DC&#8217;s &#8220;Aquaman&#8221; sequel is projected to make less than half of what the original film did its opening holiday weekend as the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/superheroes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">superhero</a> genre continues to struggle at the box office.
&#8220;Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom&#8221; is currently tracking to make $40 million in projected ticket sales over the four-day Christmas holiday weekend (Dec. 22-Dec 25), according to sources with access to data compiled by the National Research Group (NRC), according to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/aquaman-lost-kingdom-tracking-box-office-migration-1235702120/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a>.
Warner Bros., home of DC, is projecting sales will be a bit higher and more in the ballpark of $50 million over the holiday weekend, the outlet noted.
The movie is a sequel to the 2018 &#8220;Aquaman&#8221; film, which earned $75.8 million over the four-day holiday weekend (Dec. 21-24) and $86.7 million through Monday, which was Christmas Eve. The five-day holiday opening in 2018, through Christmas Day, scored $97.8 million. In the end, the film made $1.2 billion globally, per <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1477834/?ref_=bo_se_r_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BoxOfficeMojo</a>.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Aquaman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Aquaman</a> and the Lost Kingdom will face rough seas when swimming into theaters over Christmas as the superhero genre continues to struggle <a href="https://t.co/15b8gv1S4Z">https://t.co/15b8gv1S4Z</a>
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) <a href="https://twitter.com/THR/status/1730575996825305208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2023</a></blockquote>
The Jason Momoa-led film takes fans back to the water as &#8220;Aquaman balances his duties as king and as a member of the Justice League, all while planning a wedding,&#8221; a description on <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9663764/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IMDb</a> reads.
&#8220;Black Manta is on the hunt for Atlantean tech to help rebuild his armor,&#8221; it added. &#8220;Orm plots to escape his Atlantean prison.&#8221;
The film&#8217;s low expectations come as the superhero genre has been struggling lately. Most recently, Disney&#8217;s female-led film &#8220;The Marvels&#8221; <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/11/14/1212836733/the-marvels-earned-a-disappointing-47-million-in-it-opening-weekend#:~:text=%22The%20Marvels%2C%22%20the%2033rd,million%20in%20its%20opening%20weekend." target="_blank" rel="noopener">opened</a> to just $47 million in its first weekend. It comes after expectations for ticket sales for the Marvel film had been lowered ahead of the film&#8217;s release from an estimated $75-$80 million in projected ticket sales to just $60-$65 million, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-led-film-the-marvels-lowers-box-office-expectations-to-60m-ahead-of-premiere" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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The Brie Larson-led Marvel Cinematic Universe film also fell 78% in box office performance for its second weekend out and managed to beat out the previous holder of the worst drop-off from opening weekend held by the third film in the &#8220;Ant Man&#8221; franchise, &#8220;Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,&#8221; which experienced a 69% drop, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/hunger-games-prequel-box-office-opening-1235663158/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood Reporter</a> noted.
&#8220;The Marvels&#8221; is a sequel to the 2019 film, which opened to $153.4 million in North America and eventually raked in $1.13 billion worldwide.
Over the summer, DC&#8217;s film &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-flash-fizzles-at-box-office-despite-being-called-one-of-the-greatest-superhero-movies-ever-made" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Flash</a>&#8221; struggled to gain traction as well, after it earned just $55 million its opening weekend domestically and just $270.6 million overall in earnings globally.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-marvels-continues-to-flail-at-box-office-earns-worst-second-weekend-drop-of-all-time" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;The Marvels&#8217; Continues To Flail At Box Office, Earns Worst Second-Weekend Drop Of All Time</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney">Disney</a> CEO <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bob-iger">Bob Iger</a> shared his thoughts on why he believes the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) installment, “The Marvels,” was such a disappointment at the box office.
“The Marvels” earned just $47 million domestically over opening weekend, making it the lowest-ever opening for a Marvel movie. The low numbers have been blamed on general superhero fatigue and fallout from the recent actors and writers strikes, which affected promotional plans. Iger said prioritizing quantity over quality was also a major factor.
&#8220;Quality needs attention. &#8230; It doesn&#8217;t happen by accident. Quantity, in our case, diluted quality,&#8221; the media exec said on Wednesday at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit in New York, per <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/disney-ceo-reveals-thinks-marvels-bombed-box-office-rcna127254">NBC News</a>. He also mentioned how “The Marvels” was filmed during the COVID pandemic, which meant less oversight. 
&#8220;There wasn&#8217;t as much supervision on the set &#8230; where we have executives there really looking over what&#8217;s being done,&#8221; Iger said.
Iger was formerly the CEO of Disney from 2005 until 2020. He was replaced by Bob Chapek and then reinstated to his position in November 2022 when Chapek got fired. Iger says he’ll “definitely” leave the role in 2026 when his contract is up.
“I was disappointed in what I was seeing in the transition period and while I was out,” he said of Chapek’s performance, per <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/bob-iger-criticizes-chapek-disappointed-in-what-i-was-seeing-1235813338/">Variety</a>. “I worked hard at distancing myself from it.”
Iger said he’s been “fixing a lot of problems that the company has had, and dealing with a lot of challenges,” which he claims “were brought on by decisions that were made by my predecessor.” The exec also said some of Disney’s issues “are just basically the result of a tremendous amount of disruption in the world and in our business.”
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The exec said Disney needs to be more “realistic” about movie earning potential amid the changing habits of viewers and the domination of streaming services. 
Iger also addressed a question about sequels when it was mentioned how much the company’s founder despised them. 
&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to apologize for making sequels,&#8221; he said, admitting that &#8220;we&#8217;ve made too many&#8221; and &#8220;we have to have a reason to make it beyond commerce.&#8221;
&#8220;We will only greenlight a sequel if we believe the story the creators want to tell is worth telling,” Iger said while confirming a fifth installment of &#8220;Toy Story&#8221; is currently in the works.

