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Where the Data Ranks 2017’s Comic Book Films. Atomic Blonde Debuts

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Atomic Blonde opened up this past weekend, the latest comic adaptation, based on the series published by Oni Press. With expectations that the film would open around $20 million, it fell short with just $18.6 million. Still, with a $30 million budget, the film will be fine in the long run and probably turn a profit.

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets continues to struggle standing at just $30.6 million domestically in two weeks. With a budget of $209 million, the movie will need a miracle. The film has made a bit over $25 million at the foreign box office and opens in China on August 25.

Spider-Man: Homecoming continues to do well with a worldwide gross of $633.8 million. I say well, because while that number’s impressive it’s short the $766.2 million average Spider-Man films earn. It will likely be the lowest earning Spider-Man film to date.

Wonder Woman continues to impress and is on its way to $400 domestically, just the 27th film to do so. The movie has earned $786 million, the second highest amount for a DC movie universe film. However, due to its much lower budget, the film has the highest gross to budget return.

Wonder Woman is also driving the gap between earning averages for the Marvel and DC adaptations and helping it catch up in a way. On average DC films earn $335.5 million domestically while Marvel earns $308.2 million. Internationally, Marvel rules with $476.9 million and DC lags behind with $432.8 million.

Already, the year is an interesting one with three clear successes and a whole lot of mixed otherwise. Wonder Woman, Logan and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 have done well this year, The LEGO Batman Movie and Smurfs: The Lost Village, and Atomic Blonde are in that debatable area, and Valerian, Wilson and Ghost in the Shell are generally disappointments. Spider-Man: Homecoming, we’ll wait and see.

Here’s where this year’s movie crop stands as far as the actual numbers (numbers have dipped due to a new film opening):

Total Domestic Gross: $1.599 billion
Total International Gross: $2.031 billion
Worldwide Gross: $3.630 billion
Total Reported Budgets: $1.115 million
Total “Profit”: $2.515 billion

Average Domestic Gross: $159.9 million
Average International Gross: $225.7 million
Average: Worldwide Gross: $363.0 million
Average Budget: $111.5 million
Average Profit: $251.5 million

Below is where the films released stand when it comes to being compared to this year’s averages. Those in green are above average while those below are red.

Dunkirk Holds at #1, Barely Holding Off Emojis

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Dunkirk repeated in first place at the box office this past weekend bringing in an estimated $28.1 million at the domestic box office to bring its total to $102.8 million. At the foreign box office the film has earned $131.3 million to bring its total to $234.1 in just two weeks.

But… the film was barely in first place holding off The Emoji Movie which, despite overwhelmingly negative reviews, managed to come in second earning $25.7 million in its first week. With a budget of just $50 million, the film has a solid start and I’m sure we can expect a sequel down the road. Interestingly, the film played to a majority female audience 52% with 64% under the age of 25. So families and tweens?

Dropping to third was Girls Trip which added an impressive $20.1 million to its total to bring it to $65.5 million domestically and $67 million worldwide. With a budget of just $19 million, this one will absolutely get a sequel down the road.

In fourth place was another new film Atomic Blonde, the latest comic to be turned movie. That movie earned $18.6 million domestically and $6 million at the foreign box office. That might not seem like a great start but the film’s budget is just $30 million, so in its first week it has almost returned its entire budget. Still, there’s been a big push for the film and it failed to catch on with the female audience like Wonder Woman did, instead playing to 51% male. It was expected to bring in about $20 million.

Rounding out the top five was Spider-Man: Homecoming which added $13.5 million to its domestic total to bring it to $278.4 million and so far it has earned $633.8 million worldwide. The film will end up making about what all of the various Spider-Man films average.

When it comes to comic move adaptations….

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets earned $6.8 million to bring its domestic total to $30.6 million. With a budget of $177.2 million, the movie can only be called a flop.

Wonder Woman added $3.5 million to its domestic total to bring that to $395.4 million and $786 million worldwide.

Finally, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 added $293,000 to its domestic total and now stands at $860.6 million with a DVD release just a few weeks away.

We’ll be back in an hour with even more info about this year’s comic movie adaptations!

Where the Data Ranks 2017’s Comic Book Films. Wonder Woman Passes Guardians

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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets was the latest comic adaptations to launch in the theaters and it’s debut is nothing but a failure. With a budget over $200 million, the film earned just $17.02 million at the domestic box office. The film needs a miracle.

Spider-Man: Homecoming in its third week dropped 50% and will likely end its run around the last two SONY Spider-Man films receiving no Marvel bump.

