B larson captain marvel9/10/2023 ![]() ![]() These films are almost entirely Walt Disney biggies, with two Jurassic World movies from Universal/Comcast and Fox's Titanic (yes, Fox is now part of Disney) also acting as the exception to the rule.Īs noted here and there, Disney started their march toward world domination when they stopped chasing trying to cash in on the success of Pirates of the Caribbean (while forgetting that the initial trilogy was essentially Elizabeth Swann's story) and started trying to cash in on Alice in Wonderland. We should also note that these 13 movies (counting Captain Marvel) are all, save for Titanic, Alice in Wonderland and Frozen, from the summer of 2015 or later. Jackson's obvious drawing power as an added-value element in these big movies) even more impressive. That'll just make the accomplishment (without taking anything away from Samuel L. If you want to argue that some of those movies are closer to two-handers than outright female-led, so be it. Once it passes Wonder Woman, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn part II ($819 million in 2012, sans 3-D and with little IMAX help overseas) and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($865m in 2013, in 2-D), it'll sit behind (unless I missed one) only Zootopia ($1.023 billion in 2016), Alice in Wonderland ($1.025b in 2016), Finding Dory ($1.028b in 2016), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ($1.056b in 2016), Incredibles 2 ($1.24b in 2018), Beauty and the Beast ($1.263b in 2017), Frozen ($1.276b in 2013), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($1.31b in 2018), Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($1.333b in 2017), Jurassic World ($1.672b in 2015), Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($2.058b in 2015) and Titanic ($2.2b counting all reissues) among all big-scale female-led blockbuster/action fantasy flicks. Yes, I'm counting Tom Holland's appearance in Captain America: Civil War (which itself is something of an Avengers movie) as a glorified cameo. That'll mean, inflation notwithstanding, that Captain Marvel, starring Brie Larson as Carol Danvers, will be the biggest-grossing superhero movie not starring Batman or Iron Man and aside from Aquaman ($1.14 billion in 2018) and Black Panther ($1.346b in 2018). The Anna Boden/Ryan Fleck-directed MCU adventure could end Sunday with over/under $915 million worldwide, putting it past the likes of Venom ($855m), Bohemian Rhapsody ($880m, with the film debuting in China today in a heavily-censored cut) and Spider-Man 3 ($890m in 2007). And yes, as long as Us opens well enough for its purposes (and we're talking about a $20m R-rated horror flick, so Conjuring-level numbers are not required) and Captain Marvel has a halfway decent hold, it doesn't matter which movie tops the box office this weekend. That's not a guarantee, but I expect for Jordan Peele's Us to be a bigger deal in North America (at least initially) than overseas. It should enter its third weekend with around $286m domestic and $825 million worldwide as it makes a play for $900m-plus over the weekend. ![]()
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