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From all the bidders, Netflix was my least favourite to acquire WB. Of course we live in the time line where the anti cinema streamer acquires one of the oldest and most important studios.
This is a sad day for the film industry. Hopefully Netflix keeps WB intact and keeps releasing WB films in the cinema. I’m aware that Netflix has made a commitment to release WB films in cinemas, but for how long?
Also que the onslaught of Snyder Fanboys who now believe that the Snyder DC universe will rise from it’s shallow grave. It won’t.
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Gunns DC EUs future is uncertain.
Creature Commandos wasn’t successful and is borderline cult status.
Superman while being received well wasn’t the biggest hit that they were hoping for.
Peacemaker Season 2 was messy, when it was good it was good but the bads heavily outweigh what little good it brought.
unsure how Super Girl and Clayface will do and while the Superman sequel is announced it hasn’t started production since a script hasn’t been finished yet.
Netflix acquiring Warner Bros will only put the DC EU in question as they try to turn a profit on this very expensive industry changing purchase.
Good thing I canceled my max subscription.
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Oh thank God it wasn’t Paramount.
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According too who? WB and DC films. Never expected the movie to do financially great. Superman was an investment into the future of the DCU.
They needed the movie to be well received, which it was with a 83% critic and 90% audience rating on rottentomatos. There are several reasons to the box office wasn’t as important.
First off Gunn and DC had to revive a failed and dead DC universe, which was sunken by the previous WB administration. A franchise the general public had abandoned.
Second reason is that the movie industry has yet If it ever will. Recover to pre pandemic levels. Since 2019 the world wide ticket sales has dropped 32%. 2019 was peak of 1 billion dollars films, with 9 reaching that amount. Since 2020-2025 only 10 films have reached 1 billion. (I don’t count Ne Zha 2, there are no official numbers for this Chinese film). Expecting Superman to do well financially under these circumstances is foolish. Yet it did still reach 616,684,465 dollars world wide, turning an estimated 100-125 million profit.
Compare that too Man of Steel (one of my personal favourite superhero films) with a 57% critic and 75 audience score% and a global box office off 670,145,518 dollars. In the golden age of Superhero films, where the majority made 1 billion.
Superman exceeded expectations at WB. It was first and foremost an investment into the future. It will lay the groundwork for future movies success.
Also half a billion is nothing to sneeze at, 99% of films will never reach that amount. 1 billion films are outliers.
Creature commando is not important, in the grand scheme. 99% of movie goers doesn’t know it exists and it will never reach mainstream audiences and it was never meant to either.
Peacemaker season 1, 93% critic 83% audience rating. Broke streaming numbers on HBO Max, season 2 have 94% critic and 78% audience rating. It reached nr.10 most streamed tv shows in many countries. Yes the final wasn’t as well received.
Overall the DCU has been a success. Weather it will crash and burn is yet to be seen.
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