Blue Beetle | August 18, 2023 | WB/DC | Director - Angel Manuel Soto | First DC Universe Character!

[Valencia]

35 minutes ago, ChipDerby said:

 

Flash made $267M on a $200M budget

And?

 

That is much worse than BB and Shazam 2.

 

That’s John Carter/Lone Ranger level all time box office disaster lol.

[ChipDerby]

45 minutes ago, Valencia said:

And?

 

That is much worse than BB and Shazam 2.

 

That’s John Carter/Lone Ranger level all time box office disaster lol.

 

I'm not sure I'm understanding your logic then. Flash made more than its budget, as did the other two films. So how is one a disaster, and the other two just "bombs".

 

 

[Issac Newton]

 

 

[TheDude391]

Saw this other day and found it pretty below average. It's not awful or anything, it hits its beats well enough but its the most generic CBM I've seen in years. Nothing remotely unique enough about it to stand out. Would've done fine in 2017/2018 when standards were lower and fatigue hadn't settled in yet but it's not a surprise why this floundered in 2023.

[poweranimals]

2 hours ago, TheDude391 said:

Would've done fine in 2017/2018 when standards were lower

In those years we got Avengers Infinity War, Black Panther, Thor Ragnarok, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Deadpool 2, and Wonder Woman. Not sure this argument can be made that standards were lower.

[toutvabien]

36 minutes ago, poweranimals said:

In those years we got Avengers Infinity War, Black Panther, Thor Ragnarok, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Deadpool 2, and Wonder Woman. Not sure this argument can be made that standards were lower.

I think that more so translates into "comic book movies didn't need to be great and get amazing word of mouth to be hits, anything could be, just for having the Marvel or DC logo on it". Of course, this would still probably ended up being more of a Shazam-sized sucess, as the DC(EU) brand especially was already bleeding in terms of hype; Wonder Woman and Aquaman were driven by WoM more than anything into the extent of their success.

Edited September 22, 2023 by toutvabien

[John Marston]

This quietly had one of the worst international performances for a blockbuster ever 

[Arlborn]

46 minutes ago, John Marston said:

This quietly had one of the worst international performances for a blockbuster ever 

Quietly could in fact be used to describe its performance everywhere besides Brazil.

[Human]

3 hours ago, John Marston said:

This quietly had one of the worst international performances for a blockbuster ever 

People do not want to admit they were wrong when they said it would flourish in Spanish speaking countries, and with its domestic numbers not being too bad they are more likely to talk about Shazam 2 failing.

[ChipDerby]

3 hours ago, Human said:

People do not want to admit they were wrong when they said it would flourish in Spanish speaking countries, and with its domestic numbers not being too bad they are more likely to talk about Shazam 2 failing.

 

Other countries don't want representation, they make their own. They want Hollywood garbage.

[Eric Prime]

 

[Arlborn]

He was genuinely happy with this role, I’m glad to see his enthusiasm with it can now be shown. 
 

Just happy the strike is over 

[Human]

Its first week of home media sales is very bad.  Hopefully it is a rental hit or something.  

[ChipDerby]

This was dope

[Mojoguy]

Movie was a flop but I guess BB actor is happy he is staying around for Gunn DC universe.

[SpiderByte]

 

[Human]

I will believe it when he is a movie or actual production.

[Arlborn]

12 hours ago, Human said:

I will believe it when he is a movie or actual production.

He wouldn't return as a lead I guess, but even that is unlikely, yep

[Macleod]

13 hours ago, Human said:

I will believe it when he is a movie or actual production.

 

If he comes back, he'll show up in something else first, part of an ensemble (a la other cameos/supporting planned for Superman: Legacy).  Seems like Gunn is not shy about establishing a "universe" of characters up front -- he might even have a cameo in Legacy.  Xolo saying "I can confidently say we'll see him soon" seems to indicate some confidence...  Then again, Gal Gadot espoused the same type of quotes...and look what happened?  😁

Edited February 5 by Macleod

[Eric Prime]