THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 Is The Least Profitable Comic Book Movie Of 2014

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 Is The Least Profitable Comic Book Movie Of 2014

Deadline has released a list of the top 20 most valuable movie blockbuster of 2014 and between the five comic book movies of last year Guardians of the Galaxy is the most profitable. Hit the jump to see the full list.

By fuffy - Mar 18, 2015 05:03 PM EST
Source: Deadline

Based on costs and revenues from the domestic boxoffice, Deadline has made a top 20 list of the most valuable movies of 2014, with Transformers: Age of Extinction on the number 1 and Interstellar on the last spot.

Counting only the comic book movies of 2014, Guardians of the Galaxy takes the lead on #5 with 204.2 million, followed by Captain America: The Winter Soldier on #9 and 166.224M. Way behind is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on #15 with 81.31M. Finally X-Men: Days of Future Past and The Amazing Spider-man are in #16 and #18 respectively, the first one with 77.384M and the latest with only 70.377M.

Here's the full list:

1. Transformers: Age Of Extinction – $250.155
2. American Sniper – $242.58
3. The Lego Movie – $229.008
4. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 – $211.609
5. Guardians of the Galaxy – $204.2
6. Maleficent – $190.77
7. Big Hero 6 – $187.339
8. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes – $182.179
9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier – $166.224
10. 22 Jump Street – $144.476
11. Neighbors – $136.05
12. Gone Girl – $129.99
13. How to Train Your Dragon 2 – $107.337
14. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – $103.379
15. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – $81.31
16. X-Men: Days Of Future Past – $77.384
17. Divergent – $71.868
18. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – $70.377
19. Godzilla – $52.477
20. Interstellar – $47.161


What do you think of these numbers? Is there any surprise for you? Share your thoughts
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Jaspion
Jaspion - 3/18/2015, 5:37 PM

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Wannabe
Wannabe - 3/18/2015, 5:38 PM
Domestic or Worldwide?
AnthonyLantern
AnthonyLantern - 3/18/2015, 5:38 PM
Funny to think that the "Amazing" series came and went between Avengers films
Wannabe
Wannabe - 3/18/2015, 5:41 PM
@fuffy

See my question posted above.
fuffy
fuffy - 3/18/2015, 5:43 PM
@Wannabe
Already in the article
JoJo1982
JoJo1982 - 3/18/2015, 5:44 PM
Not much money for amazing Spiderman 2 or X-men DOFP
Wannabe
Wannabe - 3/18/2015, 5:46 PM
@fuffy

Do you know the worldwide numbers?
TheEpicJuicebox
TheEpicJuicebox - 3/18/2015, 5:48 PM
So is this why marvel got Spider-Man?
fuffy
fuffy - 3/18/2015, 5:50 PM
@Wannabe
nope. Just know what deadline released.
maybe they do an article other day.
fuffy
fuffy - 3/18/2015, 5:52 PM
you gotta love Jollem
SoFresh
SoFresh - 3/18/2015, 5:53 PM
You can't sway the Bay
Wannabe
Wannabe - 3/18/2015, 5:54 PM
Jollem likes Transformers. Thinks First Planet of the Apes was better than the clearly superior sequel. Thinks 22 Jump Street was bad. Terrible taste confirmed.
SageMode
SageMode - 3/18/2015, 5:58 PM
Marvel is really doing Sony a favor. This is a great example why.
thor2273
thor2273 - 3/18/2015, 5:59 PM
Ha TASM2 got beat by that piece of shit Divergent.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 3/18/2015, 6:01 PM
TASM2 is dogshit, we already know that.

[frick] this movie and this series. So [frick]ing glad its dead.
Jazzy4
Jazzy4 - 3/18/2015, 6:02 PM
And Fox has to give a chunk of the Xmen revnues to Marvel. A very small chunk but a chunk nonetheles.
TheEpicJuicebox
TheEpicJuicebox - 3/18/2015, 6:05 PM
@Jollem hahahaha Knife flip, hopefully civil war will feature even more knife flipping
Jazzy4
Jazzy4 - 3/18/2015, 6:06 PM
Sony and Fox CBM are usually around 30%-40% more expensive than Marvel's (marketing included in the overall investment).

If they could reduced their investment costs, their CBM would be as profitable.

Both DOFP and TAMS2 costed at least $400M to produce and market, whereas CATWS and GOTG were around $220-$260M to make and market.
MarkyMarkRises
MarkyMarkRises - 3/18/2015, 6:11 PM
@Sophisticated

tick, tick, tick. It's growing more and more inefficient, and almost half the people who comment are trolls (mostly because the more persistent users here want to be hateful and have their 'earth-shattering' thoughts heard)
DRJ01
DRJ01 - 3/18/2015, 6:11 PM
That's cause they spent a quater of a BILLON DOLLARS on production budget alone! Probably 100+ M on advertisement made about 700M so no wonder they are partnering with Marvel.
FrozenDiamondz
FrozenDiamondz - 3/18/2015, 6:18 PM
Michael Bay can't lose

Bay > Whedon

GOAT director
Bakersfield
Bakersfield - 3/18/2015, 6:49 PM
LEAST* PROFITABLE


Fix the damn title.
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/18/2015, 8:09 PM
Thank f*ck Mark Webb has gone from the Spider-Man franchise,watch Marvel studios show you how its really done.
the
the - 3/18/2015, 8:13 PM
@Jazzy4 I guess that's where the X-men spinoffs and F4 movies come in
(profit on tighter budgets to finance future, more costly installments).
FOX should definitely consider hiring guys like Alex Garland and Duncan Jones, if that's the case.
TokenNerd
TokenNerd - 3/18/2015, 9:23 PM
LOL was this posted just to bash TASM2 yet again?
Sony should drop a directors cut and show us what Marc Webb wanted to release instead of the "Amy Pascal edit".

I'm sure it'd be a whole lot better, look at Fox's Daredevil theatrical cut, that was crap. Directors cut awesome.
I'd also like to see the directors cut of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", I'm sure Gavin Hood had an awesome film in the works but studio executives took over the final edit :(

Whilst on directors cuts, I wanna see the extended Incredible Hulk movie that Ed Norton keeps going on about.
JredTheRed
JredTheRed - 3/18/2015, 10:04 PM
@fluffy - Please change the word "less" in the title to "Least".

@LubedUp - That's actually a pretty cool poster.



Also, I kinda figured X-Men would be a lot further up on that list. That movies was UNCANNY.
m0th3r
m0th3r - 3/18/2015, 10:34 PM
ROFl..love being right all along..



Production Budget Profit
GOTG 170m 204m 1.20 profit per dollar spent on production budget
CAP2 170m 166m .98 profit per dollar spent on production
DOFP 200m 77m .38 profit per dollar spent on production
ASM2 225m 70m .31 profit per dollar spent on produciton


REMEMBER, Sony documents CLEARLY set studio expectations at .50c of profit PER dollar spent on production. Marvel is KILLING THEM. And pretty much confirms that DoFP underproduced. I think we argued this for about 5 months here.

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