X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX Delayed Until 2019 As THE NEW MUTANTS Gets Pushed Back AGAIN

@Saga - ...give the rights back to Marvel...


...oh wait...

@PBIRD -

@Humperdink - That assumes that they did not get this film right. They have been hit or miss actually so there is no telling how this one would have turned out.

@Forthas - If we follow the pattern one could say the next X-Men movie should be good, just look:

X1 - HIT
X2 - HIT
X3 - MISS
FC - HIT
DOFP - HIT
XA - MISS
DP - HIT?

@Forthas - im optimistic as the bts photos look interesting. but more than that, i think the new strategy is to now release all comic book movies in seperate months so it has legs to stay #1 more than just the usual 2 weeks, then drop.

Black panther was #1 for 5 weeks straight becuz it had no competition. i think fox wants to try and do the same as april and august are usually considered the "dead months".

Marvel releasing avengers 3 early already proves they regret not releasing it a month earlier where there is no comp. insiders state that marvel is worried that infinity war is not going to do better than black panther at the domestic box office.

@mastakilla39 - That sounds rather suspect. We're not talking about JL and WW here. The only way BP makes more money than IW is if it's a terribly disappointing film. Deadpool and Solo are not going to kneecap it to the extent it can't clear $1.3 billion, unless it's very lackluster, and so far nothing suggests that is the case.

@Forthas - Haha good, don't rush it and make it like that shit show rises

@MyBeard - I was talking about the domestic box office only. Avengers 3&4 are guaranteed to make more than BP worldwide. Lackluster or not doesnt matter if they both fail to beat BP's domestic total of 631+mil. As BP is the highest grossing superhero film of all time domestically.

And yes DP2 and Solo will hurt infinity war's domestic box office because they will dethrone IW's #1 streak. No MCU film besides Avengers 1 and BP have stayed #1 for more than 3 weeks.

If avengers 3 came out beginning of April it would have been #1 until Solo and DP came out. And have a higher domestic box office, as BP took advantage of coming out early and having no competition from other big franchises.

@blitzburgh -

Are you talking about The Dark Knight Rises...

The highest grossing DC comic book film ever;
The second highest grossing film in Warner Brothers Studio’s history;
Ranked 22nd on the all time highest grossing box office list;
Ranked eighth on the all time DVD/Blu Ray sales list;
An American Film Institute Top Ten Film of 2012;
An “A” CinemaScore;
An 87% Critic and 90% Audience Rotten Tomatoes score
Winner of 4 Golden Trailer Awards;
Winner of 3 Golden Schmoes Awards
Winner of 3 IGN Peoples Choice Awards
Winner of a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress;
Winner of a Teen Choice Award for Best Actress in an Action Film;
Winner of the SFX Award for Best Actress
Winner of BMI Film & TV Awards for Best Music
Winner of the Hollywood Film Awards for Best Cinematographer
Winner of the International Online Film Critics' Poll for Best Visual Effects and Best Cinematography
Winner of the MovieGuide Awards for Best Film for Mature Audiences
Winner of the ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards for Top Box Office Films
Winner of the CinEuphoria Audience Award for Top Ten Films of the Year
Winner SESC Film Festival Audience Award for Best Picture

...is that the film you are talking about? Yeah! Who would want that kind of success?

@Humperdink - Shoot, can't even include Deadpool yet because they've still just put out the one movie.

@mastakilla39 - I've never seen anyone use only US box office except to provide support to a suspect claim. What difference does that make to a company whose goal is to maximize return to its shareholders where the money comes from? I've heard that the % going back to the studio is different country to country and usually less, but I still fail to see the logic. It still counts as money and no one would bother tallying worldwide gross at all if it didn't.

I'm not one to equate box office with quality of movie, but weeks at number 1 implies even less. Unless it is terribly disappointing, IW will be a mainstay in theaters and drive-ins for half the summer. Making $30 million is the same whether the film is 1st, 2nd or 3rd for the week. Deadpool and Solo will take some away from the IW total, but not enough to knock it below BP, unless, of course, IW is shitty.

You said Avengers 3 and 4 are guaranteed to make more than BP worldwide. We're on the same page, only I stop before saying guarantee. I don't deny coming out earlier would help IW, I just don't think it would be enough to matter compared to BP.

@Humperdink - Riiight. You seem to have missed that Simon Kinberg is directing. Let's say I'm not optimistic.

@Forthas - it sucked, deal with it. Begins and dark knight were better and box office, critics, none of that means shit. Im 3 and Ultron sucked and they had great box office and critic crap

@blitzburgh - Ok...keep trolling and telling yourself that. The fact is it was a critical and commercial success...one of the best films ever made and the only people that think otherwise are you, Donald Trump, and Vladimir Putin.

@Kozmik - There was no competition for 5 weeks straight. black panther had no big budget franchise to compete with except for A wrinkle in time. But a "superhero" film will dethrone any "kid-family" film. Tomb raider and Pacific rim had no chance because video game movies have no market and pacific rim 1 flopped in the US. If an animated film like Despicable Me 4 or Trolls 2 came out, Black Panther would not have been #1 so long.

@Doomsday8888 -

With Dark Phoenix gone,November/December 2018 will be less packed and its likely
Aquaman or Bumblebee is going to move up to claim that spot. It would be a missed
opportunity for WB if they didn't take advantage of a holiday season without Marvel
Star Wars or (with the Disney/FOX merger) Avatar, in theaters sucking up the oxygen.

@Odin - Yeah I was thinking the same thing... I bet that film looks completely different once they release another trailer in a few months. Seems like they're changing a lot.

@Odin - I could see it. FOX is definitely doing some behind the scenes shuffling for a reason. The Disney/FOX acquisition could be why.

@WarnerBrother - If that's their thinking, no wonder they're CBM failures.