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Disney CEO Bob Iger Reveals Why He Thinks ‘The Marvels’ Flopped, Admits They Made ‘Too Many’ Sequels

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Disney&#8217;s latest superhero movie &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-led-the-marvels-has-worst-ever-opening-weekend-in-mcu-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Marvels</a>&#8221; continues to be a box office disaster as the female-led film suffered the worst second-weekend drop of all time for Marvel Studios.
The Brie Larson-led Marvel Cinematic Universe film fell 78 percent in box office performance for its second weekend out and is currently tracking as the worst second-week showing for any modern day Hollywood superhero film, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/hunger-games-prequel-box-office-opening-1235663158/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported.
&#8220;The Marvels&#8221; is a sequel to the 2019 film &#8220;Captain Marvel&#8221; and has managed to beat out the previous holder of the worst dropoff from opening weekend held by the third film in the &#8220;Ant Man&#8221; franchise, &#8220;Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,&#8221; which experienced a 69 percent drop.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheMarvels?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheMarvels</a> is shaping up to be the first MCU movie to fall short of $100 million at the domestic box office. <a href="https://t.co/Fu8UdlJGzM">https://t.co/Fu8UdlJGzM</a> <a href="https://t.co/Pm4wi68Pmz">pic.twitter.com/Pm4wi68Pmz</a>
— Variety (@Variety) <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1726512703441707011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
The new Marvel film failed to meet expectations its opening weekend with the box office estimates lowered before the release from $75-$80 million in projected ticket sales to just $60-$65 million, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-led-film-the-marvels-lowers-box-office-expectations-to-60m-ahead-of-premiere" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Opening weekend proved worse, with the movie earning just $47 million, and the showing is officially being called the worst debut in MCU history, <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/box-office/box-office-the-marvels-bombs-worst-marvel-cinematic-universe-opening-weekend-1235788513/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> reported.
The second weekend out, the new Marvel film continued to struggle, earning $10.2 million, — for a total after two weeks of just $65 million — THR noted. And overseas the movie did just about as well, adding $19.5 million from 52 markets for a total of $96.3 million internationally and $161.3 million globally, <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt10676048/?ref_=bo_se_r_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BoxOfficeMojo</a> noted.
&#8220;The Marvels&#8221; is led by three females and was directed by black female director, Nia DaCosta, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-marvels-box-office-marvel-1235639482/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THR</a> noted.
&#8220;Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence,&#8221; a description about the film read, per THR. &#8220;However, unintended consequences see her shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with two other superheroes to form the Marvels.&#8221;
Only two other films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have opened to lower than $60 million: &#8220;The Incredible Hulk&#8221; in 2008, which brought in $55.4 million, not adjusted for inflation, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-led-film-the-marvels-lowers-box-office-expectations-to-60m-ahead-of-premiere" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported,</a> and &#8220;Ant-Man&#8221; in 2015, which earned $57.2 million domestically, not adjusted for inflation.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-led-film-the-marvels-lowers-box-office-expectations-to-60m-ahead-of-premiere" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Female-Led Film &#8216;The Marvels&#8217; Lowers Box Office Expectations To $60M Ahead Of Premiere</a>

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‘The Marvels’ Continues To Flail At Box Office, Earns Worst Second-Weekend Drop Of All Time

