Total not including Int'l DVD sales: $120,472,816
The production budget was 57 Million
So in reality, it was a dud, not worth warranting another sequel. Resident Evil: Afterlife had a similar budget and made nearly $300million.
This has come up a few times before but:
Marvel Knights: Punisher, Daredevil, Elektra, Moon Knight, Cloak, and Dagger, Shang-Chi, Luke Cage, Iron Fist
Midnight Sons: Blade, Werewolf by Night, Man-Thing, and Ghost Rider (assuming they get the rights back, which I'm pretty sure they will)
That's still a good profit. We're used to crazy larger profits sure, but Sony would still be pretty happy with that.
$60 million is not to be sneezed at.
Had to fix that for you.
I assure you it's fine the way it was. I'll pass on Elektra, Shang-Chi, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage. None of those characters ever did anything for me.
Punisher, Daredevil, Moon Knight, Cloak, and Dagger. There's more than enough diversity there. I'll pass on the '70s martial arts fluff aspects of the MU.
Why would Buena Vista buy any of those rights? If anybody makes a Marvel Knights movie, its almost certainly going to be Marvel. They have Punisher, they will soon have Daredevil, and they have a ton of other relevant characters.
Cause Buenva Vista owns Marvel remember? i'd love to see Touchstone or Hollywood Pictures do Punisher, Daredevil and all those Marvel characters
They should totally do a Heroes for Hire neo-70s film on its own merit. Kung Fu Kid meets Blaxpoitation Badass. Hell, they could even set it in the MCU 70s if they really wanted, though that would upset a lot of fans.
. . .Buena Vista does not own Marvel. Disney owns Marvel.
Really can't trust any TV ventures (save for maybe S.H.I.E.L.D.) while Jeph Loeb is still the head of Marvel's TV and animation division. That said, I agree that Marvel Knights properties could really succeed on the small screen.I'd like to see it, but I see Marvel just sitting on most of the "knights" properties. Blade, Punisher, Ghost Rider, etc. They already tried pitching a Punisher TV show, which got passed on.. I'd still want to see a pre-costume Matt Murdock in an adventure show during his college years..
I'd also like to see Shang Chi in his own action show. Cast a young, asian-american actor.
If Marvel make a Marvel Knights movie like Ghost Rider, I'm giving up on MarvelI just saw Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, and I realized Marvel's new Marvel Knight film imprint is 0-2. I wonder if they'll drop the tag all together.