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I would argue that all of those movies make money. Whether it received critical acclaim is something entirely different. But, from a business perspective, they all turned a nice profit.
Not true...
But when they place each character in their appropriate light and treat them with the proper love and respect they deserve, they are all almost always a surefire hit.
Examples:
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It was still a hit.
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DC's two flagship characters are not a guarantee for box office success.
Remember these?
To his dying day Joel Schumacher apologized to the audience for making Batman & Robin.
Again, we have to be careful regarding box office success and critical acclaim. Batman and Robin was wack as hell and I like DC. But is still made money. Superman Returns was actually pretty good. Brandon Routh was good and I would argue that Kevin Spacey was one of the best Lex Luthors second to Gene Hackman. This movie also made money.Not true...
DC's two flagship characters are not a guarantee for box office success.
Remember these?
To his dying day Joel Schumacher apologized to the audience for making Batman & Robin.
And while it wasn't an outright flop, Superman Returns under performed and bored audiences almost to tears.
The main problem with DC films is that they're repeatedly trying to recapture and recreate the formula of the 3 Nolan Batman films.
If they were smart, they'd realize that not every comic book property is SUPPOSED to be dark and grimey.
But when they place each character in their appropriate light and treat them with the proper love and respect they deserve, they are all almost always a surefire hit.
Examples:
Bro stop it. No Superman movie has ever flopped. Were they all blockbusters? No. Were they all critically acclaimed? No. But saying any Superman movie flopped is being disingenuous.
It made money.Not true...
This shit did FLOP. Big time....
What little money it managed to make still wasn't enough for it to considered a success.It made money.
But was the most absolute worst superman to date.
Nuclear Man??? Really??
F.U @CptMARVEL I had managed to erase this from my memory. Oh the horror!
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Well, @CptMARVEL reminded me of this travesty called Superman IV. It made some money, but no amount of money is worth subjecting the public to that movie.
not making a profit = not a hit
Still made enough profit to spawn a sequel....
Sorry but you are waaaaaaaay off on this one. Shazam not only made money, it did so by being the most least expensive DCEU movie. You shouldnt get caught up in total gross box office numbers. From a business standpoint, profit percentage is golden. Additionally, the movie received phenomenal critical and fan acclaim.
Sorry, pal.
Ummm, I take it you haven't seen this Superman film yet, have you...?
Remember, Joker is a DC movie, not a DCEU movie. Stupid? Yes. But it is what it is.Sorry, pal.
But this is also not true.
Joker had the lowest budget/production cost of any modern DC film. It cost 55 million to make but raked in over a billion dollars at the box office.
Whereas Shazam cost 100 million to make, yet bought in 365 million at the box office. It was still considered to be a hit though. A modest hit, but a hit nonetheless.