Wonder Woman continues to impress and passed Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 in domestic earnings. It’s now the top earning comic film of the year at the domestic box office. It also is challenging Logan for the best gross to budget for the year.

Wonder Woman is also driving the gap between earning averages for the Marvel and DC adaptations and helping it catch up in a way. On average DC films earn $333.9 million domestically while Marvel earns $308.1 million. Internationally, Marvel rules with $476.9 million and DC lags behind with $432.7 million.

Already, the year is an interesting one with three clear successes and a whole lot of mixed otherwise. Wonder Woman, Logan and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 have done well this year, The LEGO Batman Movie and Smurfs: The Lost Village are in that debatable area, and Valerian, Wilson and Ghost in the Shell are generally disappointments. Spider-Man: Homecoming, we’ll wait and see.

Here’s where this year’s movie crop stands as far as the actual numbers (numbers have dipped due to a new film opening):

Total Domestic Gross: $1.533 billion
Total International Gross: $1.989 billion
Worldwide Gross: $3.522 billion
Total Reported Budgets: $1.085 million
Total “Profit”: $2.437 billion

Average Domestic Gross: $170.4 million
Average International Gross: $284.1 million
Average: Worldwide Gross: $391.4 million
Average Budget: $120.6 million
Average Profit: $270.8 million

Below is where the films released stand when it comes to being compared to this year’s averages. Those in green are above average while those below are red.

Dunkirk Opens with $50 million While Girls Trip Comes in Second

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Dunkirk won the weekend by opening with $50.5 million. That’s the first non-franchise film to win the weekend this summer and the first since March of this year. That’s a solid performance for the $150 million film that also saw $55.4 million overseas to bring its total to $105.9 million. The film has received solid reviews so expect it to do well from here.

In second place was Girls Trip. With just a $19 million budget, the film brought in $30.4 million. With an “A+” CinemaScore expect the film to do well.

Spider-Man: Homecoming swung lower with a 50% drop in its third week. The film earned $22 million to bring its domestic total to $251.7 million and stands at $571.7 million worldwide.

War for the Planet of the Apes came in fourth after being in first last week. The film earned $20.4 million to bring its domestic total to $97.8 million and $174.9 million worldwide.

Rounding out the top five was Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets which delivered an estimated $17 million. Adapted from a popular European comic series, the film has a $150 million budget (though it might be as high as $209 million). The film received a “B-” CinemaScore and will have to rely on the foreign box office to do well.

In other comic adaptation news…

Wonder Woman came in at #9 with $4.6 million which brings its domestic total to $389 million and $779.4 million worldwide. The film has passed Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 at the domestic box office. That film added $357,000 to its domestic total and stands at $387.3 million domestically and $860 million worldwide.

Next week sees the opening of another comic adaptation Atomic Blonde.

We’ll be back in an hour with a deeper dive into this year’s comic adaptations in film.

Where the Data Ranks 2017’s Comic Book Films.

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Spider-Man: Homecoming in its second weekend fizzled a bit with a 61% drop from the previous week. It was dethroned to come in second for the weekend but despite a mixed two weeks the film has earned $469.4 million worldwide.

Wonder Woman continues to impress and will likely pass Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 in domestic earnings in the next week or two. It also is challenging Logan for the best gross to budget for the year.

Wonder Woman is also driving the gap between earning averages for the Marvel and DC adaptations and helping it catch up in a way. On average DC films earn $331.8 million domestically while Marvel earns $308.1 million. Internationally, Marvel rules with $476.9 million and DC lags behind with $431.2 million.

Already, the year is an interesting one with three clear successes and a whole lot of mixed otherwise. Wonder Woman, Logan and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 have done well this year, The LEGO Batman Movie and Smurfs: The Lost Village are in that debatable area, and Wilson and Ghost in the Shell are generally disappointments. Spider-Man: Homecoming, we’ll wait and see.

Here’s where this year’s movie crop stands as far as the actual numbers (numbers have dipped due to a new film opening):

Total Domestic Gross: $1.464 billion
Total International Gross: $1.923 billion
Worldwide Gross: $3.387 billion
Total Reported Budgets: $876 million
Total “Profit”: $2.511 billion

Average Domestic Gross: $182.9 million
Average International Gross: $274.8 million
Average: Worldwide Gross: $423.4 million
Average Budget: $109.5 million
Average Profit: $313.9 million

Below is where the films released stand when it comes to being compared to this year’s averages. Those in green are above average while those below are red.

