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 no film released in 2018 added to their total. 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!

This past weekend, Spider-Man: Far From Home added $7.8 million to its domestic total which now stands at $360.3 million. Internationally, the film added $9.5 million to that total to bring it to $715 million. Worldwide, the film has earned $1.075 billion.

Avengers: Endgame came in at #14 for the weekend and earned an estimated $313,000 to bring its domestic total to $857.4 million. Internationally, the film earned $500,000 over the past week to bring that total to $1.937 billion. Worldwide, the film has earned $2.795 billion.

Dark Phoenix improved to #19 from the previous week’s #26 and earned an estimated $109,000 to bring that total to $65.8 million. The weekend’s total is an improvement by $5,000 from the previous week. The film added about $200,000 over the week internationally. That total is now $186.6 million for a worldwide total of $252.3 million.

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

Total Domestic Gross: $1.989 billion
Total International Gross: $4.186 billion
Worldwide Gross: $6.175 billion
Total Reported Budgets: $1.197 billion
Total “Profit”: $4.978 billion

Average Domestic Gross: $248.6 million
Average International Gross: $523.2 million
Average: Worldwide Gross: $771.8 million
Average Budget: $149.6 million
Average Profit: $622.3 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.