BvS Batman V Superman Box Office Prediction - - - - - - Part 15

[Kahran Ramsus]

Nope, it had a real good shot at making a billion. Please note how front-loaded it was, clearly there was a huge appetite for seeing these icons face off. And yet it immediately suffered one of the biggest drops ever for a superhero movie with no real competition to speak of simply because audiences didn't really care for what they saw. It had all the potential in the world, but dropped the ball entirely. It's undeniable.

It had an opening day/weekend that put it well on track for a billion dollar gross.

EDIT: Batman vs. Superman had the 7th highest domestic opening weekend of all-time. Of the top 9 OWs, the other eight all did a billion.

 

[Clark-Kent]

Singer's movies may not be bright and funny but he knows how to make an entertaining movie that will be well received by the general audience (same with Nolan), in case of Snyder, he just makes the movie he wants to without thinking too much about the general audience, sometimes it works (300, MoS) sometimes it doesn't (Sucker Punch, Watchmen, BvS).

I wonder how fans would react to Singer getting hired to do a Superman sequel. I also wonder how it would fair at the box office compared to what MOS did. It's been a long time since SR.

 

[MadVillainy]

Guys...just don't engage. Men lie, women lie, numbers don't. The numbers speak plenty to the point of what Flint Marko, me, or most other users will say about this movie's Box Office returns

 

[STARMAN]

The box office legs are terrible. Not only does it hurt the total sum but shows you how little goodwill this film generated for itself and will not be a boost for other films in the franchise.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

The box office legs are terrible. Not only does it hurt the total sum but shows you how little goodwill this film generated for itself and will not be a boost for other films in the franchise.

I definitely expect the box office for Justice League to drop considerably.

 

[The Joker]

I can't see them promoting JL as "From the director of Batman vs Superman".

 

[Flint Marko]

I never said it didn't have a good shot. I said there was no reason to be SHOCKED. Pay more attention, please.

After seeing the full movie, yes, I agree. I'm not shocked it didn't make a billion either.
However if you had told me or WB a few months back that BvS would limp it's way to $830 million worldwide, there would certainly be some shock. You don't spend as much money as they did hoping to make less than a billion. You can deny that all you want, but you won't be able to re-write history.

When you say that "audiences didn't care for what they saw" what do you mean? 90% didn't like it? 80% didn't like it? What percentage needs to like a movie for it to make great money? And when you answer, provide mathematical proof of what you're saying, because i'm not interested in speculation being treated as facts. Also, provide me some proof that the critics horrible score didn't stop a lot of people from spending money on the movie. People that could probably have helped the movie to achieve 1B or way more.

When I say "audiences didn't care for what they saw", I'm again referring to the massive box office drop that, if you've been paying attention, has only gotten steeper and steeper with each week. That's really all that I need to show this movie wasn't particularly well received. As Kahran pointed out:

It had an opening day/weekend that put it well on track for a billion dollar gross.

You can try and blame the drop primarily on the poor critical reception but had this been embraced by audiences in any significant way the numbers would look quite different. People went and saw the film in droves on opening weekend and it didn't seen the WOM was strong enough to get others interested.
If you're going to try and convince us that audiences did indeed like a movie as front-loaded as this, the burden of proof is on you. But with the underwhelming cinemascore (on the same level as Catwoman and GL), the massive drop in RT audience score (which may not seem super low but keep in mind it started with tens of thousands of very high votes before people had actually got the chance to see it), as well as the general conversation that has surrounded the film since it's premiere (the sad Affleck video is still in the news cycle on google), you're fighting an uphill battle.

 

[Doctor Jones]

So it's looking for the single digits this weekend. Called that too.

 

[Clark-Kent]

$805,511,600

That's the current up to date WW figures. Is it possible 850 mil doesn't happen?

 

[Silliminite]

I see this film has crossed 800 million at the BO.

 

[Clark-Kent]

I see this film has crossed 800 million at the BO.

Yeah, it's not a bomb at least. It's definitely not where we had hoped it would be, but considering just how bad the reviews were I guess they can celebrate at WB somewhat for avoiding total meltdown.

 

[Micromind]

$805,511,600

That's the current up to date WW figures. Is it possible 850 mil doesn't happen?

