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Disney could possibly buy 20th century fox. Dec 30, 2017 18:52:50 GMT

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Post by harpospoke on Dec 30, 2017 18:52:50 GMT

Dec 27, 2017 6:53:34 GMT Ecstasy said:

Dec 27, 2017 4:30:26 GMT harpospoke said:

Facts? There are no facts. You say one movie is better and that is true ONLY for you.

What we do know is that more people like Marvel movies than Fox movies. That's the ONLY facts:

XM:FC-$353.6
Cap 1-$370.6
Thor 1-$449.3

This was Marvel trotting out two B list characters for the very first time against the 5th X-men movie featuring characters which started out ahead of Cap and Thor in 2000 in terms of popularity. Fox had 4 previous films to establish the characters and couldn't even make them more popular than Marvel's B team starting from scratch. Yikes...

Uh, First Class had NONE of the main characters from the previous X-films. Xavier was in a supporting role in the first three films and only had a cameo in Origins. So what the hell do you mean by “they had 4 movies to established the characters”?

Ok I'll clarify. They had 4 films to establish the X-men franchise...which again....was more popular than Cap and Thor were when Fox started making those movies in 2000.

And Captain America and Thor are not really B-listers. Especially, Cap who is a flagship character of Marvel, one of the more recognizable Marvel heroes due to his various appearances in media, and sold more comics any Marvel solo series not named Spider-Man.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_comic_series#At_least_100_million_copies

Captain America was way more popular than any X-Men in First Class.

I guess you think you can get away with listing total comics sold for characters that have different histories? Cap had a 22 year head start and STILL ended up behind X-men in total sales. That's how much Cap was on a lower tier than X-men. Post 1980, it's not close.

Of course Cap and Thor were B listers. There were not very many A lister Marvel characters in 2008. There was Spidey and X-men. The next tier down would be Hulk, Blade, and FF. There really aren't very many A list comic characters in general. DC had basically 3...Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman (and their various clones).

And if you believe that Thor and Cap were A listers in 2008 you need to inform summers8. Funny how you didn't "correct" a Fox fanboy...and that's where the original point originated.

Your opinion of the movies means nothing. Obviously The Wolverine was the most hated of the 3. We have the box office proof and it's not close:

Wolverine-$414.8
Thor 2-$644.6
IM 3-$1,214.8

Now the gap gets wider. Thor, in his 2nd movie, makes 230 million more than Logan in his 6th appearance. That's embarrassing when you start out with Logan and immediately fall behind Thor. Fox as usual, is in last place.

After Origins that was expected. Plus Thor 2 was a post-Avenger movie.

Thank you. I understand the reasons why the Marvel movies trounced the Fox movie. As a matter of fact those reasons were my main point. Marvel has made movies the public likes while Fox has lagged far behind Marvel with that. Those box office numbers were earned by those studios exactly as you said.

Deadpool was the movie Fox didn't want to make for a decade and they barely cared about it so it's not remotely surprising to me that it's the most popular CBM they ever released. What a shock...Fox isn't involved and it immediately gets better.

XM:Apocalypse-$543.9
Dr Strange-$677.7
DP-$783.1
Cap 3-$1,153.3

Fox is back in last place where they usually reside. They were beaten soundly by Marvel and Ryan Reynolds.

Actually, that’s not really true. If Fox didn’t care they wouldn’t have gotten the movie made and Reynolds is the one that pushes for the Deadpool films to be low budget.

Actually that's completely true. RR revealed that he had been trying to get the DP movie made for a decade. He finally had to resort to leaking the test footage online to convince Fox to do it. It was his last gasp effort and it worked. And of course he had to go with a lower budget to get them to finally do it. Fox doesn't get credit for that one. They proved they didn't care about it for a decade and RR practically had to twist their arms to get it made.

This is the Fox Deadpool:

Being the least popular movie is hardly "outclassing" anyone.

Logan-$616.8
Thor 3-$846.1
SM:H-$880.2

At least it's not embarrassing to lose to Spidey. But the gap between Thor and Logan is still 230 million. Fox may want to avoid putting Logan head to head against Thor in the future. ...Oh wait...we don't have to worry about that any more, do we? Fox is done screwing up the X-men.

Lol are you seriously saying the Hulk is a B-lister now? He has been one of the most popular and iconic Marvel characters for decades. They put him in the Thor movie to boost interest in the film and IIRC Marvel Studios even admitted that. Logan was a dark and depressing R-Rated western that even the filmmakers said wasn’t made for everyone. So it making less than a summer block buster with the far more iconic Hulk isn’t embarrassing at all.

And how can you say Fox screwed up the X-Men when you haven’t even watched any of the films and seemly not a fan of Marvel comics either?

Yes I'm saying Hulk is less of a star than Logan.

But again thanks for pointing out again how Marvel is able to put multiple characters in a movie and have the audience like all of them. So much better than the Wolverine and Friends Fox movies.

....Which of course I watched. I love the X-men. Too bad Fox didn't know how to make X-men films.

But again that's not a problem any more. Good bye Fox...and good riddance. Can't wait to see the real X-men and FF in future Marvel movies.