Friday, May 12, 2023

Could Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Be the Highest-Grossing Marvel Superhero Film of 2023?

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Last month Fandango reported that the summer's most anticipated film was Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse . Now Boxoffice Pro predic...
Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Is Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Proving to be Another Ant-Man 3? (An Estimate of Guardians of the Galaxy 3's Second Weekend Gross)

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As I previously mentioned, Guardians of the Galaxy 3 opened in the same three-day May period as Guardians of the Galaxy 2 did six years earl...

Fast X's Box Office Gross: A Prediction

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As I remarked a while ago, my estimates about what Marvel movies will make are predicated on there being plenty of data at this point from w...
Monday, May 8, 2023

Video Game Movies Become Blockbusters

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A month ago I suggested that the opprobrium that once attached to major Hollywood features adapted from video games was fading away. None ca...

About That Other Chris Pratt Movie . . . (On The Roaring Success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie)

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For the past month The Super Mario Bros. Movie has been the box office champion, in the U.S. and globally, bringing it over $500 million d...

Guardians of the Galaxy 3: The Question of its Legs--at Home and Abroad

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Considering the initial reports of the opening weekend performance of Guardians of the Galaxy 3 (which were downgraded by yet another 2 perc...
Sunday, May 7, 2023

How Much Did Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Actually Make On its Opening Weekend? And How Much is it Likely to Make in its Overall Run?

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Guardians of the Galaxy 3 took in $114 million at the North American box office this weekend . Those inclined to look "on the bright si...

Are People Wrong to Think a Major Marvel Cinematic Universe Movie Has to Make a Billion Dollars to Be a Success?

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One film critic of which I know, addressing the question of whether this or that big-budget superhero film was a success, tells his readers ...

Is it Possible That No Live-Action Hollywood Movie Will Gross A Billion Dollars This Year? (Considering the Numbers)

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The pandemic dealt filmgoing a serious blow, but it has been recovering for quite a while now, with Spider-Man: No Way Home 's near $2 b...

What is This Nonsense About the MCU Getting "Better Writers?"

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Those who do not specifically avoid doing so are apt to hear something of the rumors circulating in the entertainment press. Many of these...
Friday, May 5, 2023

How Will Captain Marvel 2 Do? A Box Office Prediction for The Marvels

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Recently writing about the pattern of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) grosses from Thor 4 forward I found myself hitting on the subject...

Thor 4 vs. Black Panther 2 vs. Ant-Man 3 . . . vs. Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and The Marvels?

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From Thor 4 on every new Marvel movie has, in inflation-adjusted, "real" terms, taken in one-quarter to one-half less than the pre...
Thursday, May 4, 2023

Guardians of the Galaxy 3: Reviewing the Range of Predictions

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With Guardians of the Galaxy 3 about to kick off the summer movie season the range of predictions regarding the movie's box office gross...
Wednesday, May 3, 2023

What Will Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Make in its Opening Weekend?

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A couple of weeks ago I offered an estimate of Guardians of the Galaxy 3's box office gross (that now, perhaps unsurprisingly given the...

Estimating the Commercial Prospects of a Major Film: A Fuller View

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Deadline 's first "Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament" in three years , and its addition to and update of the ever-growing m...