Executives at Disney are deeply puzzled over why yet another of their big budget franchise films has flopped at the box office. No one has yet been able to discover the reason for last weekend’s utter failure of “Girl-Boss Marvels Two: This Time, We’re in Your Face, Penis Man,” starring much-in-demand actress Shrilly Crowcall and some black girl and a Hispanic girl, no one really cares which, least of all the people who hired them.
Made at a cost of over $200 million, the movie had an opening weekend reminiscent of a bad day in Nagasaki, earning approximately seventeen dollars and 35 cents, but only after studio heads collected and redeemed the soda cans that had been thrown at the screen by people on their way to see something more entertaining like bread mold or that crazy guy outside the theater who is catatonic for half an hour at a time and then suddenly starts shrieking incomprehensible nonsense and then drops his pants and plants crap in front of everyone, so is kind of like a Disney film except you can watch it for free. Until Disney execs can figure out what is going wrong, they’ve decided to suspend the release of other big budget Marvel pictures starring promising new superheroes like Captain Groomer and Ironpants.
Even a live action remake of a beloved cartoon classic — &#8220;Snow Brown and The Seven Ambiguously Handicapped and Excluded Persons of Color&#8221; — originally scheduled for Christmas Release, was sent back into production after the star, Rachel Harridan, gave a promotional interview that was not as well received as the studio had hoped. Miss Harridan told reporters, “This is not going to be a film for people who like snow whiteness or think singing dwarves are somehow charming or who want to see some creep sneak up and kiss a sleeping girl without first getting her consent. If that’s your idea of fun, we are going to shove this remake down your throat until you choke on it, and if you&#8217;re not willing to pay twenty dollars a ticket for that experience we will publicly call you out for your bigotry.” Studio PR executives are still wondering whether perhaps they should have tweaked that message to reach a wider audience.
In an interview with Show Biz Trade Paper Variety, the formerly male Disney Studio Head now identifying as Melissa WingWang — whose pronouns are Zee, Zur, Splorg and Would you like to see my puppy little boy — told reporters, “We simply can’t understand why these movies aren’t working. We’ve done everything we can to take the beloved Christian and patriotic Disney brand and turn it into a tool for queering your children into a life of sexual deviance and moral degradation, and yet for some reason the audiences still don’t respond. Hopefully, our Thanksgiving Release of a live action Sleeping Beauty done entirely in drag will turn things around.”
Disney is not alone in facing baffling rejections from customers. Anheuser Busch is still puzzling out why their Bud Light Brand has taken a nosedive at the market and are hoping to make a comeback with a new slogan, “Bud, the uncloseted queen of beers.” Gillette is also rejiggering ITS slogan with new ads declaring, “Gillette, the sleekest, shapeliest legs a man can get.”
Gillette Spokes-something-or-other Willie Wontee — whose pronouns are a high pitched whine and something that sounds like a raspberry but smells bad — announced the change at a company Zoom meeting, saying, “Our strategy is to take a product that might appeal to fifty percent of the public and target it instead to a minuscule but voluble group of sexually anomalous cranks who won’t buy it under any circumstances. We don’t see what can go wrong.”
Although the reasons for the setbacks at these companies remain a mystery for now, one observer, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Daily Wire “The fact is, these companies are doing exactly what they should be doing and if they stick with it, it’s sure to result in billions of dollars in profits. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to get back to work. After all, I am the god-king.”
Andrew Klavan is the host of “The Andrew Klavan Show” at The Daily Wire. He is an award-winning novelist, Hollywood screenwriter, and popular satirist. Klavan is the author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Habit-Mind-Cameron-Mysteries/dp/1613163517/ref=pd_bxgy_sccl_1/132-9473875-2662038?pd_rd_w=lnVGk&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.26a5c67f-1a30-486b-bb90-b523ad38d5a0&amp;pf_rd_p=26a5c67f-1a30-486b-bb90-b523ad38d5a0&amp;pf_rd_r=13RV0285EXYKN2D57RST&amp;pd_rd_wg=jW34u&amp;pd_rd_r=e0bb3c70-62ea-4448-8be5-a7cf1bba3f5e&amp;pd_rd_i=1613163517&amp;psc=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">When Christmas Comes</a>” and “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Habit-Mind-Cameron-Mysteries/dp/1613163517/ref=pd_bxgy_sccl_1/132-9473875-2662038?pd_rd_w=lnVGk&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.26a5c67f-1a30-486b-bb90-b523ad38d5a0&amp;pf_rd_p=26a5c67f-1a30-486b-bb90-b523ad38d5a0&amp;pf_rd_r=13RV0285EXYKN2D57RST&amp;pd_rd_wg=jW34u&amp;pd_rd_r=e0bb3c70-62ea-4448-8be5-a7cf1bba3f5e&amp;pd_rd_i=1613163517&amp;psc=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">When Christmas Comes</a>” the first two novels in the USA Today best-selling Cameron Winter Mystery series. The third installment, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/House-Death-Cameron-Winter-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0BW1ZTVP9?ref_=ast_author_dp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The House of Love and Death</a>,” is now available! Follow him on X: @andrewklavan
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Outspoken leftist author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/stephen-king">Stephen King</a> blamed the box office failure of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">The Marvels</a>” on woman-hating fanboys. But his social media followers aren’t letting him get away with it.
“Some of the rejection of THE MARVELS may be adolescent fanboy hate. You know, ‘Yuck! GIRLS!’” the 76-year-old author shared on X November 12, in a post that has since racked up more than 2 million views.
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Some of the rejection of THE MARVELS may be adolescent fanboy hate. You know, &quot;Yuck! GIRLS!&quot;
&mdash; Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1723875366907834660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“The Marvels” was a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-led-the-marvels-has-worst-ever-opening-weekend-in-mcu-history">massive disappointment</a> for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marvel">MCU</a>, pulling in just $47 million during its opening weekend — the lowest in the franchise&#8217;s history. The poor showing is partly blamed on multiple factors, including the actors’ strike in Hollywood and general superhero movie fatigue. 
Social media users objected to King&#8217;s implication that the female-led film starring Brie Larson, which was also touted for having the franchise’s first black female director, crashed and burned because would-be moviegoers hate women.
“I am a woman. I saw the movie. It was bad,” BlazeTV host Lauren Chen <a href="https://twitter.com/TheLaurenChen/status/1724063900448981237">replied</a>.
“Or maybe the movie just sucks?” another person <a href="https://twitter.com/ocajjoni/status/1723875608524922904">suggested</a>.
“Given that most of the people who go see these kinds of superhero movies are adolescent boys, absolutely yes, which should immediately tell you something about how fantastically Disney is failing their core audience right now,” a third person observed.
“It&#8217;s fine though. Adolescent boys will simply take their money somewhere else where their audienceship is appreciated and welcomed.”
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A few of King’s followers called him out for not patronizing the movie himself and then complaining about poor numbers.
“Since you don&#8217;t go to MCU movies and don&#8217;t care for them, that means you rejected The Marvels, right? Does that mean you hate women?” one person wrote with a screenshot of the horror book writer’s previous tweet. 
King had <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1723754733024780549">tweeted</a> earlier the same day, writing, “I don’t go to MCU movies, don’t care for them, but I find this barely masked gloating over the low box office for THE MARVELS very unpleasant. Why gloat over failure?”
Marvel Studios recently <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/the-marvels-bombs-box-office-whats-next-marvel-cinematic-universe-1235788706/">postponed</a> three projects originally slated for 2024. 
“Captain America: A Brave New World,” “Thunderbolts,” and “Blade” are being pushed to 2025 because of strike-related production delays. That means the only Marvel release scheduled for 2024 is “Deadpool 3.” 
Though these actions aren’t necessarily due to “The Marvels” being a flop, it does give the studio time to regroup and come up with a new strategy.

