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Marvel Comic Book film adaptations
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3 members have voted
| April 26th, 2019 at 8:10:17 AM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12499 | Endgame made $60 million last night during the Thursday night previews, beating Star Wars Episode 7's opening night record of $57 million. Guess that 3 hour runtime didn't hurt. Based on my audience's overwhelming cheering throughout the movie, I'd say this one should have some legs. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
| April 26th, 2019 at 10:17:27 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
The overseas market just keeps getting bigger and bigger. They are hoping to push this one to $600-$700 million overseas (start on Wednesday) and to over $300 million domestically (start Thursday night). Only a single movie has broken $400 million overseas, and it wasn't Marvel Comics. Year Overseas opening in Millions of Dollars 2017 $443.20 The Fate of the Furious 2018 $382.80 Avengers: Infinity War-------------------- 2015 $316.70 Jurassic World 2011 $314.00 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 2019 $303.30 Captain Marvel 2015 $281.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2011 $260.40 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2016 $256.50 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2015 $250.50 Furious 7 2009 $236.00 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2017 $230.80 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2007 $230.50 Spider-Man 3 2011 $219.80 Transformers: Dark of the Moon 2007 $216.00 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2017 $208.80 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 2010 $205.00 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 2014 $202.10 Transformers: Age of Extinction 2015 $201.20 Avengers: Age of Ultron-------------------- 2016 $200.40 Captain America: Civil War 2012 $199.50 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 2013 $198.40 Iron Man 3 2007 $193.00 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2018 $191.50 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 2012 $185.10 Marvel's The Avengers-------------------- |
| April 26th, 2019 at 11:39:31 AM permalink | |
| aceofspades Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 83 Posts: 2019 | I have not seen any of these superhero movies - what am I missing? |
| April 26th, 2019 at 11:50:48 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 |
I don't watch superhero movies either. Seems to me, to make it work, you also have to have supervillains. Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| April 26th, 2019 at 12:42:14 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Not even Superman (Christmas 1978) with Marlon Brando and Christopher Reeve and score by John Williams Batman (summer 1989) with Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton and Kim Basinger Producer: Jon Peters and Composer:Danny Elfman In December 1996 Marvel Entertainment Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In 1997, Toy Biz bought Marvel Entertainment Group to end the bankruptcy, forming a new corporation, Marvel Enterprises. They were forced to sell their primary characters to Fox, NL, and Sony plus some to Lionsgate & Universal to make movies.
The success of x-Men franchize and the runawaysuccess of Spider-Man gave Marvel the backing to organize their less well known characters into a "Marvel Cinematic Universe" (MCU) where the characters would appear in multiple movies like comic books. In 2008 they release Iron Man and reacquired the right for The Hulk whose movie had done poorly in summer 2003. The new Hulk movie in 2008 did just as bad as the 2003 movie. Neverthless Disney acquired Marvel Entertainment Group for $4 billion in 2009. Despite Disney acquiring the company, the next three MCU films were already under contract to Paramount Studios Iron Man 2 Thor Captain America: The First Avenger By the summer of 2017 Sony allowed Spider-man to be reintegrated into the MCU, but still retained the rights to the character to make their own movies, and spin offs like Venom and an animated Spider-Man. With Disney buying FOX they now have the rights to X-Men, Fantastic Four, Daredevil and Elektra which can be re-integrated into the MCU. |
| April 28th, 2019 at 2:13:33 PM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Endgame showing finished in Hong Kong and exiting viewer start shouting 'spoilers' to the ticket holders for next showing. He was beaten nearly senseless. |
| April 28th, 2019 at 4:36:28 PM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12499 |
Good. Can’t say he didn’t deserve that. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
| July 4th, 2019 at 8:52:59 AM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Okay, y'all know I am not much for this comic book stuff, but I wonder if anyone on this forum went to the July first opening of the marvel comics exhibition at the Franklin Institute? the exhibit runs for several months and includes general museum entrance fees. the Brandywine Valley events at this time of year include water fountain displays, the famed Londwood Gardens and the exotic flora that can filter so much impure water and sequester heavy metals, 19th century cooking and distillery operation, etv. |