excitement. When I go to these comic book movies I feel like a Super Bowl type atmosphere is in the air. That is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 wow Amazing, but we will still have the haters. To me these comic book movies have been the new golden age. I noticed the change in quality with Dark Knight and Iron Man in 2008. That to me was the turning point when comic book movies actually became accepted by mainstream and for good reason. Quality stories with event like excitement. When I go to these comic book movies I feel like a Super Bowl type atmosphere is in the air. That is amazing. And whether it is DC, Marvel, Dark Horse or Image properties getting the film treatment, overall it is good for the hobby when they succeed. At least, when it encourages new readership. By the way, Dark Horse is one of those independent companies that has had quite a few shared and in-house properties taken to film. 'Timecop' is a really good movie that deserved more attention. I was really surprised to find out how little 'Hellboy' made, which is probably why Sony has dragged its feet on a 'Hellboy 3' ever being made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 Look at that X-Men movie go. It is now on the same profit ratio level as 'X2: X-Men United' and coming up on 'Thor: The Dark World' soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEnglandGothic Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 I was really surprised to find out how little 'Hellboy' made, which is probably why Sony has dragged its feet on a 'Hellboy 3' ever being made. That's why Universal distributed The Golden Army, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEnglandGothic Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 'Timecop' is a really good movie that deserved more attention. It was VanDamme's finest (imho). He resembles Heath Ledger's Joker more now in his new direct to video release Enemies Closer (decent b-movie with a fetching actress named Linzey Cocker in it). I see Warner Brothers distributes it now on DVD/Blu Ray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted July 16, 2014 Author Share Posted July 16, 2014 Fox is First Studio to Reach $1 Billion in 2014 ------------------------------------- The studio crossed the $1 billion mark on Sunday, which was the 194th day of the year. The last time it took this long for a studio to get there was in 2006, when Disney hit that level in 215 days. Fox's biggest title of the year is also currently the highest-grossing movie of the Summer: through Sunday, X-Men: Days of Future Past has brought in $229.2 million at the domestic box office. While it will likely wind up below X-Men: The Last Stand ($234.4 million), it's still a hefty haul for the 14-year-old franchise. ------------------------------------- 'Last Stand' came in a 2.2X budget while 'X-Men: DoFP' is at 3.7X budget. I think I would put my money on the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 What a difference a week makes. And even 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' keeps climbing in the domestic market, though the movie has been out for a long while. 'ASM2' even had a weekend bump. But the big winner for the three was 'X-Men: DoFP' though there is a difference in the worldwide box office whether the movie is at $736 MM or $738 MM. Boxoffice.come and thenumbers.com show it as $738 MM, while Box Office Mojo shows it as $736 MM. It is most probably Box Office Mojo being behind on international box office details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 Before 'Guardians of the Galaxy' hits the theaters this upcoming week ( ), let's take a look at the Marvel film landscape. 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' keeps slowly adding more to its domestic box office. Even poor 'Amazing Spider-Man 2' has added to its worldwide take, though the bulk has come from the international market. The Marvel property that has been steadily climbing is 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' though there is a difference on the final count. Boxofficemojo.com is reporting $2.3 MM less than Boxoffice.com and Thenumbers.com, which with the latter two both reflect a $739 MM worldwide take. Comic book movies are definitely massive when it comes to worldwide entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEnglandGothic Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I was watching the Men In Black series this weekend and saw the Marvel logo at the end of the first one. I've always known Marvel owned Malibu, but didn't remember them "branding" MIB at the time in '97. I did a little sleuthing to see Marvel had aquired Malibu Comics after Malibu grabbed Aircel (MIB's first publisher). Do you consider the MIB series Marvel movies and have you included them on your Marvel stats chart? From my perspective, MIB was Marvel's (in house creation or not) first enormous box-office homerun. Well anyway, MIB #1 is still a pretty good movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 I was watching the Men In Black series this weekend and saw the Marvel logo at the end of the first one. I've always known Marvel owned Malibu, but didn't remember them "branding" MIB at the time in '97. I did a little sleuthing to see Marvel had aquired Malibu Comics after Malibu grabbed Aircel (MIB's first publisher). Do you consider the MIB series Marvel movies and have you included them on your Marvel stats chart? From my perspective, MIB was Marvel's (in house creation or not) first enormous box-office homerun. Well anyway, MIB #1 is still a pretty good movie. I saw that too when watching the first movie recently with my sons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEnglandGothic Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Yeah, I was thinking there goes another $1,655.2 billion in WW revenue to Marvel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 Marvel keeps rocking along directly and indirectly. And Guardians is rocketing super-fast to cash-positive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jsilverjanet Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 looks like x-men is the big winner this year greggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 looks like x-men is the big winner this year I have to agree. Though 'Guardians' has room for growth since China has not even had a market release yet. But 'X-Men: DoFP' definitely made its mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkman Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 (edited) looks like x-men is the big winner this year or captain america, depending on how you look at it Edited August 14, 2014 by Hawkman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 looks like x-men is the big winner this year or captain america, depending on how you look at it Captain America 2 at the domestic box office, X-Men: DoFP at the worldwide box office. But when it comes to most profitable (exceeding budget expenses), because of the lower expense of Cap2 that 4.2x vs. 3.7x definitely tells a better financial story. Cap2 was more profitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 - Cap 2 keeps slowly going up (small theater showings, maybe?) - ASM 2 has come to a screeching halt - X-Men: DoFP still has an audience - GotG jumps up steadily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz973 Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 I suspect that Guardians of the Galaxy will be extremely profitable from a merchandising standpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 I suspect that Guardians of the Galaxy will be extremely profitable from a merchandising standpoint. I agree. But GotG has a lot more growth ahead of it due to the spreadout schedule. Guardians of the Galaxy full international release schedule China is not until September 5th. Wow! ------------------ Luxembourg: 18 August 2014 (Kirchberg & Belval, Luxembourg) (premiere) Nepal: 22 August 2014 Austria: 28 August 2014 Germany: 28 August 2014 Greece: 4 September 2014 Cyprus: 5 September 2014 Japan: 13 September 2014 China: 10 October 2014 Switzerland: 22 October 2014 (Italian speaking region) Italy: 22 October 2014 ------------------ As an example of another team comic book movie, X-Men: DoFP in China, Japan and Germany brought quite large box office bumps ($116.5 MM, $9.98 MM and $16.1 MM, respectively). Even Italy was a $9 MM bump when that market was done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