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Stephen King Roasted For Blaming ‘The Marvels’ Failure On ‘Adolescent Fanboy Hate’: ‘Maybe The Movie Just Sucks?’

Stephen King Roasted For Blaming 'The Marvels' Failure On 'Adolescent Fanboy Hate': 'Maybe The Movie Just Sucks?'

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The newest Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) installment, “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney">The Marvels</a>,” had the lowest opening weekend in franchise history, pulling in just $47 million.
The movie included a female-led cast featuring Brie Larson in the follow-up to “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marvel">Captain Marvel</a>” (2019). Compared to the sequel, the original was a smash hit with $153.4 million at the box office when it debuted, per <a href="https://ew.com/movies/the-marvels-box-office-report/">Entertainment Weekly</a>. 
“<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">The Marvels</a>” was a huge disappointment in comparison to some of Marvel’s top-performing films, including “Avengers: Infinity War” (2018), which made $257 million at the opening, and the MCU’s crowning jewel “Avengers: Endgame” (2019), which had a staggering $357 million debut.
This news comes after prediction websites reduced expectations from $75-$80 million to $60-$65 million. In the end, the 33rd MCU film didn’t even hit those reduced projections. Before “The Marvels,” the lowest opening for a Marvel movie was “The Incredible Hulk” (2008), which brought in $55.4 million, not adjusted for inflation. 
Poor performance is partly blamed on the actors strike, which ended just before the film&#8217;s premiere on Friday. That meant the film couldn’t be promoted the same way as others that came before it.
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Also, industry insiders blame a general sense of superhero fatigue with the genre overall. But that doesn’t explain why other films are doing well. “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” another Marvel effort, had a $106 opening earlier this year and ultimately grossed $845.6 million globally.
“The Marvels” was lauded for having three female leads. The studio also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-led-film-the-marvels-lowers-box-office-expectations-to-60m-ahead-of-premiere">touted</a> that it’s the first Marvel film with a black female director, Nia DaCosta, who is also the youngest director in franchise history at just 34 years old.
The film currently has a 62% critics score and 84% audience rating on <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_marvels">Rotten Tomatoes</a>. The New York Times reviewer <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/09/movies/the-marvels-review-brie-larson.html">called it</a> a “trope-ridden franchise installment” and lamented, &#8220;You’ve seen this movie 32 times before.”
Meanwhile, The Guardian’s reviewer <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/12/the-marvels-review-superheroes-to-zeros-in-tepid-franchise-addition-brie-larson-zawe-ashton">said</a>, “You get the sense that everyone involved is going through the motions” and referred to it as a “tepid franchise addition.”

