what were your box office expectations for the 6 CBMs of 2017?
Going into 2017....what were your Expectations for The 6 CBMs....
Mine.
Logan-(after The first trailer My expectations Went up)-I was thinking Somewhere between 500 to 650 Million World Wide(on this one, My prediction was 100% dependent on reviews, If Logan got average reviews, I expected closer to 500 M, If it got great reviews, I expected 600 to 650 M)
GOTG2-This was IMO A potential BILLION dollar Movie, Based on The overwhelmingly positive reception of The first film, I expected GOTG2 to make between 900 Million to 1 Billion(I think had the movie got just a little bit better reviews, It would have hit that mark)
Wonder Woman-This by far is the real stunner for me, I had Wonder Woman making between 400 to 550 Million, I didn't feel BvS did anything good for WW, yes she was one of the better received parts of the film, but she and her role was completed overshadowed by The train wreck that was the film itself, I also saw nothing to suggest the film would get good reviews or be good, I thought WW was going to be a disaster....to my great surprise I was DEAD Wrong
Spider-Man Homecoming-this was an ODD one for me, I knew it would be successful, I just didnt know how successful, SM had a great role and introduction in A Billion dollar + movie in Civil War, but this was the second reboot in 5 years and the 2 Amazing Spider-Man films did damage and LOST Audiences, I also found it ODD that RDJ/Iron Man wasn't featured too much in the Marketing...I expected somewhere between 750 to 850 Million.
Thor Ragnarok-I was pretty close on this, I knew with the PLanet Hulk Storyline and with addition of THe Hulk the film would perform better than Thor 2, I expected A 750 to 800 Million total
Justice League-Straight UP NAILED this one, from the moment BvS hit, I knew JL would make LESS than BvS, from April 2016 to March 2017, I was thinking JL would make between 700 to 825 Million....but once Snyder was fired(or quit) and all the Absurd Production troubles started getting out, I knew this film was going to disastrously under perform or straight out FLOP, lol when The final month hit and WB resorted to the extreme desperate measure of waiting until the last possible second to release the review embargo and When WB didnt screen the film for US critics, I knew there was a very real chance JL could perform worse than anyone could imagine...Going into JL the last month I expected A 625 to 700 Million dollar total...
All in All, Wonder Woman was the biggest Surprise and I would have said the biggest Winner but Unfortunately Wonder Woman was in JL and I feel JL may have hurt Wonder Woman a little, theres just no getting the STINK OF JL off ....
Marvel Studios Impressively released 3 MCU film movies that all Grossed over 850 Million (Thor will top 850), all topped 300 Million Domestically and all had over 100 Million dollar Openings....Thats pretty incredible and proves somehow even after 9 years and 14 movies, The MCU is GROWING in Audience.
what were your expectations