Post by charzhino on Dec 7, 2018 8:52:47 GMT
2) Venom had no relation to the MCU, and is currently at $845M. Homecoming, with heavy involvement from MCU poster boy Tony Stark, finished at $880M. So his statement of ''The solo Venom flick for instance, would automatically sell more tickets and DVD's if it has at least some relation to the MCU, even if that is vague and undefined, than if it had no connection whatsoever.'' is false. Venom had no relation to the MCU and still got on par with an MCU spiderman film.
That still doesn’t make his statement false. No matter how much money it made, he’s implying it would have made even more money due to the MCU popularity swell in pop culture at the moment that is undeniable. Unless, of course, your point is the MCU movies are routinely breaking box office records due solely to their film quality? Interesting point you make, maybe you’re right.
It does make his statement false because Venom has more or less reached parity with Homecomings intake, without needing the MCU tag with it. If Venom made around 500M, then you can say he was right - having an MCU connection would have pushed it closer to what Homecoming got to.
When he says the Venom solo flock would automatically sell more tickets than if it had no MCU connection, its pretty obvious hes implying Venom was going to make significantly less than Homecoming. But Venom makes the same as MCU Spidey, so ergo Venom doesn't need MCU marketing to make what an MCU film did.