Blue Beetle Is DC's Second Summer Flop - Charts with Dan!

[@kpaulsen20]

It's sad Blue Beetle didn't do so well. I actually really enjoyed it, not like it was the greatest thing ever but I had a lot of fun with it. It's unfortunate how DC and WB has handled this entire reboot process

[@incredibilistic]

I think the issue is that DC doesn't have the luxury of releasing a fun, family-friendly film because there's nothing else of substance in the DCEU/DCU. Because Marvel had Iron Man, Cap, Thor and the Avengers they had the autonomy to make movies like Ant-Man and Guardians of the Galaxy that were fun, light-hearted distractions from the broader universe that were also still important and connected to the larger MCU narrative. In another reality where BvS, Suicide Squad, WW84 and Justice League were all billion dollar blockbusters, something like Blue Beetle would've been their chance to stretch their creative legs but since the entire experiment of the DCEU has resulted in the arguably the largest financial and critical failure in WB's history this movie just serves as a reminder of how much of a dumpster fire the DCEU is.

[@chrisxx5583]

I agree

[@clara-nt9rx]

At this rate theyll never recover from those zack snyder movies

[@cmasterson]

I agree it was decent. I got free tickets after buying 2 king size Reese’s from my local gas station with the rewards app lol. The gas station is Exxon Mobil Scotsman and the app is FasRewards lol 😂

[@DaveRedsky]

I think this is great to be honest ! For a movie that initially was suppose to only get ZERO dollars at the box office, because it was set to be released on streaming ... 25 million isn't bad. Like at all 🤙👍😊

[@TheAsuraeva]

Barbie's back must hurt from carrying all of Warner this summer. But then she is Barbie so maybe not 😂

[@motherplayer]

She's carrying them and making up for their other bombs. WB can't even really enjoy this victory because it's simply making up for the losses they took on those other films rather than profiting. Greta has more to brag about by comparison, thankfully.

[@DaveRedsky]

What about blue beetle?

[@JC71]

@@DaveRedskysquashed.😂

[@DaveRedsky]

@@JC71 you think im wrong ? 😏🤣🤣🤡

[@kstepko]

Barbie did it all - and in heels. 👠👠

[@Wokiis]

Seriously impressed by how much research and effort are put into these each and every week!

[@dannysmi7162]

It’s very impressive, can’t imagine how difficult and time consuming it is to make these videos. We shouldn’t take this for granted. This is not easy.

[@Dr_C_Wraith]

Im not even a numbers person. I just appreciate the way you discuss the movies, also the looking at small theaters, and the look bacl to another time this week are great segments. I appreciate your work.

[@papasquatofficial9282]

Life is good. With Charts With Dan, life is better.

[@Fuuntag]

This comment warmed my heart. ❤

[@richmlvcable]

No matter how shitty my day was..new Charts with Dan and all is well in the world

[@emmalavinia9962]

Yeah... Earlier I got to watch streaming charts, now this one ❤

[@unoriginalandrew]

Let's Get Jets!

[@closeben]

Please tell me your secret for having a good life without Charts with Dan.

[@mrgtoyz]

Hoping Blue Beetle and TMNT will slowly keep growing like Elemental. They fit with similar demographics and without a lot of competition coming out in the next few weeks they should have some staying power.

[@zootin6688]

i had a blast with blue beetle. the plot and villain are pretty generic, and the emotional beats didn't always hit with me, but the humor worked well and the action scene (especially the third act) are some of the most entertaining i've seen in years, and definitely at the top of the dceu. the suit and cgi looked so good. I would really hate to see him kicked out of the gunn universe just because it flopped at a time where every DC movie is flopping. I would love to get a second one with a creative vision from gunn, helping guide the writer to a more impactful and creative story.

[@MrInvinciblewarrior]

What movie did you watch? The action scenes felt like carbon copies of iron man 1 and 2.only the beetle ship was.... Genuine

[@zootin6688]

@@MrInvinciblewarrior i guess we have different opinions then lol. while i would compare this movie to iron man (which i think is better), i wouldn’t call the action scenes carbon copies. other than the blasters, the directing/camera work of the actual scenes, mixed with the different weapons and choreography in no way reminded me of iron man. i respect your opinion if you didn’t like them, but to me they were a blast (fuck that’s probably a pun). while i love iron man, and find the story and characters a lot more interesting and think it is overall a better movie, i think i had a better time with the action in blue beetle. at least in most aspects of it.

