Comic Book Movies Hit $1 Billion
Comic book movies have finally been unseated from the top of the box office mountain, as the latest Mummy movie displaced The Dark Knight.
But there’s still no debating this being the summer of the superhero, as comic book movies hit one HUH-YUGE milestone: $1 billion in ticket sales, according to boxofficemojo.com.
That includes Chris Nolan’s Batman sequel (which is up to $363 million), Hellboy 2, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. Am I forgetting any?
Dark Knight was also the fastest movie to hit $350 million in sales, doing so in a scant 14 days. That’s nine days faster than the previous best, set by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.
UPDATE — More official numbers now indicate Dark Knight is No. 1 again at the Box Office, pulling in $43.8 million to $42.5 for the Mummy. It’s also poised to hit $400 million by early this week, now only $5.1 million short of that marker.
Another 200 mil or so, and it'll break the Titanic records.
WANTED!
We're gonna start seeing the unmitigated crap about a year from now. As the bandwagon creaks and sways lower to the ground (making it all the easier for even more people to hop on), we'' see some really embarassing work, and as soon as the first one fails, Hollywood will suddenly "realize" that nobody wantes to see comic book movies anymore, and rush off to another hot genre, like vampire romance novels or something.
Maybe then Hollywood will leave Comic-Con alone – or at least not force out the "comic" aspect of the convention.This wouldn't be the first time genres get driven into the group by those riding the wave (Gangster, Horror, Western, etc.). Hopefully it won't be for some time.