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Where the Data Ranks 2017’s Comic Book Films. Wonder Woman Cross $300 million.

What does the data say?

Already, there 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: $1.186 billion
Total International Gross: $1.608 billion
Worldwide Gross: $2.794 billion
Total Reported Budgets: $701 million
Total “Profit”: $2.093 billion

Average Domestic Gross: $169.5 million
Average International Gross: $268.0 million
Average: Worldwide Gross: $399.2 million
Average Budget: $100.1 million
Average Profit: $299.1 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.

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