It should reach close to 850 mil, we will see..

 

[Clark-Kent]

It should reach close to 850 mil, we will see..

How many weeks does it have left in theater most likely?

 

[Micromind]

Yeah, it's not a bomb at least. It's definitely not where we had hoped it would be, but considering just how bad the reviews were I guess they can celebrate at WB somewhat for avoiding total meltdown.

WB also gets money from merchandise sales (unlike Sony during TASM 2, who didn't get any profit from merch sales as it went to Marvel) and DVD, Blu-ray sales, video streaming and broadcast rights.

And it must have got some money even before the movie was released by product tie-ins with various companies.

So, while not an ideal situation, and not a very good scenario, it's not a disaster, financially speaking. (IMO.)

 

[Micromind]

How many weeks does it have left in theater most likely?

It's losing screens to Jungle Book, fast.

They rarely keep a movie going after four weeks, especially if it's not pulling in crowds or if they are more interested in some other movie (Jungle Book)

So, One more week.

 

[Clark-Kent]

Meanwhile with current BO at $805,511,600. Man of steel did $668,045,518.

The WB probably will view the movie's critical panning as something to fix, but enough progression happened, to where a better movie can pull in that over a billion figure with JL. Whether we agree with the reasoning or not, that's probably where they are at as it appears they move forward with JL. They are all in, and if this was viewed internally as a total bomb they'd of had to pull out and delay.

We move forward to JL it seems folks.

 

[Silliminite]

WB also gets money from merchandise sales (unlike Sony during TASM 2, who didn't get any profit from merch sales as it went to Marvel) and DVD, Blu-ray sales, video streaming and broadcast rights.

And it must have got some money even before the movie was released by product tie-ins with various companies.

So, while not an ideal situation, and not a very good scenario, it's not a disaster, financially speaking. (IMO.)

It's gonna make a profit of at least a couple hundred million, as a trade article had estimated a while back. WB really needed this after last year. It's gonna get even better for the studio with Suicide Squad and Fantastic Beasts.

 

[STARMAN]

Adjusted for inflation, MOS is 302 mill domestic. BvS is not a huge jump domestically considering Batman and all the presold tickets.

 

[L33CHem]

In the end, with reviews and debates aside we have a film that did over 800 million.

 

[Micromind]

It's gonna make a profit of at least a couple hundred million, as a trade article had estimated a while back. WB really needed this after last year. It's gonna get even better for the studio with Suicide Squad and Fantastic Beasts.

If you count the money from merchandise sales (for a character like Spider-man it's 1 billion worldwide. ) for Batman, Superman and WW, estimates put it at one third of money earned from spider-man merch. sales.

It will make enough.

 

[L33CHem]

BvS is a success and that's a good thing folks, cause the DC movies will continue

 

[Silliminite]

If you count the money from merchandise sales (for a character like Spider-man it's 1 billion worldwide. ) for Batman, Superman and WW, estimates put it at one third of money earned from spider-man merch. sales.

It will make enough.

Yeah, the merch for this film has been amazing. Not surprised at how well it's sold.

 

[Micromind]

In the end, with reviews and debates aside we have a film that did over 800 million.

BvS is a success and that's a good thing folks, cause the DC movies will continue

I think it's a good thing that the movie made enough money so that Studio keeps making DC movies but at the same time it's good that this movie under-performed, this way they will have to make movies that are "Box-Office friendly".

That is, those movies that general audience will go and see multiple
times in the theaters, for that, they have to make sure that movies are entertaining and interesting.

Hope WB learn from their mistakes.

 

[The Joker]

In the end, with reviews and debates aside we have a film that did over 800 million.

Which is not nearly enough profit for WB on a movie like this. No competition in theaters. Beaten at weekend box office by the likes of Melissa McCarthy. It should have skated to a billion with ease. To call it a financial disappointment for WB is an understatement.

Deadpool, that's right Deadpool can pull in more domestically than Batman and Superman combined.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Adjusted for inflation, MOS is 302 mill domestic. BvS is not a huge jump domestically considering Batman and all the presold tickets.

WB has to be disappointed with this... $400 million should have been the absolute basement for this film domestically.