Female-Led ‘The Marvels’ Has Worst Ever Opening Weekend In MCU History

Female-Led 'The Marvels' Has Worst Ever Opening Weekend In MCU History

Expectations for “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">The Marvels</a>” opening weekend have been greatly lowered, going from an estimated $75-$80 million in projected ticket sales to just $60-$65 million.
The female-led superhero <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">movie</a> is a sequel to the 2019 film “Captain Marvel.” The Brie Larson-led Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movie opened to $153.4 million in North America and eventually raked in $1.13 billion worldwide, per <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-marvels-box-office-marvel-1235639482/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>. But “The Marvels” isn’t expected to come anywhere close to those numbers.
The publication notes that these lackluster predictions are being blamed on a lack of promotion due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, which has been tentatively resolved, and overall <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/superheroes">superhero</a> fatigue. It notes that the DC film “The Flash” had a poor showing in June despite all the hype, with a $55 million opening weekend domestically and just $270.6 million overall in earnings.
But not everyone is sick of superhero movies. “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” another Marvel effort, had a $106 opening earlier this year and ultimately grossed $845.6 million globally.
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Due to declining projections, Marvel and its parent company, Disney, changed their marketing campaign to entice more would-be viewers. A new trailer that stressed the film’s connection to the “Avengers” franchise was released just before the premiere. The sneak peek also teased that Valkyrie, a fan-favorite character from “Thor,” would be in the movie.
“The Marvels” has three female leads. The studio is also touting that it’s the first Marvel film with a black female director, Nia DaCosta. At 34, she’s also the youngest director of an MCU film, according to THR.
Per the film’s description: “Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. However, unintended consequences see her shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with two other superheroes to form the Marvels.”
The lowest opening of a Marvel movie was “The Incredible Hulk” (2008), which brought in $55.4 million, not adjusted for inflation. The second lowest was “Ant-Man,” which earned $57.2 million domestically in 2015.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jeremy-renner-says-he-told-his-family-dont-let-me-live-on-tubes-on-a-machine-after-snowplow-accident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeremy Renner</a> recently discussed the extensive therapy efforts he&#8217;s undergone over the last 11 months after surviving a near-fatal snow plow accident near his Nevada home on January 1, saying he keeps fighting to get better because he doesn&#8217;t want to &#8220;squander&#8221; his life.
The 52-year-old actor wrote about his recovery on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CzVGZZ2rdLN/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> on Monday, recounting how his body was nearly crushed under a 14,300-pound snowcat, resulting in more than 30 broken bones.
&#8220;I have been exploring EVERY type of therapy since Jan 14th,&#8221; Renner wrote.
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&#8220;Everyday, countless hours of physical therapy, peptide injections, iv drips and pushes,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Stem cell and exosomes, red light/IR therapy, hyperbaric chamber 2.0 atmospheres, cold plunge, and the list goes on and on&#8230;. BUT my greatest therapy has been my mind and the will to be here and push to recover and be better….&#8221;
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&#8220;Be exceptional…,&#8221; the Marvel star continued. &#8220;I feel it&#8217;s my duty to do so. Not to squander my life being spared, but to give back to my family, friends, and all of you whom have empowered me to endure . I thank you all. #loveandtitanium.&#8221;
&#8220;The Avengers&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/id-do-it-again-jeremy-renner-gives-first-interview-since-near-fatal-accident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">star</a> has kept fans up to date on social media while documenting his journey to recovery.
&#8220;UPDATE: I&#8217;ve decided to push through the pain of progress (this damn shattered tibia) and take the new parts for a tiny test drive,&#8221; Renner captioned a video of him undergoing physical therapy. &#8220;The body is miraculous…. Even though I feel like the Tin Man, needing oil for all my new joints (hips, knees, ankles, tibia etc ). Encouraged after this warm up to press on ( don&#8217;t tell my PT).&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jeremy-renner-says-he-told-his-family-dont-let-me-live-on-tubes-on-a-machine-after-snowplow-accident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeremy Renner Says He Told His Family &#8216;Don&#8217;t Let Me Live On Tubes On A Machine&#8217; After Snowplow Accident</a>

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Academy Award-winning movie director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/martin-scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a> is once again making his feelings about comic book and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">franchise movies</a> clear.
The 80-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">Hollywood</a> mainstay shared his views during a recent cover <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/martin-scorsese-profile">profile</a> for GQ magazine. Scorsese came down hard on the genre and went as far as urging other industry professionals to join him in rebelling against them.
&#8220;The danger there is what it’s doing to our culture. Because there are going to be generations now that think <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">movies</a> are only those — that’s what movies are,&#8221; the legendary director said.
&#8220;They already think that. Which means that we have to then fight back stronger. And it’s got to come from the grassroots level.&#8221;
Scorsese continued, saying, “It’s gotta come from the filmmakers themselves. And you’ll have, you know, the Safdie brothers, and you’ll have Chris Nolan, you know what I mean? And hit ’em from all sides. Hit ’em from all sides, and don’t give up. Let’s see what you got. Go out there and do it. Go reinvent. Don’t complain about it. But it’s true, because we’ve got to save cinema.&#8221; 
He added, &#8220;I do think that the manufactured content isn’t really cinema,” before backtracking a little. &#8220;No, I don’t want to say it,” Scorsese went on. “But what I mean is that, it’s manufactured content. It’s almost like AI making a film.&#8221; 
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&#8220;And that doesn’t mean that you don’t have incredible directors and special effects people doing beautiful artwork,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But what does it mean? What do these films, what will it give you? Aside from a kind of consummation of something and then eliminating it from your mind, your whole body, you know? So what is it giving you?&#8221;
The “Goodfellas” director said he’s not opposed to technology as a whole, citing IMAX and 3D as innovative ways to enhance filmmaking. But he still has no love for the comic book genre. 
&#8220;I’m looking forward to new ways,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You gotta say something with a movie. Otherwise, what’s the point of making it? You’ve got to be saying something.&#8221;
Scorsese got into hot water with Marvel fans in 2019 when he compared superhero films to “theme parks” during an interview with Empire magazine. 
“I tried, you know? But that’s not cinema,” the director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/avengers-directors-respond-to-martin-scorsese-nobody-owns-cinema">said at the time</a>. “Honestly, the closest I can think of them, as well made as they are, with actors doing the best they can under the circumstances, is theme parks. It isn’t the cinema of human beings trying to convey emotional, psychological experiences to another human being.”

