5 Biggest Money-Making Superhero Movies

[Neverending]

Saw this at SHH:

TOP 5 MOVIES IN THE GENRE - DOMESTICALLY (ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION)

1. Spider-Man $478 Million
2. Batman (1989) $433 Million
3. Spider-Man 2 $413 Million
4. Superman (1978) $394 Million
5. Men in Black $375 Million

I know TDK is gonna be huge...but I don't think it's gonna beat Spider-Man. Also...this comes to show how much ticket prices have increased. Spider-Man was released in 2002. That was like 6 years ago. Back then it made 403 million. So...when adjusted for inflation it's 478...that's a difference of 75 million dollars. :eek:

[Dracula]

I don't know if TDK will make as much as people think, by late July people might just be superheroed out.

[MasterChief117]

I don't know if TDK will make as much as people think, by late July people might just be superheroed out.

Its estimated to do atleast 50 more than the last one did which was mid 200s. Not to mention tickets have soldout for midnight that they have actually created 3 AM showings. I think it will probably either beat or be close to Batman 89.

[JBond]

I'm surprised to see Men in Black so high up there.

[Tzarinna]

You underestimate the power of Will Smith.

[MasterChief117]

Thats why he is called Mr. July.

[moviebuff801]

Thats why he is called Mr. July.

Who calls him that?

[JBond]

Will Smith...it hasn't caught on yet.

[moviebuff801]

Will Smith...it hasn't caught on yet.

Maybe it will after Hancock makes over $100 million. I read in USA Today that if Hancck does do over $100 million (which it obviously will), it'll make Will Smith the most lucrative star in Hollywood.

[Neverending]

I'm surprised to see Men in Black so high up there.

It was the second highest grossing movie of 1997. Damn, Titanic. :mad:

[Darth Maul]

It was the second highest grossing movie of 1997. Damn, Titanic. :mad:

will anything beat titanic?

[JBond]

Doubtful. Not with the emphasis on opening weekends instead of longitivity, these days.

[Darth Maul]

Doubtful. Not with the emphasis on opening weekends instead of longitivity, these days.

Cameron got lucky that's all i gotta say that or he just figured out when the hell to release titanic.

[Scorpio82]

Maybe not. I'm looking through the movie releases for 1997 and "Titanic" did have some competition back then. It was up against "Tomorrow Never Dies," "Good Will Hunting" and "As Good as it Gets," all of which ended up on the top ten box office list for 1997. Granted, once January rolled around, the biggest movie it had to compete with was "Spice World."

But even then, I think most of Titanic's success can be chalked up to two words: teenage girls.

[Fanible]

It was a world wide success as well. And yes, a lot of tickets amounted to girls and girls and their boyfriends. Leonardo DiCaprio is a really big international star, and he's loved in Asia (still is I'm pretty sure, but definitely was at the time). It's 600 million is pretty damn impressive for domestic, but it's 1.2 billion is even more so for international sales.

[SnoBorderZero]

Hancock looks so... boring. I'm with Drac, I'm not really interested in yet another superhero movie outside of Dark Knight. Hellboy II comes out the week inbetween. I know they're all fun (well, except Ghostrider) and make money, but would it kill them to have not released them 3 weeks in a row, especially considering Hellboy won't make any movie in its second week going against Dark Knight.

[PsYkOoOoO]

will anything beat titanic?

The Lord of the Rings came close, but even it was 700 million short.

Can't believe Dead Man's Chest is number three though. That movie sucked so bad.

[Neverending]

This says everything:

The top 10 grossing movies of all-time when adjusted for inflation

1 Gone with the Wind
2 Star Wars
3 The Sound of Music
4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
5 The Ten Commandments
6 Titanic
7 Jaws
8 Doctor Zhivago
9 The Exorcist
10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

[MasterChief117]

Yeah Star Wars(77) made mass amounts of money, haha, My dad saw that like a few times as a kid. I think TDK will atleast pull of 300-375 atleast. Hellboy II will be like mid 100s and Hancock might pass 200.

[SnoBorderZero]

This says everything:

The top 10 grossing movies of all-time when adjusted for inflation

1 Gone with the Wind
2 Star Wars
3 The Sound of Music
4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
5 The Ten Commandments
6 Titanic
7 Jaws
8 Doctor Zhivago
9 The Exorcist
10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

That is interesting, especially Doctor Zhivago

[MasterChief117]

Just saw Snow White, hahah.

[GraysGreat]

Yeah Star Wars(77) made mass amounts of money, haha, My dad saw that like a few times as a kid. I think TDK will atleast pull of 300-375 atleast. Hellboy II will be like mid 100s and Hancock might pass 200.

The first Hellboy only made 50 million and looked a lot better than it's sequel. I kind of think the new Hellboy will only make it to 70 million, especially when competing against Dark Knight. I think Hancock will make 250 easily, even though i have only a small desire to see it.

[FranklinTard]

i read somewhere hellboy 2 cost less than the original, for whatever thats worth.

[Scorpio82]

I'm really looking forward to Hellboy 2. I think it looks way better than the first one, but I have a gut feeling it won't do any better than $50-70M total. The franchise doesn't have that mass appeal it needs. It borders too much on general weirdness. Unless Hancock drops substantially within the week, I'd be impressed if HB2 made #1 on it's opening weekend.

I'm more afraid of "Meet Dave" beating it. The movie-going public has a weird way of flip-flopping when it comes to obviously bad comedies.

[JBond]

That list includes the '77 and '97 release of Star Wars.

[Deexan]

Wasn't E.T. re-released too?

[SnoBorderZero]

Wasn't E.T. re-released too?

Yes.