[@OrionAnakaris]

@@MrInvinciblewarrior You're full of 💩. I've seen Iron Man 1&2 damn near 50 times, hardly anything JJ Perry directed in Blue Beetle's mostly practical action sequences resembled those films. I saw alot of combos from Injustice 2, & alot of Tokusatsu (Guyver) moves but hardly any Iron Man.

[@talhahhussain5603]

Black Adam's domestic gross of $168.2 million and worldwide gross of $393.3 million is looking more and more impressive by the second.

[@DKGifford19608]

Impressive is very relative.

[@alanguages]

Calling a box office flop impressive is not a positive bar to set as the standard. This is utterly dreadful, that is what has happened to the DC movies, the question is not if they flop, but how huge of a flop are they.

[@DReppin2009]

All factors considered, it is still a flop. Huge budget, a supposed box office draw in The Rock, and having the benefit of coming out last year when the fatigue hasn't fully settled in. Not ignoring the Cavill cameo. BA not clearing 500M is still baffling to me.

[@talhahhussain5603]

@@DReppin2009 What do you mean "supposed" box office draw of The Rock? Without him, it'd have made Blue Beetle numbers.

[@DReppin2009]

@@talhahhussain5603 with him, it barely scraped 400M. I'd like to think a bona-fide movie star's passion project which was 10+ years in the making would be better. Blue Beetle performed right on par considering it had zero press. Black Adam was suppose to change the hierarchy of power lmfao. Apples and oranges.

[@dobbycinema]

Streaming charts with dan followed by regular charts the next day, were eating good fr

[@Alex-Lay]

Agree with DC not being seen as a quality brand, but I don't think the blue beetle marketing helped. Every trailer I saw was "Your family makes you weak" "No, my family makes me strong", which just seems cliche and cringeworthy.

[@DKGifford19608]

It did come across as a pretty standard superhero origin movie with a prime-time sitcom family storyline. I agree that was never going to put above most of the other unique films out right now.

[@jujutaylor2186]

Taglines/ marketing that relies on "family" reminds me too much of fast and furious flicks so it's def cringeworthy

[@DaveRedsky]

I think the executives are happy with this outcome... Movie wasn't even suppose to be released in theaters. It was suppose to be released on streaming. Which makes ZERO dollars at the box office. Plus it was suppose to open to like 12 to 17 million initially as well.. 25 million for a streaming movimovie.... not bad 👍🤙

[@ralfrudi3963]

​@@DaveRedsky What even is a streaming movie? Blue Beetle had a reported budget of $104 million. This is no small and cheap side project. The only way you can be happy with this result is if you compare it to absolutely catastrophic disappointments like Flash and Shazam.

[@dannysmi7162]

@@DaveRedskyEh, 25 mill was the low end, I’m sure they wanted it to do a little better. But they at least kept the budget relatively low, so it’s not the worst.

[@DeLongConversationMovies]

Dan could you do a chart comparing this summer’s box office, last summer and summer 2021? This might be superfluous with tracking for the year, but it would be interesting seeing the growth from the busiest seasons of pandemic recovery.

[@mathsalot8099]

Die Hard was a SUMMER release? And here I've been told all my life it's a Christmas movie! 😅

[@AllInTheGame01]

So Aquaman 2 is most likely DOA then?! Hope Gunn keeps his promise and retains Xolo/Jaime & Family in the new DCU! Hope TMNT can get to that $200m worldwide number🤞

[@derekricaurte3837]

if aqua man flops that would be one of the craziest drop offs in sequels. the first one made a billion. i think something similar could happen with the marvels this year as well

[@AllInTheGame01]

@@derekricaurte3837 The Marvels grossing $700-800m would be right in line with the post 2020 MCU Box Office AVG of $780.87m. No MCU is a rock solid bet to gross $1bn until Kang Dynasty, Secret Wars and maybe Deadpool 3 if it's really good. For context, the pre 2020 MCU Box Office AVG (ex the 4 Avengers movies) is $780.16m.