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Martin Scorsese Says Comic Book Films Are A ‘Danger’ To Society: ‘We’ve Got To Save Cinema’

Martin Scorsese Says Comic Book Films Are A 'Danger' To Society: 'We've Got To Save Cinema'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/far-too-much-nudity-sex-and-violence-in-euphoria-season-2-reviewers-say-of-racy-teen-drama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zendaya</a> talked about her relationship with fellow Marvel star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-holland-says-hollywood-really-scares-me" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Holland</a> and said she knows she &#8220;can&#8217;t hide&#8221; and wants to love who she wants to love, but has tried to keep the details of their romance private.
The 26-year-old actress spoke to <a href="https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a44878906/zendaya-tom-holland-romance-privacy-fame-change/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elle magazine</a> about having control over how much she shares about their relationship because it&#8217;s a balancing act, adding that it&#8217;s about &#8220;protecting the peace.&#8221;
&#8220;Parts of my life, I accept, are going to be public,&#8221; the former Disney star said. &#8220;I can&#8217;t not be a person and live my life and love the person I love.&#8221;
&#8220;But also, I do have control over what I choose to share,&#8221; she added. &#8220;It&#8217;s about protecting the peace and letting things be your own but also not being afraid to exist. You can&#8217;t hide. That&#8217;s not fun, either. I am navigating it more than ever now.&#8221;
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The comments about keeping their relationship private were similar to ones the &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-holland-says-hollywood-really-scares-me" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spider-Man: No Way Home</a>&#8221; star made in July during his appearance on Jay Shetty&#8217;s &#8220;On Purpose&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOqEl4ADyVk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a>.
&#8220;I just am really, really keen to focus on what makes me happy, which is my family, it&#8217;s my friends,&#8221; Holland said. &#8220;It&#8217;s my carpentry, my golf, the charity that my mom runs.&#8221;
&#8220;Like, that is the stuff that makes me really happy, and that&#8217;s the stuff that I should protect,&#8221; he added. &#8220;My relationship is the thing I keep most sacred. I don&#8217;t talk about it. I try my best to keep it as private as possible. We both feel very strongly that that is the healthiest way for us to move on as a couple.&#8221;
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During an interview with <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/tom-holland-superhero-of-the-year-2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GQ</a> in November 2021, Holland expressed his frustration with their romance being a focus and said, &#8220;One of the downsides of our fame is that privacy isn&#8217;t really in our control anymore, and a moment that you think is between two people that love each other very much is now a moment that is shared with the entire world.&#8221;
Both stars have previously been photographed on the red carpet holding hands and embracing, but they have tried to keep their romance out of the headlines. The couple are rumored to have been dating for years, but exactly how long is unclear.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dont-go-there-spider-man-producer-warned-tom-holland-and-zendaya-against-dating-but-they-ignored-her" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;Don&#8217;t Go There&#8217;: Spider-Man Producer Warned Tom Holland and Zendaya Against Dating, But They &#8216;Ignored&#8217; Her</a>

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‘You Can’t Hide': Zendaya Talks Relationship With Tom Holland

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Disney CEO <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-ceo-bob-iger-defends-marvel-says-cooglers-work-on-black-panther-not-less-than-what-scorsese-or-coppola-have-done" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bob Iger</a> addressed the recent flops at the box office for Marvel movies like &#8220;Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and animated Pixar films such as &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-asked-too-much-of-the-audience-disney-exec-offers-excuse-for-lightyear-flop-makes-no-mention-of-same-sex-kiss" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lightyear</a>&#8221; and &#8220;Elemental.&#8221;
During Iger&#8217;s appearance at the Sun Valley Conference, he called the Disney film&#8217;s performance &#8220;disappointing,&#8221; adding that most of the problem was the decision to offer too much content on the Disney+ streaming service, <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/marvel-flops-too-many-disney-tv-shows-bob-iger-1235669262/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> reported.
&#8220;There have been some disappointments,&#8221; Iger admitted. &#8220;We would have liked some of our more recent releases to perform better. It&#8217;s reflective not as a problem from a personnel perspective, but I think in our zeal to basically grow our content significantly to serve mostly our streaming offerings, we ended up taxing our people way beyond — in terms of their time and their focus — way beyond where they had been.&#8221;
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Bob Iger has acknowledged that Pixar movies going straight to Disney+ has caused an impact in the demand for seeing new Pixar movies in theaters.
However, he also adds that the studio has had some “creative misses.”
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&#8220;Marvel&#8217;s a great example of that,&#8221; he added. &#8220;They had not been in the TV business at any significant level. Not only did they increase their movie output, but they ended up making a number of television series, and frankly, it diluted focus and attention. That is, I think, more of the cause than anything.&#8221;
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And when it comes to such Pixar flops as &#8220;Elemental,&#8221; Iger said the COVID-influenced decision to skip theaters and go straight to streaming, which was also the strategy for movies like &#8220;Luca&#8221; and &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/my-panda-my-choice-mom-disney-and-pixars-turning-red-has-some-parents-outraged-over-themes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Turning Red,</a>&#8221; was a mistake.
&#8220;That may have created an expectation in the audience that they&#8217;re going to eventually be on streaming and probably quickly, and there wasn’t an urgency,&#8221; said Iger.
&#8220;And then I think there was some, I think you&#8217;d have to agree that there were some creative misses, as well,&#8221; he added, without specifying further.
The &#8220;Ant-Man and the Wasp&#8221; sequel was released in February and, to date, has failed to earn $500 million worldwide.
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Disney CEO Bob Iger Addresses Recent Marvel And Pixar Flops

