Mizzougrad96 said:
Buck said:
Until the superhero trend fizzles, might as well cash in.
They're pretty much the only sure thing in Hollywood these days. After Lone Ranger, Oblivion and After Earth bombed, I doubt Hollywood is going to want to invest $200 million in a movie unless it has a recognizable superhero in the title.
Granted, all three of those movies did a lot better overseas than they did here, but The Avengers made $1.5 billion worldwide. Iron Man 3 made $1.2 billion. The Dark Knight Rises made over $1 billion. The latest Spider-Man made over $750 million and Man of Steel got near $650 million.
They'll fizzle eventually. These things come and go.
And they're not really sure things. In the past 10 years we've had unsuccessful endeavors with:
Daredevil
Elektra
Hulk, twice
Catwoman
Superman
Fantastic Four twice
Wolverine
Green Lantern
The ROI isn't as gaudy as it looks on some of the ones that didn't bomb. The most recent Superman might have done $640 million, but that doesn't look as good when you consider the ROI.
And when you look at it from a risk-reward perspective, spending $200-plus million on a movie is a terrible decision.
I'm not anti- comicbook or anti-superhero. I just think when we're making movies over in less than a decade, it's a little ridiculous.