Spidey Freak

So it's Empire Strikes Back like the way its makers said it would be?

Joker was divisive domestically. DOM numbers are tied with Aquaman for lowest for a 1B CBM. And Aquaman had the task of rebuilding lost goodwill for the DCEU after JL + a far less popular character.

I think a context needs to be set about why people felt attacked by his comments but dropping out of this convo as requested ✌

The dumbest thing about Mena's comments was that he didn't realize there was a huge overlap between TLM/Halle fan base and the people who were on his side. And he instantly lost them with those tweets.

Holy shit didn't actually realize there are NINE freaking CBMs this year (10 if you count TMNT) Ofc there were going to be more bombs this year than previous years

ATSV was also originally meant for 2022 (October). I suspect the lack of competition then might have made it even bigger.

If Ms. Nia and the reshoots come through then all in all, this might actually be one of the better years for CBMs, at least quality wise.

Naah, it isn't purchased by the 🤡 in your avi yet

Yeah, isn't it STILL ahead of Aladdin? Despite facing off against a MUCH stronger competitor in its second weekend.

Yeah, people don't realize how dumb Marvel was in the 90s that led them to a position where they were so bankrupt that they had to sell adaptation rights to studios with zero leverage. Buying out a comic book distributor like Marvel did in the 90s, which led to the death of other distributors and comic book stores, which in turn, karmatically ended up being the main contributing factor in Marvel's downfall, was possibly the precursor to this studio owned OTT fad, except much more stupider, greedier and the worst example of vulture capitalism.

There was a reason TLM was the very last of the Big 4 Renaissance films to be remade. The underwater setting was always gonna cost $$ Anyways, TLM won't be a money loser even if it flops internationally as it will be very lucrative for Disney+ down the line.

Miguel and Pavitr impact!

Still can't believe X2 was allowed to get away with the final scene of the X-Men threatening POTUS in the wake of 9/11 MCU X-Men are gonna have a much tougher time. Feige needs to drop the hammer and ignore the trolls to ensure the franchise stays true to its themes and messages.

Great considering TLM had SV2 coming off the high of SV1 while Aladdin had King of Monsters coming off the low of Godzilla 2014

Being fan service the movie helped catapult NWH over 250M DOM The fact that we're witnessing these numbers for AtSM despite being so experimental with its animation styles is phenom

Sets often get toxic when writers get stuck between the director and actor's suggestions for script revisions and are forced to compromise and appease both or say no to one party. Now that the different guilds are taking sides, sets could actually become even more chaotic post-strike with actors and writers ganging up on directors and the latter reacting by becoming more tyrannical. Oof.

On the CBM front alone you'll get Deadpool 3 and the remainder of the Kang saga. Outside of that, there are sure to be EEAAO inspired stories in other genres. And good? It's a refreshing concept when not done as clumsily as Multiverse of Madness and examples like EEAAO and the end of SV2 allow an often-underutilized actor like Michelle Yeoh or Shameik Moore to flex in the same piece of media. To think Yeoh wouldn't be an Oscar winner if not for Spider-Verse. The impact can't be overstated.

Only watched his CBM stuff and out of those, Vol. 2 is the only one that I did not care for. Vol.1 like most Perlmutter-era MCU films has not aged well (not as terribly as others) but considering how much I enjoyed his DC stuff and Vol.3/The Christmas Special, it's clear he's upped his game since the Disney firing.

Ppl have taste. @Austin beat me to it

The transition of Spot from quirky comic relief bumbling villain to straight-up horror demon was chilling.

Anyone else get the feeling that the Spider-Gwen scenes, especially the opening, felt like they had been written for that announced and then canned animated female Spider-Ladies spin-off and wound up in this film? Similar to X-Men: Magneto morphing into First Class.

Assuming NWH would have made around 2.15B with China, 5B is less than 2.5 NWHs 😝

It was very telling of Marvel's situation in the 90s that Sony was only interested in Spidey and said to keep the rest. Not really an ideal scenario for Marvel to be putting any kind of clauses if only ONE character was viewed as profitable by a major studio.

I guess there's a hard ceiling for animation if SV2, F2 and I2 all end up just a hair above each other. But it's a win for Sony if AtSV takes the animation crown. They probably wanted it to perform a bit better, but hey, it could have done Mario in India numbers 😂