War for the Planet of the Apes Wins the Weekend. Spider-Man Swings and Misses.

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I had predicted it’d be a close weekend at the box office based on good word of mouth over Spider-Man: Homecoming but looks like I was off on that one. By a wide margine, War for the Planet of the Apes won the weekend with an estimated $56.5 million. The film also earned $46 million at the foreign box office for a total of $102.5 million worldwide. That’s not bad for a first weekend with a budget of $150 million. War‘s opening was a million more than Rise of the Planet of the Apes in 2011 and $16 less than 2014’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Luckily War is about $20 million cheaper than Dawn as far as budget.

The film was 57% male and 63% were 25 years or older as well as 48% Caucasian, 20% African American, 18% Hispanic, and 10% Asian. The opening day audience gave the film an “A-” CinemaScore.

Spider-Man: Homecoming in its second week dropped 61% to bring in $45.2 million. It also brought in $72.3 million at the foreign box office. The film stands at $208.3 million domestically and $261.1 million at the foreign box office for a total of $469.4 million.

Despicable Me 3 added $18.9 million to its domestic total to bring it to $188 million but the foreign box office is where it’s at. The film has earned $431.4 million for a total of $619.4 million.

In fourth place was Baby Driver which earned $8.8 million at the domestic box office. Domestically the film has earned $73.2 million and worldwide the film has earned $96.3 million. That’s a win with just a $34 million budget.

Rounding out the top five was The Big Stick which earned $7.6 million domestically and sits at $16.1 million.

In comic movie earnings…

Wonder Woman moved to sixth adding $6.9 million to its domestic total. The film has earned $380.6 million domestically and $384.2 million at the foreign box office for a total of $764.9 million.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was #13 adding $512,000 to its total. The film has earned $386.6 million domestically and $472.5 million at the foreign box office for a total of $859.1 million.

Logan added about $30,000 to its total during the week.

Smurfs: The Lost Village added $400,000 to its total over the past week.

We’ll be back in an hour for a deeper dive into this year’s comic adaptations.

Where the Data Ranks 2017’s Comic Book Films. Spider-Man Enters the Mix!

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Spider-Man: Homecoming opened up this past weekend and we’ve still got two more comic adaptations to hit theaters in July alone! 2017 has seen over $3.1 billion earned by comic films making it the fifth most earned by comics and we still have about half the year to go!

Wonder Woman continues to impress and will likely pass Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 in domestic earnings in the next week or two. It also is challenging Logan for the best gross to budget for the year. This week DCU films crossed $3 billion earned worldwide, an impressive amount.

Wonder Woman is also driving the gap between earning averages for the Marvel and DC adaptations. On average DC films earn $328.8 million domestically while Marvel earns $308 million. Internationally, Marvel rules with $476.8 million and DC lags behind with $429.4 million.

Spider-Man: Homecoming opened up with the second highest opening for a Spider-Man film (not adjusted for inflation). I’m predicting it’ll wind up with around the average earning for a Spider-Man film which is about $800 million worldwide. Though, folks will say it’s a “success” compared to those other films.

Already, the year is an interesting one with three clear successes and a whole lot of mixed otherwise. Wonder Woman, Logan and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 have done well this year, The LEGO Batman Movie and Smurfs: The Lost Village are in that debatable area, and Wilson and Ghost in the Shell are generally disappointments. Spider-Man: Homecoming, we’ll wait and see.

Here’s where this year’s movie crop stands as far as the actual numbers (numbers have dipped due to a new film opening):

Total Domestic Gross: $1.359 billion
Total International Gross: $1.794 billion
Worldwide Gross: $3.154 billion
Total Reported Budgets: $876 million
Total “Profit”: $2.278 billion

Average Domestic Gross: $170.0 million
Average International Gross: $256.4 million
Average: Worldwide Gross: $394.2 million
Average Budget: $109.5 million
Average Profit: $284.7 million

Below is where the films released stand when it comes to being compared to this year’s averages. Those in green are above average while those below are red.

Spider-Man: Homecoming Opens with $117 Million, and $250 million Worldwide

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Spider-Man: Homecoming was the top film this weekend with a reported $117 million worldwide. That is the second best opening for a Spider-Man film barely beating the 2002 original (neither of those are adjusted for inflation). It’s also the largest opening for a single character for Marvel since 2008’s Iron Man. The film also earned $140 million at the foreign box office for a total of $257 million.

