by Drew Dietsch
| Contamination
Hey everyone, Drew Dietsch again with another assignment for the giant freakin robot in historic film failures.
And it is a different rare because it should be seen as a success, but under the right (or more faulty) conditions in the box of a hit.
Cut your Marlon Brando crystals because it’s time to explain why Superman returned Failed.
Boo these boys
Before we enter the actual investigation, I feel we need to recognize an uncomfortable element of Superman returned.
Two of the main players, director Bryan singer and Lex Luor Aromba Kevin SpaceyHollywood is a bit famous, let’s say for legal reasons, not very good men.
However, that is not publicly informed when Superman returned Hit the cinemas in 2006, so their film involvement and final success or failure were not affected by their not very good allegations.
* Sigh * okay, with uncomfortable endless, we will set on stage.
Superman’s long expected return
Superman returned is the long-term completion of a return for iconic progenitor to all superheroes.
Since the shameful final entry of the series was driven by cannon scholters in 1987, some Warner Bros. and so involved like producer Jon Peters trying to know how to bring the Man back to the big screen.
By a number of bad projects, including bad Superman alive! carried by Tim Burton and Kevin SmithIt looks like Krypton’s last son can be a tight nut to break.
Eventually, things work with Bryan singer, director of X-MEN and X2: X-Men who are unitedHelping to develop a story directly link to the previous two films Richard Donner.
The singer is an important number of Superhero Renaissance earned us in MSU at the moment. He is also a passionate fan of the Donner’s original film and the character, and that may contribute to a great reason Superman returned ended seen as a failure.
With almost twenty years between Superman returned And the last film, there is a small portion of the movie quality for new viewers. It tries to give the air a perfect reboot, but want to have its cake and eat it again if it’s a legitimate consecutive in Richard Donner Classic.
We will dig in that aspect later when we talk about the actual release of the movie.
Speaking too loudly when it’s a bird or aircraft
For now, it is also worth seeing the Superman returned Is the odd drab and dark for a story and character that is often described as the more bright.
to Zack Snyder Took the darkness in the dark. Darling in the comments, Snyder Bros.
But honestly, it’s odd to see a superman costume whose bright red cape is now a dingy maroon. There are film shots where the cape or superman boots look brown or even black.
And that’s a lot of visual palettes for Superman returned: Beryos, muddy, and dark. And even if that is not a big issue for audience, I think it contributes to the long life of the film opportunity for success.
Superman returns and the box office box
But it’s not a video series where I just gave my personal movie review and point out the issues that I think it has. You are here to find a concrete concrete why Superman returned viewed as a failure.
And as far as the Box Office is concerned, Superman returned looks like a success in the face value. It obtained $ 200 million in the domestic box office and another $ 191 million in international markets.
So how do you care about $ 391 million in a failure?
According to the Box Office Mojo, Superman returned There is a reported budget of $ 270 million, equivalent to $ 430 million today. Other places list low numbers but they are all good at $ 200 million.
The point is that Superman returned A parkantuan production intended to enroll the superhero franchise potential.
And even the critical reaction to the movie with positive, the total takeaway from listeners seems to indicate a strong desire to see more of this character version.
Opening weekend Cinemascore for Superman returned A B +, not terrible but can’t make it up to date with more money than any of us can imagine a movie about a man with tights.
Therefore, Superman returned Did not restart the office budget in its local box but that is not what the film has done a known failure. This is the international office box that quits Superman returned.
Superman’s real Kryptonite returns
While the 2000s were rolled, the international market like China and Latin America became more important to success in blocking films. It has been over the 2010s like the movie Iron Man 3 including the whole scenery showing a Chinese character in the Chinese version of the film.
This is to drive home how important markets are in international Tentpole releases. When Superman returned It is not possible to match the international acquisition of its domestic dollars, the writing is on the wall.
Why didn’t it hit as much as the international audience could do?
There are often many reasons to look when a movie succeeds or more disappointed, but at this moment, it is clear that a significant audience of the whole nature is as a reboot and as a succession.
We are Americans with the possibility of thinking that our offer media is as well as known as our own shores. Have a clear mind Superman returned that people can return for Richard Donner Version returns to character and world, to re-open titles in that movie for the movie (something James Gunn could not save again).
But in decades between films and his pop culture to pop reducing, it’s superman’s taking no healing audience around the world. It feels old hat with a new unknown actor who has entered one of the most loved and memorable performance in the history of cinema.
No shadow of Brandon Routh, I think what he asked in the movies and I’m glad he got another shot of DC Comics stardom on television.
But international markets are enough for Warner Bros. to declare the film a net negative. Plans for a sequential scraping – the last franchise failure – and the next time to hit the big screen to take a first to reboot at $ 271 million in the international market.
And got a sequence, good!
What happened to man tomorrow?
Superman returned A strange movie these days, strongly bound between the past and the future of blockbuster movies. It feels more awesome with a strange footnote in the history of cinematic superman than one of his largest productions.
Thanks to Bombastic and aggressive fandom for interpreting Zack Snyder in character, Superman returned screamed unrelated and discussion, always treated as something forgotten.
Although some parts of the movie deserve completely unrelated, Superman returned should not be completely abandoned. I’m no longer a big fan of the movie, but its failure is more interesting than what the hell are both versions of Justice League .
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