Bob Iger Addresses Recent Marvel And Pixar Flops

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Over the last two decades, there have truly been some popular and profitable superhero movies, dominating box offices around the world. While our last list covered the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-top-seven-superhero-movies-and-why">seven best superhero films</a> in the genre, for this one we look at the seven worst films in the last 20 years.
Admittedly, this is an unscientific list and these movies come from a variety of studios like Marvel, DC Warner Bros., Paramount, and 20th Century Studios. Place them in whatever order you choose, however, we think you’ll agree we all deserve our money back regardless of which studio they came from. 
Let&#8217;s start with number seven and work our way to the bottom.
<h2>#7 &#8220;Fantastic Four&#8221;</h2>
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The first offering is the campy 2005 action/adventure movie &#8220;Fantastic Four&#8221; from 20th Century Studios. Directed by Tim Story, a &#8220;group of astronauts&#8221; gain &#8220;superpowers after a cosmic radiation exposure and must use them to oppose the plans of their enemy, Doctor Victor Von Doom,&#8221; a description on <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120667/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IMDb</a> read.
Moviegoers and critics roundly hated this film, giving it a 45% and 28% rotten on <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fantastic_four" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rotten Tomatoes</a>. One moviegoer wrote, &#8220;If you like your superhero stories campy and cheesy (which some people do), you&#8217;ll find plenty to enjoy&#8230;If you don&#8217;t, you&#8217;ll be greatly dissatisfied by this odd attempt at bringing the Fantastic Four to life. You&#8217;ll be wondering whether human people actually made this movie or if they put the formula into a computer and let it come up with a script.&#8221;
Film critic Roger Ebert titled his <a href="https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fantastic-four-2005" target="_blank" rel="noopener">review</a> &#8220;Fantastic flameout&#8221; and his comments seemed to echo those of other critics.
&#8220;&#8230;But perhaps we need not concern ourselves with the plot of the movie, since it is undermined at every moment by the unwieldy need to involve a screenful of characters, who, despite the most astonishing powers, have not been made exciting or even interesting,&#8221; Ebert wrote. &#8220;The X-Men are major league compared to them.&#8221;
Chris Evans, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, and Ioan Gruffudd lead this haphazard cast of superheroes that <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0120667/?ref_=bo_se_r_3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">brought</a> 20th Century studios, to date, more than $333 million during its lifetime.
<h2>#6 &#8220;Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice&#8221;</h2>
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Directed by Zach Snyder, &#8220;Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice&#8221; hit the big screen in 2016 and fans were excited to see just which one of their favorite superheroes would come away a victor from the battle, but the storyline fell flat.
&#8220;Fearing that the actions of Superman are left unchecked, Batman takes on the Man of Steel, while the world wrestles with what kind of a hero it really needs,&#8221; a description on <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2975590/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IMDb</a> read.
Unfortunately, fans and critics alike agreed the highly-anticipated DC Warner Bros. film was not great. Moviegoers gave it a 63% popcorn score, while critics gave it a 29% rotten on <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/batman_v_superman_dawn_of_justice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rotten Tomatoes</a>.
One <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/batman_v_superman_dawn_of_justice/reviews?type=top_critics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">critic</a> noted, &#8220;I wish I could tell you more, but honestly it&#8217;s all just a blur of pretentious speeches about what lurks in the hearts of men and noisy fight scenes and nonsensical dream sequences.&#8221;
Despite the film having a less-than-satisfying story, DC Warner Bros. earned more than $873 million at the worldwide <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2975590/?ref_=bo_se_r_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">box office</a> during its lifetime.
<h2>#5 &#8220;Wonder Woman 1984&#8221;</h2>
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Following the huge success of 2017&#8217;s &#8220;Wonder Woman,&#8221; DC Warner Bros. asked Patty Jenkins to once again direct the female superhero-led film. Despite the return of Gal Gadot, as Diana Prince, aka, Wonder Woman, and Chris Pine, the 2020 film didn’t set any records at the box office.
While &#8220;WW&#8221; centered around Wonder Woman&#8217;s battle to find and destroy the Greek god Of War Ares with a WWI backdrop, this time Diana&#8217;s in the 1980s with her new nemesis Cheetah played by Kristen Wiig and Pedro Pascal, playing Maxwell Lord.
&#8220;Diana must contend with a work colleague, and with a businessman whose desire for extreme wealth sends the world down a path of destruction, after an ancient artifact that grants wishes goes missing,&#8221; according to a description on <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7126948/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_8_nm_0_q_Wonder%2520Woman%2520">IMDb.</a>
<a href="https://christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/2020/wonderwoman2020.html">One writer</a> noted, &#8220;While the characters and emotional gravitas are strong, the overall plot, pacing, and tone are too all-over-the place to really work as a cohesive whole. And the 2½ hour runtime felt a bit like a drag, especially in the second act.&#8221;
The 2017 film <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0451279/?ref_=bo_se_r_1">earned</a> more than $822 million over its lifetime worldwide. In comparison, &#8220;WW1984,&#8221; to date, has earned DC Warner Bros. a little over $169 million at the <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt7126948/?ref_=bo_se_r_2">box office.</a>
<h2>#4 &#8220;Eternals&#8221;</h2>
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Marvel&#8217;s new superheroes finally hit theaters in October 2021, after the COVID pandemic forced the film to be shelved in November 2020 and again in February 2021. Director Chloe Zhao’s attempt at making superheroes out of such stars as Angelina Jolie, Kumail Nanjiani, and more ended up falling flat with fans.
