2014 Movie News Archives

June 6, 2014: Why Superman Movie Fans Have No Need to Worry

Dawn of Justice Mark Hughes at Forbes.com has published quite an interesting article delving in to the concerns that many Superman fans (both here and across the internet) have voiced in the wake of "Man of Steel", and the inclusion of Batman, Wonder Woman and Cyborg in its follow-up film.

    For months now, we've seen Superman fans asserting that Superman is being forgotten or pushed aside, that Warner appears to be abandoning Superman's franchise altogether, and that Superman's portrayal is suffering from lack of respect or faithfulness while headed toward even worse disrespect in the forms of mockery and beat-down at the hands of Batman. The general conclusion these fans have reached is that Warner intends on turning Superman into a sort of patsy, with Batman being the dominant character and representing arguments "debunking" the ideals Superman stands for, in a series of nothing but team-up movies that essentially ignore Superman.

    Warner knows that teaming up Superman with Batman in the next film and then having him star in Justice League means the Superman franchise is about to get a huge boost. If Thor can get a big enough boost after The Avengers to nearly match Superman's box office, and Captain America - a guy dressed up as an American flag and supposedly representing old fashioned ideals and moral sentiments - can end up surpassing Superman and almost everyone else at the box office in the aftermath of Marvel's shared-world post-Avengers marketing machine, how much do you think Warner assumes Superman will make after a Justice League boost? Don't bother getting your calculator out, I'll just tell you the answer is "a lot."

    If Superman enjoyed the same sort of boost Thor received, that would put Superman's next lone outing at more than $950 million. But even Superman only got half the God of Thunder's box office bump, that would still push Superman over the $800 million mark when flying solo. Realistically, though, it's likely that Superman would perform far better in the aftermath of the coming team-up films.

Mark goes on to make further excellent points in this complete article, which can be found at Forbes.com.



2014 Movie News

Listed below are all the Movie News items archived for 2014 organized into various categories:

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“Justice League” Movie News: “Man of Steel” Movie News: “Justice League: War” Animated Movie News: “Justice League: Throne of Atlantis” Animated Movie News: LEGO Animated Movie News: Christopher Reeve Movie News: Other Movie News:

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