BOX OFFICE: AQUAMAN Is Now One Of The 20 Highest Grossing Films Of All-Time

BOX OFFICE: AQUAMAN Is Now One Of The 20 Highest Grossing Films Of All-Time

Aquaman is still playing in select theaters and the film's weekend haul will be just enough to surpass Transformers: Dark of the Moon for the 20th spot on the list of highest-grossing movies of all time.

By MarkJulian - Feb 17, 2019 10:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Aquaman
A year ago, did you think a Jason Momoa-led Aquaman movie would become WB's most important superhero franchise?

Thanks to an extended 3-day President's Day weekend, Aquaman has taken in just enough at the domestic box office to eclipse the $1.12 billion earned by Michael Bay's Transformers: Dark of the Moon for the 20th spot on the list of highest-grossing movies of all time. In weeks past, the film eclipsed the previous record of  $1.085 billion set by The Dark Knight Rises as the highest grossing DC Comics adaptation of all time.

Below, you can check out this weekend's top-grossing domestic films.
LIST OF ALL-TIME DC COMICS FILMS (WORLDWIDE)
  1. Aquaman WB $1,130.8 Billion  (2018)
  2. The Dark Knight Rises WB $1,084.9 Billion  (2012)
  3. The Dark Knight WB $1,003.0 Billion   (2008 )
  4. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice WB $873.6 Million (2016)
  5. Wonder Woman WB $821.8 Million  (2017)
  6. Suicide Squad WB $746.8 Million  (2016)
  7. Man of Steel WB $668.0  Million (2013)
  8. Justice League WB $657.9 Million  (2017)
  9.  Batman WB $411.3 Million  (1989)
  10. Superman Returns WB  $391.1 Million (2006)
  11. Batman Begins WB $372.7 Million  (2005)
  12.  Batman Forever WB $336.5 Million  (1995)
  13. The LEGO Batman Movie WB $312.0 Million  (2017)
  14. Superman WB $300.2 Million  (1978)
  15. Batman Returns WB $266.8 Million  (1992)
  16. Batman and Robin WB $238.2 Million  (1997)
  17. Constantine WB $230.9 Million (2005)
  18. Green Lantern WB $219.9 Million (2011)
  19.  Red Summit $199.0 Million  (2010)
  20. Watchmen WB $185.3 Million (2009)
A sequel to Aquaman is in development, though director James Wan is currently unconfirmed to return. A spinoff, focusing on the deadly Trench, is also in development.

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DarkArrow19
DarkArrow19 - 2/17/2019, 10:34 AM
Glad to hear this. One of my favorite movies
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 2/17/2019, 4:02 PM
Never in my life would I have thought the DCEU's trinity would be Aquaman, Harley Quinn, & Wonder Woman. SMH on how Batman & Superman have fallen so low and into so much production trouble. Hopefully "The Batman" delivers as Superman is in retirement for a while.

Not sure how Shazam will come out as the marketing for that film seems absent. It comes out soon and we haven't even got a 2nd trailer, just a bunch of TV Spots with very little new footage. Hopefully it's not dead on arrival like Fan4stic because once you see that movie you know why Fox didn't want to market that film.
whynot
whynot - 2/17/2019, 4:28 PM
@mastakilla39 - Shazam not over revealing is a positive. They do need 1 great trailer though. Keep in Ming the budget is 90 million all they need is 300 million WW to make a profit
johnnymarr
johnnymarr - 2/17/2019, 5:53 PM
@mastakilla39 - Wonder Woman and Aquaman obtained great results, but I think it's a bit too early to proclaim Harley Quinn as part of this hypothetical new trinity. Can we really consider Suicide Squad as a "Harley film"? I don't think so (not that SS makes much of a difference for DC's reputation, but still...)

Yeah, DC is aggressively promoting Harley - but so far she doesn't even have a solo film. Until that Birds of Prey film comes out, there's absolutely no substantial evidence beyond the ravings of her fans to consider Harley as part of some kind of "new trinity".
Equivocal
Equivocal - 2/17/2019, 9:43 PM
@mastakilla39 -

wow
looking at that list from all dc movies...

(except for a couple of titles)





HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 2/17/2019, 10:35 AM
"You got no idea what's coming"

Umm, Aquaman 2??

HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 2/17/2019, 10:36 AM
Oops, I meant "The Aquaman"

ImmovableForce
ImmovableForce - 2/17/2019, 10:42 AM
Was he screaming in fear?
bcom
bcom - 2/17/2019, 12:29 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - If that earns another billion we might then get The Superman, The Wonder Woman, The Flash, The Cyborg and then maybe The Justice League.

WB sure seems to love adding "The" in front of their recent slate of superhero movies. Maybe it's going to be their naming 'thing'?
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 2/17/2019, 12:31 PM
@bcom - haha yeah, I was having a little fun with them adding The to their movies now.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 2/17/2019, 3:13 PM
@bcom - Not sure if you're joking or not but I definitely think that would be smart branding. I honestly think they should keep the trend up of naming their solo films after a "nickname" of the character, but that's just me. It could be their thing, like you said (ex: The Dark Knight, Man of Steel).

On the contrary, I could see why they'd want to move away from seeming to similar to those titles to avoid confusion with those previously-established DC films.
bcom
bcom - 2/17/2019, 3:38 PM
@L0RDbuckethead - I also like those titles. I liked that they simply went with "The Dark Knight" and "Man of Steel" rather than "Batman: The Dark Knight" or "Superman: The Man of Steel".

The trouble is that most of their other characters don't have those types of well known alternative 'nicknames'.

I was more referring to how weird it is that the upcoming movies all the "The" in front of the title. It just seems like a weird naming convention to follow... "The Batman" sounds cool, I guess "The Joker" kinda makes sense as a title but "The Suicide Squad" just sounds a little weird.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 2/17/2019, 3:42 PM
@bcom - Totally agreed. And it only makes sense for certain ones, like The Batman, because he is referred to as such in the comics (and in various other forms of media).

It reminds me of the episodes of Friends from the 90s, where every episode was titled, "The one with...". Same with Seinfield. Almost every episode is titled with "The".

I agree, it's a strange suit for WB to follow. But IMO, it would be good branding on their part.
DerekLake
DerekLake - 2/17/2019, 5:55 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - He was probably talking about Dune.
MarvelDCAllDay
MarvelDCAllDay - 2/17/2019, 10:41 AM
So...who’s gonna be the new punching bag?
MarvelDCAllDay
MarvelDCAllDay - 2/17/2019, 10:41 AM
@MarvelDCAllDay - I put money on Green Lantern
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 2/17/2019, 10:45 AM
@MarvelDCAllDay - Well he already was in the first Lego Movie, so I agree we should continue that
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 2/17/2019, 11:17 AM
@MarvelDCAllDay - Looks like it's Superman. 🤐
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 2/17/2019, 11:20 AM
@Aquamayne - you think Shazam will be the punching bag? I'm assuming you're not moronic enough to not realize that the 'punching bag' comment pertains to DC. So you bringing Brie Larson's Captain Marvel in would just make you look like a massive fool trying to say something trollish. Don't act mentally incapacitated, bud.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 2/17/2019, 11:26 AM
@Aquamayne - thank you, I'm glad you understood and liked it.
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