In this film, &#8220;immortal beings&#8221; called Eternals discover their real purpose isn&#8217;t protecting human life from Deviants, as they were led to believe for all time, and instead, discover that they were created to allow for the growth/birth of a celestial which will mean the destruction of everything on the planet.
&#8220;The end of one life &#8230; is the beginning of another,&#8221; Arishem the Judge tells one of the Eternals, at one point.
Critics widely panned this film, giving it a 47% rotten score on <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eternals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rotten Tomatoes</a>. One movie reviewer <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eternals/reviews?intcmp=rt-scorecard_tomatometer-reviews" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>, &#8220;Regardless of Zhao&#8217;s (and Marvel&#8217;s) intentions, &#8216;Eternals&#8217; is a parade of faces without experience, a movie that reaches back and forth through history and comes back empty-handed.&#8221;
Kit Harrington, Salma Hayek, Richard Madden, and more round out this Marvel movie that <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt9032400/?ref_=bo_se_r_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">earned</a> Disney Studios more than $402 million during its run in theaters.
<h2>#3 &#8220;Avengers: Age of Ultron&#8221;</h2>
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Three years after the very popular &#8220;The Avengers,&#8221; the highly-anticipated sequel &#8220;Avengers: Age of Ultron&#8221; hit theaters and despite the teaming up on the big screen again of Thor, Black Widow, Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man, and others, it is not considered one of Marvel&#8217;s greatest films in the genre.
&#8220;When Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it&#8217;s up to Earth&#8217;s mightiest heroes to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plan,&#8221; a description on <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2395427/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IMDb</a> read about the 2015 film.
&#8220;There&#8217;s only one path to peace, the Avengers extinction,&#8221; Ultron threatens our superhero team, at one point.
One critic <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/avengers_age_of_ultron/reviews?intcmp=rt-scorecard_tomatometer-reviews" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>, &#8220;Hardcore fans will find enough to enjoy here, but I found the pace at times slow, the visual effects somewhat disappointing (particularly compared to The Winter Soldier) and the story less than engrossing.&#8221;
Directed by Joss Whedon, the film includes <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-chris-evans-dives-into-the-marvel-as-cinema-debate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Evans</a>, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, and Robert Downey Jr. It ended up <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2395427/?ref_=bo_se_r_1">earning</a> Disney studios more than $1.4 billion worldwide during its lifetime.
<h2>#2 &#8220;Thor: The Dark World&#8221;</h2>
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The same year, Marvel released &#8220;Thor: The Dark World&#8221; from director Alan Taylor, who rose to fame after directing episodes of &#8220;Game of Thrones.&#8221; The sequel to the popular 2011 movie &#8220;Thor,&#8221; &#8220;Dark World&#8221; did not translate to success for the superhero film led by Chris Hemsworth who plays the god of Thunder, Thor.
&#8220;When the Dark Elves attempt to plunge the universe into darkness, Thor must embark on a perilous and personal journey that will reunite him with doctor Jane Foster,&#8221; a description on <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1981115/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IMDb</a> read.
&#8220;In the first film [Thor] learned both humility and the important lesson that a king doesn&#8217;t seek out battle for his own amusement,&#8221; one writer <a href="https://thelovepirate.net/2013/11/10/reviewanalysis-thor-the-dark-world/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>. &#8220;Here he&#8217;s trying to balance his duty to the kingdom with his love for a human, someone from a different realm who will only live a fraction of his lifetime.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/thor_the_dark_world/reviews?intcmp=rt-scorecard_tomatometer-reviews" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UK Sunday Times</a> opined that despite the movie&#8217;s title, &#8220;the only dark things about this world are the long, dull speeches and terrible costumes.&#8221;
Natalie Portman and Tom Hiddleston round out the cast and helped to bring Disney $644,783,140 at the worldwide <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1981115/?ref_=bo_se_r_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">box office</a> to date.
<h2>#1 &#8220;Iron Man 3&#8221;</h2>
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Released in 2013, Marvel&#8217;s &#8220;Iron Man 3&#8221; was a disappointment after the massive success of the first &#8220;Iron Man&#8221; in 2008 from actor-turned-filmmaker Jon Favreau. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/robert-downey-jr-entire-planet-should-be-a-matriarchy-because-men-start-wars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert Downey Jr</a>. once again takes on the role of billionaire inventor Tony Stark, who transforms into the man in the ironclad suit to defeat the latest form of evil.
Directed by Shane Black, Iron Man has enjoyed years of success, never looking back at his wilder days, until now when it finally catches up with him, in the form of genetically engineered humans, with a fatal flaw.
&#8220;When Tony Stark&#8217;s world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution,&#8221; a description on <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1300854/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IMDb</a> read.
&#8220;Previously the series has been one of the more grown-up superhero franchises, but &#8220;IM3&#8243; is aimed straight at middle school,&#8221; one critic <a href="https://nypost.com/2013/04/30/iron-man-3-doesnt-iron-out-its-kinks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. &#8220;Gone are all of the actual ideas (such as Tony&#8217;s robust defense of capitalism), gone is the witty dialogue, gone is anything like character development.&#8221;
Despite the film&#8217;s less than great story line, Paramount Pictures and Marvel still killed it at the <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1300854/?ref_=bo_se_r_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">box office</a> and earned more than $1.2 billion globally to date.
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