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Post by scabab on Jan 3, 2019 3:48:21 GMT
So that makes it the 15th highest grossing superhero movie worldwide.
The next one to pass is Thor Ragnarok and then Venom.
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Post by Tristan's Journal on Jan 3, 2019 21:49:29 GMT
What’s interesting in retrospect is that this holiday was supposed to be a Battle Royale - but it became essentially a one-movie show with Aquaman outright dominating its competition and the rest of the biggies (Sony's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Walt Disney's Mary Poppins Returns and Paramount/Viacom's Bumblebee) fighting for comparative scraps. In US Aqua has passed the $229 million domestic total of Justice League. According to analysts its within the realm of possibility that Aquaman might swim to $300m domestic. The race is won internationally though: Wordwide the next stops will be - Thor 3 ($853,9) - Venom ($855,5) - GotG 2 ($863,7) and then the big fish: - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($873,6), maybe on Sunday already, so to to become DCEU's biggest global earner ever.
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Post by scabab on Jan 4, 2019 0:27:21 GMT
Internationally this will pass The Dark Knight Rises tomorrow making it the most successful DC movie out of the US.
Then it will pass Black Panther very soon. Its probably gonna pass last Christmas' big movie Star Wars The Last Jedi before long too.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Jan 4, 2019 3:22:24 GMT
So what’s the deal with the DCEU? This is the second time we think it’s dead and gone and then it does this. And if anything Aquaman should be more encouraging than Wonder Woman, as it didn’t have the cultural significance and rave reviews of the latter and yet it’s making bank and has a shot at $1 billion if its legs hold up.
WB forgets just how inherently cool and iconic DC characters are. They can’t afford another misfire after this success. They need to get their shit together and make the Reeves Batman movie and, for the love of God, find a way to keep Cavill and make a proper standalone sequel to Man of Steel.
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Post by CowherPowerForever on Jan 4, 2019 5:01:54 GMT
So what’s the deal with the DCEU? This is the second time we think it’s dead and gone and then it does this. And if anything Aquaman should be more encouraging than Wonder Woman, as it didn’t have the cultural significance and rave reviews of the latter and yet it’s making bank and has a shot at $1 billion if its legs hold up. WB forgets just how inherently cool and iconic DC characters are. They can’t afford another misfire after this success. They need to get their shit together and make the Reeves Batman movie and, for the love of God, find a way to keep Cavill and make a proper standalone sequel to Man of Steel. Not sure what Shazam will do, but it seems that movie is set up to fail, at least in terms of reviews. It easily takes the cake for cheesiest looking movie in this universe so far, and I don't know if anyone thought that was possible once Aquaman was announced. The one thing going for it is that WB has been pretty good at allowing their directors to do what they want in these solo movies, and that in turn has meant, for the most part, good to great reviews for their solo movies.
The only thing that is helping Shazam is WB wanting to cut the budgets for their movies. Aquaman was made for less than 200 million, and my guess is Shazam's budget will be close to Wonder Woman's(125 million). If in fact the budget is 125 million, will 400 million or so worldwide be good enough. I cannot see it making much more than that. Then again I can say I didn't think Aquaman would make as much as it currently has.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Jan 4, 2019 6:06:25 GMT
So what’s the deal with the DCEU? This is the second time we think it’s dead and gone and then it does this. And if anything Aquaman should be more encouraging than Wonder Woman, as it didn’t have the cultural significance and rave reviews of the latter and yet it’s making bank and has a shot at $1 billion if its legs hold up. WB forgets just how inherently cool and iconic DC characters are. They can’t afford another misfire after this success. They need to get their shit together and make the Reeves Batman movie and, for the love of God, find a way to keep Cavill and make a proper standalone sequel to Man of Steel. Not sure what Shazam will do, but it seems that movie is set up to fail, at least in terms of reviews. It easily takes the cake for cheesiest looking movie in this universe so far, and I don't know if anyone thought that was possible once Aquaman was announced. The one thing going for it is that WB has been pretty good at allowing their directors to do what they want in these solo movies, and that in turn has meant, for the most part, good to great reviews for their solo movies.
The only thing that is helping Shazam is WB wanting to cut the budgets for their movies. Aquaman was made for less than 200 million, and my guess is Shazam's budget will be close to Wonder Woman's(125 million). If in fact the budget is 125 million, will 400 million or so worldwide be good enough. I cannot see it making much more than that. Then again I can say I didn't think Aquaman would make as much as it currently has.
Shazam will probably have similar reviews to Aquaman if I had to guess and I’d say $500 million worldwide or more is a huge hit for the character. If they can string together several fan hits and financial successes then they’ll have a shot to make the DCEU flourish for a long time.
