Comic Movie trilogies

chopstickchakra · Jul 22, 2014

When I started this I wanted to compare the movie trilogies, but I found out only two of the trilogies are actually directed through entirety by 1 director and those are Sam Raimi's Spider-Man and Christopher Nolan's Batman. My initial cut off for the trilogies was 1 director/3 titles but that's not much of a list so I opened it up. Here's what I found it may surprise some of you.
Source:Box Office Mojo

Sam Raimi Spider-Man: 1 Director

Film 1- Box office: $821,708,551. Budget: $140,000,000. Profit: $681,708,551.
Film 2- Box office: $783,766,341. Budget: $200,000,000. Profit: $583,766,341.
Film 3- Box office: $890,871,626. Budget: $258,000,000. Profit: $632,871,626.
Total- Box office: $2,496,346,518. Budget: $598,000,000. Profit: $1,898,346,518.

Nolan's Batman: 1 Director

Film 1- Box office: $374,200,000. Budget: $150,000,000. Profit: $224,200,000.
Film 2- Box office: $1,000,000,000. Budget: $185,000,000. Profit: $815,000,000.
Film 3- Box office: $1,100,000,000. Budget: $250,000,000. Profit: $850,000,000.
Total- Box office: $2,474,200,000. Budget: $585,000,000. Profit: $1,889,200,000.

Ironman Trilogy: 2 Directors

Film 1- Box office: $585,174,222. Budget: $140,000,000. Profit: $445,174,222.
Film 2- Box office: $623,933,331. Budget: $200,000,000. Profit: $423,933,331.
Film 3- Box office: $1,215,439,994. Budget: $200,000,000. Profit: $1,015,439,994.
Total- Box office: $2,424,547,547. Budget: $440,000,000. Profit: $1,884,547,547.

X-Men: 2 Directors

Film 1- Box office: $296,339,527. Budget: $75,000,000. Profit: $271,339,527.
Film 2- Box office: $407,711,549. Budget: $110,000,000. Profit: $297,711,549.
Film 3- Box office: $459,359,555. Budget: $210,000,000. Profit: $249,359,555.
Total- Box office: $1,163,410,631. Budget: $395,000,000. Profit: $768,410,631.

Blade: 3 Directors

Film 1- Box office: $131,183,530. Budget: $40,000,000. Profit: $91,183,530.
Film 2- Box office: $155,010,032. Budget: $50,000,000. Profit: $105,010,032.
Film 3- Box office: $128,905,366. Budget: $65,000,000. Profit: $63,905,366.
Total- Box office: $415,098,928. Budget: $155,000,000. Profit: $260,098,928.

For fun here are Tim Burton's Batman and The Amazing Spiderman as well(the latter will eventually become a trilogy)

Tim Burton's Batman: 1 Director

Film 1- Box office: $411,348,924. Budget: $48,000,000. Profit: $363,348,924.
Film 2- Box office: $266,822,354. Budget: $80,000,000. Profit: $186,822,354.
Total- Box office: $678,171,278. Budget: $128,000,000. Profit: $550,171,278.

The Amazing Spiderman: 1 Director

Film 1- Box office: $757,930,663. Budget: $230,000,000. Profit: $527,930,663.
Film 2- Box office: $706,204,650. Budget: $200,000,000. Profit: $506,204,650.
Total- Box office: $1,464,135,313. Budget: $430,000,000. Profit: $1,034,135,313.

I was a little surprised to see some of these numbers. I thought Blade was a lot better than the numbers show and I don't even like Vampires. I thought ASM would be doing a little better, it needs to make $1 bil. next movie to break top 3. When the next X-Man movie comes out I can add First Class and DoFP into a new trilogy and Wolverine 3 but I didn't feel they belonged in these lists yet. Pretty cool to see Burton's Batman had such high numbers.

HashiraMadara · Jul 22, 2014

Batman beats them all!

chopstickchakra · Jul 22, 2014

HashiraMadara said:
Batman beats them all!

Except it didn't good try though. Hopefully we'll get a good batman with Affleck not that twirling robot Bale. And that's why Ironman 3 has the highest Box Office right and the highest profit margin?

HashiraMadara · Jul 22, 2014

chopstickchakra said:
Except it didn't good try though. Hopefully we'll get a good batman with Affleck not that twirling robot Bale. And that's why Ironman 3 has the highest Box Office right and the highest profit margin?

whaaaaaat??? that story is the thing! best Baine I've ever seen!!

chopstickchakra · Jul 22, 2014

HashiraMadara said:
whaaaaaat??? that story is the thing! best Baine I've ever seen!!

Now I know you're ****ing around or you never saw Schumaker's Bane. Despite everything he did wrong with the Batman movies he knew how to make it look like a Batman story, shame he couldn't tell a Batman story. Nolan and Schumaker need to collab, Schumaker can make it look like Batman and Nolan can make it feel like Batman, as long as he goes "TDK" style not Rises or Begins style.

HashiraMadara · Jul 22, 2014

chopstickchakra said:
Now I know you're ****ing around or you never saw Schumaker's Bane. Despite everything he did wrong with the Batman movies he knew how to make it look like a Batman story, shame he couldn't tell a Batman story. Nolan and Schumaker need to collab, Schumaker can make it look like Batman and Nolan can make it feel like Batman, as long as he goes "TDK" style not Rises or Begins style.

Now I see that you're a hater of the actor!! How is Loki potraited to you, he is dope!

chopstickchakra · Jul 22, 2014

HashiraMadara said:
Now I see that you're a hater of the actor!! How is Loki potraited to you, he is dope!

When did I say I hate Bale? I hate how he portrayed Batman but he was good in American Psycho, aside from those two I don't know anything else he's done so I can't say whether I really like him or dislike him as an actor. Loki's fine, i didn't know as much about him as I did Batman going in so not really as much to compare him against. As for Bane, Tom Hardy is a good big actor, he was funny and threatening in Bronson but the overall Bane design and mask ruined the character for me. Besides his name there was virtually nothing of Bane, no Venom, no mask, they glanced over his story in order to mislead the audience into thinking Bane was Ra's child when anyone familiar knew it was a daughter. In all the movies were good I just don't appreciate all the liberties Nolan took with the cast.

Jack Spicer · Jul 22, 2014

chopstickchakra said:
When did I say I hate Bale? I hate how he portrayed Batman but he was good in American Psycho, aside from those two I don't know anything else he's done so I can't say whether I really like him or dislike him as an actor. Loki's fine, i didn't know as much about him as I did Batman going in so not really as much to compare him against. As for Bane, Tom Hardy is a good big actor, he was funny and threatening in Bronson but the overall Bane design and mask ruined the character for me. Besides his name there was virtually nothing of Bane, no Venom, no mask, they glanced over his story in order to mislead the audience into thinking Bane was Ra's child when anyone familiar knew it was a daughter. In all the movies were good I just don't appreciate all the liberties Nolan took with the cast.

What? Bane was great! Sure, he's missing the venom, but it's not a big deal if everything else is done so awesomely. As for the twist, it's like the twist in Begins where Ra's was Ducard, but not really because he's Ra's! And honestly, mostly everyone knew Miranda Tate was really Talia and didn't believe in Bane being the son of Ra's. Atleast, general Batman fans.

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