The film had the third largest opening of the year in between Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2‘s $146.5 million and Wonder Woman‘s $103.2 million. The film still has to open in France, Germany, Spain, Japan, and China.

Despicable Me 3 came in second place with an estimated $34 million to bring its domestic total to $149 million. Worldwide the film has earned $447.6 million.

Baby Driver continues to overperform coming in third with $12.8 million to bring its domestic total to $56.8 million with $14 million at the foreign box office for a worldwide total of $70.9 million. With a budget of $34 million, the film’s a success.

Wonder Woman added $10.1 million to its domestic total to come in fourth. With $377 million at the foreign box office the film has earned $745.8 million worldwide so far. There’s a good chance the film will pass Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 domestically in the next week or two.

Rounding out the top five was Transformers: The Last Knight which earned an estimated $6.3 million. The film stands at $118.9 million domestically and $494.6 million worldwide.

Next week sees the opening of War for the Planet of the Apes which will create an interesting competition for first place. Expect a tight race driven by the film’s strong word of mouth.

In other comic movie news….

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 added $846,000 domestically to bring its domestic total to $385.5 million and $857.7 million worldwide.

Logan gained abouit $200,000 worldwide over the last week.

Smurfs: The Lost Village marches along adding another $1 million worldwide over the week

We’ll be back in an hour with a deeper look at this year’s comic adaptations.

Where the Data Ranks 2017’s Comic Book Films. Wonder Woman Cross $700 million.

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Wonder Woman became the highest grossing film domestically of the new DC Universe leading Batman v Superman by about $16 million. The film has overperformed DC’s films domestically by about $23 million so far but internationally it’s lagging. Even lagging, the film crossed the $700 million mark. The film is also the best return on budget of the DC Universe so far earning a 4.75 multiplier beating Suicide Squad‘s 4.26.

Already, the year is an interesting one with three clear successes and a whole lot of mixed otherwise. Wonder Woman, Logan and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 have done well this year, The LEGO Batman Movie and Smurfs: The Lost Village are in that debatable area, and Wilson and Ghost in the Shell are generally disappointments.

Here’s where this year’s movie crop stands as far as the actual numbers:

Total Domestic Gross: $1.217 billion
Total International Gross: $1.637 billion
Worldwide Gross: $2.855 billion
Total Reported Budgets: $701 million
Total “Profit”: $2.154 billion

Average Domestic Gross: $174.0 million
Average International Gross: $272.8 million
Average: Worldwide Gross: $407.8 million
Average Budget: $100.1 million
Average Profit: $307.7 million

Below is where the films released stand when it comes to being compared to this year’s averages. Those in green are above average while those below are red.

Despicable Me 3 Wins the Box Office. Baby Driver Overperforms for Second

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Despicable Me 3 won the weekend box office with $75.4 million, which is about $10 million less than Despicable Me 2. That amount is also about $8 million shy of what was predicted for its opening. The film received an “A-” CinemaScore and was about 50/50 male and female. 69% of the viewers were families and 50% were under the age of 13.

The film opene up overseas two weeks ago and added 46 new territories this past weekend. The film brougt in $95.6 million from international box offices for a total of $116.9 million internationally and $192.3 million worldwide so far. There’s still 15 territories to go.

In second place was Baby Driver for Edgar Wright which broughin about $21 million over the three-day weekend and about $30 million over five days. That’s the largest opening for a Wright film and solid buzz drove the film’s earnings higher. That openeing beat expectations, though we expected it to overpeform due to positive buzz. The film received an “A-” CinemaScore with an audience that was 55% male and 61% age 25 and older. You can read our review.

In third place was last week’s champ Transformers: The Last Knight which added $17 million to its total to bring it to $102.1 million domestically. The film also earned $68 million at the international box office with some larger markets still to open. Despite poor reviews the film has earned $429.9 million over two weeks.

Wonder Woman came in fourth place adding $16.1 million to its domestic total to bring it to $346.6 million. The film also crossed another milestone and so far sits at $708.4 million worldwide.

Rounding out the top five was Cars 3 which added $9.5 million to bring its domestic total to bring that to $120.7 million. Worldwide the film has earned $173.8 million.

As far as comic related films…

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 added $1.4 million to its domestic total to bring that to $383.3 million domestically and $854.5 million worldwide.

Logan added $500,000 over the past week to bring its worldwide total to $615.9 million.

Smurfs: The Lost Village added about $1 million to its total over the week to bring its worldwide take to $194.8 million.

We’ll be back in an hour to dive further into where the comic films stand this year.

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