Where the Data Ranks 2018’s Comic Book Films. Ant-Man and the Wasp Has the Second Biggest Drop for a Marvel Film

It was a rough second week for Marvel as Ant-Man and the Wasp had some issues at the box office. That movie dropped a massive 62% from the previous week to come in second place. That’s the second largest second weekend drop for a Marvel Cinematic Universe film. It’s the fifth Marvel film to not repeat in first place in its second weekend. The movie earned an estimated $29.1 million to bring its domestic total to $132.8 million. The film also added $35.3 million from 44 markets to push its worldwide total to $283.7 million.

Deadpool 2 came in at #15 bringing in an estimated $800,000 domestically. The film’s domestic total is $316.3 million and worldwide the film has earned $730.8 million. The original earned $363.1 million domestically ($387.4 million adjusted for inflation). The budgets are the biggest difference for the two films. The original’s was just $58 million while the sequel ballooned to $110 million. The sequel would have to cross well in to $825 million to equal the success of the original.

The film remains as the 22nd highest grossing comic movie adaptation. The film is also earning a higher percentage internationally with 56.73% of its earnings versus 53.64% for the original. It’s also the third highest grossing “X” film worldwide (not adjusted for inflation).

Avengers: Infinity War came in at #16 with an estimated $588,000 domestically. The total now stands at $676 million. Worldwide the film has brought in $2.041 billion.

Black Panther came in at #38 with an estimated $14,000 domestically to bring its total to $699.9 million. It no doubt will cross the $700 million mark domestically. Worldwide the film has earned $1.347 billion.

The Death of Stalin wasn’t on the chart but still brought dollars in over the week bringing its total to $8,033,288 about an $8,000 increase. That’s a dip from the previous week’s $11,000.

I Kill Giants continues to be a weird one when it comes to numbers. Some more numbers have come in. According to what little we could find, it looks like the film’s domestic box office has brought in $183,754. All together, the film has earned a reported $263,621 at the foreign box office. The movie was released on demand at the same time in theaters, so the film has made money it’s just unknown how much.

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: $1.833 billion
Total International Gross: $2.590 billion
Worldwide Gross: $4.424 billion
Total Reported Budgets: $787.1 million
Total “Profit”: $3.616 billion

Average Domestic Gross: $305.5 million
Average International Gross: $431.7 million
Average: Worldwide Gross: $737.3 million
Average Budget: $157.4 million
Average Profit: $579.8 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.


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