CitizenBBN
04-29-2018, 07:09 PM
I'm not a huge Marvel Cinematic Universe groupie, but I follow it some.
Anyway, Avengers Infinity Wars is of course out this weekend, and just became the largest grossing opening weekend in history, passing Force Awakens. Only by a couple of million, but that's unadjusted and is likely to go up some. Moreover, worldwide opening weekend is $630 million, and they haven't even opened in China yet.
Not really important, I just find the success of Marvel to be interesting. This is coming off Black Panther, which is over $1.3 billion, and on the heels of success after success over 18 films and 10 years. Total gross for the series is getting up to $16 billion on just ticket sales. Goodness knows what the merchandising comes in at for all 18 movies and all those characters.
It's like UCLA's title run, without the rampant cheating. :)
IMO what's most interesting is that in the 80s they couldn't buy a hit with their huge library of characters and stories, went bankrupt, and had to sell off lots of their properties like selling the X Men to Fox, Spider Man to Sony, etc. And THOSE companies coulnd't make a buck at them either until the last 10 years. I just find that evolution interesting.
Anyway, Avengers Infinity Wars is of course out this weekend, and just became the largest grossing opening weekend in history, passing Force Awakens. Only by a couple of million, but that's unadjusted and is likely to go up some. Moreover, worldwide opening weekend is $630 million, and they haven't even opened in China yet.
Not really important, I just find the success of Marvel to be interesting. This is coming off Black Panther, which is over $1.3 billion, and on the heels of success after success over 18 films and 10 years. Total gross for the series is getting up to $16 billion on just ticket sales. Goodness knows what the merchandising comes in at for all 18 movies and all those characters.
It's like UCLA's title run, without the rampant cheating. :)
IMO what's most interesting is that in the 80s they couldn't buy a hit with their huge library of characters and stories, went bankrupt, and had to sell off lots of their properties like selling the X Men to Fox, Spider Man to Sony, etc. And THOSE companies coulnd't make a buck at them either until the last 10 years. I just find that evolution interesting.