NHawk19
insert witty comment
- Joined
- Apr 6, 2005
- Messages
- 5,936
- Reaction score
- 430
- Points
- 73
Well, that is only the domestic numbers. I'm not sure if the year is trailing behind on the worldwide scene. But the problem this year, especially in US, is that it is pretty much only Disney who delivers so far. It's kinda amazing that domestically there's still no non-Disney-movie (not counting Spider-Man which is connected to Disney's MCU) that has reached $200 million, even if It: Chapter Two likely will get there eventually unless it collapses next weekend. There's less depth this year. Only six movies has made more than $200 million. Last year we had fourteen movies. We have 20 movies over $100 million this year compared to 34 last year. The three last months this year have a good chance of being stronger than last year though and I'm pretty sure that both November and December will be stronger (again mostly thanks to Disney), but I don't think there's a chance for this year to catch up with last year. Noteworthy is that 2019 is also behind 2016 so far.
I agree. I just find it fascinating that while we on this site see the huge numbers on the movies we've been waiting for, and continue to focus on those record movies, the rest of the industry, in the US anyway, is overall down from last year. Thus making the once frowned upon comic book movies the major source of profit for the entire industry.
Also I'm really curious to see what happens to the industry next year with a much more subdued Marvel lineup, and quite frankly lineup in general. Granted there's a lot of nostalgia films coming. Several of which should do well. Even Wonder Woman is on the list for next year, but her initial debut was 800M. I just don't see the guaranteed billion dollars for any of them though.
Next year could be really off for all the distributors without the huge Disney releases to prop it up.