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Post by Tristan's Journal on Jan 4, 2019 15:43:44 GMT
Forbes prognosis: Barring a dramatic comedown this weekend, it’s now a matter of when, not if, Aquaman swims past $300m domestic and $1 BILLION worldwide. While China represents a large chunk of the overseas booty, Aqua is still doing above-par for a DC Films flick even outside of China. If this run continues, then we could (emphasis on “could”) see a $315m domestic cume and a $725m overseas cume for a $1.04 billion global total. Aquaman will pass Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($873m) sometime today to become DCEU Films’ biggest grosser. Foreign box office is about to/has already beaten Nolan's TDK and TDK Rises. Once Aquaman passes gross of Spider-Man 3, Aquaman will be the fifth-biggest solo superhero flick ever, behind the Chris Nolan Dark Knight sequels, Iron Man 3 and Black Panther. Not only the King of Atlantis. But the hero of DC. "What's the difference between a hero and a king? ...A hero fights for everyone."
There is always a bigger fish!
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Post by scabab on Jan 5, 2019 1:19:56 GMT
At $866 million now. So it's passed Guardians of the Galaxy 2 now and Venom.
A day or two and it'll pass Batman vs Superman and Spider-man Homecoming and maybe even Spider-man 3.
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Post by Tristan's Journal on Jan 5, 2019 10:35:22 GMT
Is is a jelly fish? Is it a laser shark? No! It's Aquaman! The King of Atlantis on his trip through the seven cinematic seas has now OFFICIALLY passed Thor:Ragnarock ($853,9) - Venom ($855,5) - Guardian of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($863,7) at the global box office, continuing surfing its gushy tidal wave since its release late last year. This adds to the film's long list of milestones after it recently helped Warner Bros. achieve its highest box office numbers ever in 2018.
As of this writing it already has/is about to surpass Batman v Superman too but official confirmation is still outstanding.
Domestically, this year third weekend of Aquaman is the only title grossing north of $20M with an estimated $30.3M, -42% for a running total by Sunday of $259.3M.
Next weekend’s trio of entries [ie STX’s The Upside ($8M-$10M estimated opening), Sony’s A Dog’s Way Home ($7M-$12M) and Entertainment Studios’ Replicas ($4M-$7M estimated opening)] aren’t expected to inflict to much box office damage, so it’s safe to say that Aquaman will reign supreme for a fourth weekend.
The last time Warners held a film for four weeks straight was 2008’s The Dark Knight. Aquaman‘s will easily grasp $900M by Sunday and if he doesn’t lose too many screens abroad, a $1 billion WW final isn’t out of the question.
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Jan 5, 2019 16:27:01 GMT
A solo Aquaman movie. Aquaman. Crazy. I know, right?
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Jan 5, 2019 16:30:44 GMT
So I wonder how many Studios will try and cash in on Aquaman success?
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Post by scabab on Jan 5, 2019 17:15:17 GMT
$1 billion seems like a sure fire thing to me.
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Post by DC-Fan on Jan 5, 2019 17:41:38 GMT
So I wonder how many Studios will try and cash in on Aquaman success? Well, MCU will probably try to copy Aquaman by making a Prince Namor movie.
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Jan 5, 2019 17:49:01 GMT
So I wonder how many Studios will try and cash in on Aquaman success? Well, MCU will probably try to copy Aquaman by making a Prince Namor movie. Think Sony will make a Hydro-Man movie?
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Post by politicidal on Jan 5, 2019 18:27:42 GMT
Well, MCU will probably try to copy Aquaman by making a Prince Namor movie. Think Sony will make a Hydro-Man movie? There was a rumor a while ago about him appearing in Far from Home. Unless they make him really interesting like how they did with Vulture, I'd rather if he was just saved for like a cameo in some Sinister Six team-up or something.
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Post by Tristan's Journal on Jan 5, 2019 20:20:30 GMT
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Post by Tristan's Journal on Jan 6, 2019 16:55:36 GMT
Domestic: $259,720,880 27.6% Foreign: $681,000,000 72.4%
= Worldwide:$940,720,880
Reaching a billion is now within reach without a reasonably doubt. Question is when. It will not even require Japan opening for that. This guy predicts 1.2 to max 1.5 Billion WW and will ultimately beat Last Jedi. He was right with his prediction of 1B a few weeks ago when I thought only wishful poser-speculation.
It has amazing legs like WW, only hairier. Anecdotally, saw it with GF yesterday and the theater was more packed than 2 weeks ago. But let's wait and see.
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Post by scabab on Jan 6, 2019 18:57:04 GMT
This is likely going to pass The Dark Knight Rises to become DC's biggest movie.
Heck it might even pass Captain America Civil War yet.
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Post by politicidal on Jan 7, 2019 4:05:51 GMT
Who could have predicted Aquaman would become one of the highest grossing movies of all-time? Pay Wan whatever he wants. I don't care how much it takes. In Wan we Trust should be the new slogan for the DCEU. And the reliable Patty Jenkins too
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Post by Agent of Chaos on Jan 7, 2019 7:14:26 GMT
Less than 60 million away from that Wanbillion!
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