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.

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2018 wraps up… not so fast

This past week, Aquaman brought in some money keeping 2018’s earnings alive. The film added about $100,000 to its international earnings. The film has now earned $813 million internationally. It has now earned $1.148 billion worldwide.

We’ll be doing a wrap up of 2018’s stats once no more money has come in for two weeks in a row. So, we’re waiting for another week.

But, so far…

2018 is a record-setting year for comic film adaptations. It has topped 2017’s record year and then some. Currently, comic adaptations have earned $2.697 billion domestically, $4.563 billion internationally, $7.260 billion worldwide, with a “profit” of $6.048 billion. That’s off of 10 films. 2017, with 16 films, saw domestic earnings of $2.365 billion, international earnings of $3.755 billion, worldwide earnings of $6.120 billion, and “profits” of $4.442 billion.

Here’s where 2018’s comic films stand as far as the actual numbers.

Total Domestic Gross: $2.697 billion
Total International Gross: $4.563 billion
Worldwide Gross: $7.260 billion
Total Reported Budgets: $1.187 billion
Total “Profit”: $6.048 billion

Average Domestic Gross: $269.7 million
Average International Gross: $456.3 million
Average: Worldwide Gross: $726.0 million
Average Budget: $131.9 million
Average Profit: $672.0 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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And on to 2019!

Crossing $1 billion this weekend was Spider-Man: Far From Home which came in third place. The film earned an estimated $12.2 million to bring its domestic total to $344.5 million. The film also added $21 million from the international box office to bring that total to $692.4 million. Worldwide, the film has earned $1.037 billion.

Avengers: Endgame dropped one spot from the previous week to come in at #12. The movie added $824,000 to its domestic total to bring that to $856.4 million. Internationally, the fil added about $550,000 to its total to bring that to $1.937 billion. Worldwide, the film has earned $2.793 billion.

Dark Phoenix improved on the previous week to come in at #22. It added $104,000 to bring its domestic total to $65.6 million. Worldwide, the film has earned $252 million.

Shazam! didn’t chart but it too has been earning money over the week. The film added about $50,000 domestically to its total to bring that to $140.4 million. It also earned about $100,000 internationally to bring that to $224.1 million. The film has earned $364.5 million worldwide.

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Here’s where 2019’s comic films stand as far as the actual numbers.

Total Domestic Gross: $1.972 billion
Total International Gross: $4.162 billion
Worldwide Gross: $6.134 billion
Total Reported Budgets: $1.197 billion
Total “Profit”: $4.938 billion

Average Domestic Gross: $246.5 million
Average International Gross: $520.3 million
Average: Worldwide Gross: $766.8 million
Average Budget: $149.6 million
Average Profit: $617.2 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.