Where the Data Ranks 2018’s Comic Book Films. Ant-Man and the Wasp Crosses $200 Million

Comic film adaptations are big dollars and we track how they do each week to see trends and what’s working and what’s not. This past weekend, Ant-Man and the Wasp crossed the $200 million mark after earning an estimated $4 million this past weekend. That brings its domestic total to $203.5 million. The film has also earned $245.4 million at the foreign box office for a worldwide total of $448.9 million after six weeks. The film is still shy of the original’s total though it has earned $23 million more domestically unadjusted for ticket price inflation. Worldwide the sequel is shy $71 million.

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies came in at #15 earning an estimated $1.8 million to bring its domestic total to $25.5 million off of a $10 million budget. The film has also earned $4.5 million at the foreign box office for a total of $30 million. That’s a gain of $6.9 million over the past week.

Despite being released for home, Avengers: Infinity War was #25 for the weekend earning an estimated $196,000 to bring its domestic total to $678.4 million. The film has also earned $1.367 billion for a worldwide total of $2.046 billion.

Deadpool 2 wasn’t on the chart for the weekend, but the film added about $600,000 to its total over the week. Domestically, the film has earned $318.1 million and also $415 million at the foreign box office for a worldwide total of $733.1 million. The sequel lags the original in every way and with a much higher budget, it’s unlikely it’ll be as profitable as the original. It is the second most successful “X” film domestically behind the original (not adjusted for inflation) and worldwide the film is in third place (again unadjusted).

Black Panther continues to bring in the dollars even though it is out on digital and Blu-ray. The film added about $55,000 domestically and about $60,000 internationally over the week. Worldwide, the film has brought in $1.347 billion. The movie is the rare blockbuster that has earned more domestically than it has internationally.

The Death of Stalin didn’t shift at all and looks like it’ll stay at earning $8,041,828 domestically.

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: $1.934 billion
Total International Gross: $2.692 billion
Worldwide Gross: $4.626 billion
Total Reported Budgets: $797.1 million
Total “Profit”: $3.808 billion

Average Domestic Gross: $276.2 million
Average International Gross: $384.6 million
Average: Worldwide Gross: $660.8 million
Average Budget: $132.9 million
Average Profit: $528 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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