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2011 Comic Book Movie Winners and Losers

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2011 was a decent year for comic book movies.  The majority were decent, but there are none that go down in my mind as “classics.”  Below is a breakdown as to which were this year’s winners and losers.  All data is from BoxOfficeMojo.  Keep in mind, The Adventures of Tintin is currently still running in theaters and only recently came out in the United States.

Top 5 Domestic Gross for 2011

Thor $181,030,624
Captain America: The First Avenger $176,654,505
X-Men: First Class $146,408,305
Green Lantern $116,601,172
Cowboys & Aliens $100,240,551

Top 5 International Gross

Thor $268,295,994
The Adventures of Tintin $239,100,000
X-Men: First Class $207,215,819
Captain America: The First Avenger $191,953,858
The Green Hornet $129,037,206

Top 5 Total Gross

Thor $449,326,618
Captain America: The First Avenger $368,608,363
X-Men: First Class $353,624,124
The Adventures of Tintin $263,207,000
The Green Hornet $227,817,248

Gross vs. Budget – worldwide gross compared to budget

Thor 3.00
Captain America: The First Avenger 2.63
X-Men: First Class 2.21
The Green Hornet 1.90
Priest 1.31

Global Legs – worldwide gross versus domestic opening

The Adventures of Tintin 27.12
Thor 6.84
The Green Hornet 6.80
X-Men: First Class 6.42
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night 6.14

Domestic Legs – domestic gross versus domestic opening

The Green Hornet 2.95
Thor 2.75
Cowboys & Aliens 2.75
Captain America: The First Avenger 2.72
X-Men: First Class 2.66

As requested here’s the Rotten Tomatoes current score versus the worldwide gross

Name All Critics Top Critics Audience Worldwide
X-Men: First Class 87% 70% 88% $353,624,124
Thor 77% 64% 80% $449,326,618
The Adventures of Tintin 75% 67% 80% $263,207,000
Captain America: The First Avenger 79% 78% 75% $368,608,363
Cowboys & Aliens 44% 51% 49% $174,822,325
Green Lantern 27% 18% 48% $219,851,172
The Green Hornet 44% 21% 47% $227,817,248
Priest 17% 8% 37% $78,309,131
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night 6% 0% 28% $4,634,062

Preview – The Green Hornet: Year One Vol. 2: The Biggest Of All Game Trade Paperback

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THE GREEN HORNET: YEAR ONE VOL. 2: THE BIGGEST OF ALL GAME TRADE PAPERBACK

160 pages FC •  $19.99  • Teen +  •  (C:0-1-2)
Written by MATT WAGNER
Art by AARON CAMPBELL
Cover by MATT WAGNER

He Hunts The Biggest Of All Game!

CHICAGO, 1938—a city caught in a vice of corruption and greed, ruled from behind the scenes by “Skid” Caruso, a brutal mob boss whose influence runs all the way to City Hall. But an unexpected threat has arisen to challenge the criminal establishment, a masked rogue known only as…THE GREEN HORNET.  With his mysterious comrade at his side, this daring knave strikes again and again, disrupting Caruso’s illicit operations at every turn—seemingly seeking to take over the city’s rackets for himself.  In reality, the Green Hornet is the alter-ego of newspaper scion Britt Reid who, with his faithful companion Kato, delivers the sting of justice from outside the law.   In this continuation of Eisner Award-winning writer Matt Wagner’s origin of this classic character, for the first time ever, the full scope of this timeless hero’s initial adventures are revealed—the source of his weapons, his hideout and his fantastic car, the Black Beauty.  Learn how the Green Hornet brings his clandestine quest for justice to the crime-ridden Chicago streets, a mission that may cost him his life!  Ride with the Green Hornet and Kato as they hunt…THE BIGGEST OF ALL GAME!

COLLECTION FEATURES:
•  Issues seven through twelve of the critically acclaimed series by Matt Wagner (Mage, Grendel), Aaron Campbell (Sherlock Holmes) and Carlos Lopez (Buck Rogers)
•  All of the series covers by Matt Wagner and Francesco Francavilla (Man Without Fear)
•  Sketches and designs by Aaron Campbell and John Cassaday (Astonishing X-Men)

“Year One is excellent work from top to bottom, from story to art, from satchel to paige!”  – Major Spoilers

“Wagner plays to his strength with period pieces, and this book is a winner.”  – Blog Critics

“Green Hornet: Year One is a terrific comic series and does justice above and beyond to one of the great classic radio heroes of all time. Any pulp fan worth his fedora would be wise to pick it up.”  – Pulp Fiction Reviews

Kevin Smith’s Six Million Dollar Man Coming to Comics?

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Writer/Director Kevin Smith‘s treatment of The Green Hornet was rejected by the movie makers, but was turned into a fantastic comic series published by Dynamite.  It looks like lightning is striking twice as he revealed on Twitter to expect a comic book version of his take on The Six Million Dollar Man.

Review – The Green Hornet

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The Green HornetIt’s been almost a week since I spent my Saturday afternoon watching the big screen adaptation of The Green Hornet.  It’s been a week and I’m still stewing at what I still think is not only one of the worst comic book movies of recent years, but in general one of the worst movies in recent memory.

There’s nothing enjoyable about this movie.  Seth Rogen plays Britt Reid (The Green Hornet) who after his father’s death decides to do some good with his life.  The movie’s lead from his party animal lifestyle to this revelation is such a shift and unbelievable it’s still not the worst plot device of the movie.  The ruminate on the horrors would be endless.  Rogen also gets double credit for being one of the writers of this craptacular movie.

Playing second fiddle to Rogen’s Hornet is Jay Chou who plays Kato.  Chou is easily the best thing of the movie.  His Kato is actually entertaining in both his moves, but personality.  There’s something likeable about him, even in this horrendous movie.

Rounding up the cast is Cameron Diaz in one of the strangest castings and waste of a big name talent.  She gets the shit role of being the potential romantic tip of the triangle between Rogen and Chou.  Also is villain Chudnofsky played by Christoph Waltz, another complete waste of talent.

The plot is just so beyond idiotic, I don’t know where to begin.  The biggest problem is this horrific story was put in place from Kevin Smith’s beyond superior original take.  But, to show off just some of the issues the movie can’t decide if it wants to be comedic or an action movie.  Instead it bounces between the two never quite deciding what it wants to do, and failing at both.

Worst of all I saw this movie in 3D.  Two tickets for $25 (which I regret spending and still want back) for 3D which is beyond shoe-horned in with piss-poor special effects “coming at you” after needless explosions.  If there was an example of how not to do 3D, this would be it.

Want to know how much more I loathed this movie?  Continue reading after the jump.

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The Green Hornet Trailer

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The full on press has begun with advertising peppering Sunday football games, so we figured we might as well show it off for those who haven’t seen it.  For your pleasure, the trailer for The Green Hornet which comes out January 2011.

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