Where the Data Ranks 2017’s Comic Book Films. Kingsman: The Golden Circle Cracks the Top 50

2017 feels like it’s shaping up to be a wild ride for comic adaptions. We look at who the real winners and losers are for this year’s comic films and dive into the numbers… not opinions. We’re in the holding pattern until the next two big “comic” films, Thor: Ragnarok and Justice League debut. But, this year’s releases are still bringing in the dollars.

We missed this last week, but Spider-Man: Homecoming is one of the two big comic stories of the year. The film is the top grossing comic adaptation of the year so far and gained about $400,000 over the past week. It sits at about $11 behind Spider-Man 3 and is #8 when it comes to top grossing comic adaptations of all time (not adjusted for inflation).

Kingsman: The Golden Circle added $3 million to its total to come in at #10 and bringing its domestic total to $94.6 million and $344.8 million worldwide. The film opened in China with $40.3 million an improvement over the original film. The first film brought in about $75 million from the market overall. The sequel lags the first film by about $70 million worldwide but doesn’t open in Japan until January 5. The first film brought in $7.5 million there. The film is now in the “green” when it comes to its international gross compared to this year’s current average though lags the domestic average.

Wonder Woman continues to add to its total as it winds down its run. The film has the highest domestic gross of the year and second highest gross/budget. It added a little over $162,000 to its total over the weekend. The film is just $107,000 behind the 2002 Spider-Man when it comes to worldwide gross. It currently sits at #12 at the all time comic adaptation list with a chance to move to #11.

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is pretty done with a at home video release coming in a few weeks. The film sits at a little over $225 million for its total.

Lets compare how the big two comic companies compare for earnings. On average DC films earn $339.8 million domestically while Marvel earns $308.3 million. Internationally, Marvel rules with $476.9 million and DC lags behind with $437.4 million. There’s still work for DC when it comes to the international film market and it’ll be interesting to see how the new Thor and Justice League impact these totals.

Already, the year is an interesting one with three clear successes and a whole lot of mixed otherwise. Wonder Woman, Logan, Spider-Man: Homecoming, 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 ValerianWilson and Ghost in the Shell are generally disappointments. Things aren’t looking good but we’ll see about Kingsman: The Golden CircleMarvel’s Inhumans… got no clue and tough to debate since it’s a television show primarily with a limited film engagement.

Here’s where this year’s comic films stand as far as the actual numbers. With a new film opening the averages have dipped.

Total Domestic Gross: $1.812 billion
Total International Gross: $2.718 billion
Worldwide Gross: $4.531 billion
Total Reported Budgets: $1.187 million
Total “Profit”: $3.341 billion

Average Domestic Gross: $151.0 million
Average International Gross: $247.1 million
Average: Worldwide Gross: $377.6 million
Average Budget: $107.9 million
Average Profit: $269.6 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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