[@nemesisprime4501]

Blue beetle will stay on. But the family, unlikely

[@DaveRedsky]

You think Blue Beetle is DOA?! You must be crazy lol This should be looked at as a win ! 25 million for a movie that was suppose to be released on HBO ... Guess how much box office a movie makes when it's on streaming ? Wanna take a guess ? ZERO ... 25 million for a streaming movie 🤷‍♂️ That's good 👍

[@AllInTheGame01]

@@DaveRedsky I see you have difficulty reading properly...

[@katevand]

I am legit so pissed at WB. They did this movie NO help. Xolo deserves better.

[@DaveRedsky]

Didnt help?? They invested millions of dollars in the movie 🤨

[@OrionAnakaris]

Same, the poor marketing & mishandling of Its release (in favour of the half a billion dollar Flash release that will no doubt have sucked up resources & finances meant for films like Blue Beetle) by WBD is aggravating me. I haven't watched a DC film in the cinema since maybe the first Shazam. Went to watch Blue Beetle opening day & enjoyed It alot.

[@Maitch3000]

Actually, this movie was produced as straight to streaming for HBO Max. They upgraded it to a theatrical release.

[@OrionAnakaris]

@@Maitch3000 Tbh, they should've kept It as a Max release If they weren't going to properly invest in the marketing resources & distro It required to succeed at the B.O. While there are Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle comic books, appearances in animated TV shows like Young Justice etc. the character is not Batman; IP that has had decades of resources poured into It ensuring the character becomes too iconic & culturally significant to fail. So much so that the IP sells Itself.

[@Maitch3000]

@@OrionAnakaris I disagree. Releasing it in cinemas will help raise its profile for streaming. With straight to streaming it will be dumped to the bottom of the lists within days. Now at least people will hear about it

[@michaelabayomi]

DC is sure having it rough this year, between Blue Beetle, The Flash and Shazam! Fury of the Gods. That reboot had better set things back on course when it eventually arrives.

[@DKGifford19608]

I love Gunn but I'm not even sure he can crack the code. I'd prefer they just keep making gritty Batmans and silly Suicide Squads type one-offs and let others make good TV like Sandman/Watchmen. I don't see them finding a way to weave their top 5-10 icons together in an intelligible way on movie screens.

[@JC71]

This year?, you mean since the start?.😂

[@DaveRedsky]

You but rough year for DC, and you included blue beetle in it .... why?

[@Weaponator18]

To be fair to blue Beatle (didn't see it so I don't know if its good), when a studios brass publicly says "we're actively killing all of your movie universe's stakes' to the fans before its release, people most likely aren't going to see that movie. Especially now when audiences are far more selective with their movie choices.

[@Christian_Ada1]

@@DKGifford19608 I’m sorry, but James Gunn does the same movie over and over and over again the suicide squad. It’s not any different than guardians of the Galaxy, and for people giving that guy so much Credit, his guardians of the Galaxy had no relation to the characters in the comic books, he made Drax a complete moron

[@alienator345]

To anyone browsing the comments, when final numbers came in this afternoon, Sound of Freedom was at No. 10 with $2,600,636. Last Voyage of the Demeter fell out of the top 10 to No. 11 with $2,504,295

[@Arahnk]

So excited i get to watch Charts on my lunch break!!! Dan is such an inspiration

[@thebortthe]

We have a couple of really great small cinemas in Ottawa, Canada; The Mayfair and Bytowne. Really classic theaters, with specialty releases, events, and small releases. The Mayfair plays “The Room” every month, too. Full blown audience participation with throwing spoons, etc.

[@ther3aper561]

It's very sad Blue Beetle is not doing well already. It was a fun movie and was way better than what has come out most of this year. It was very funny, the heartfelt moments hit hard, and the cast did do good. Xolo was really good and deserves a franchise and George Lopez was incredibly funny

[@11ibi]

Thanks for the charts every week I look forward to the show every week

[@hothotheat3000]

I bet a lot of premium screen will revert to Oppenheimer after this weekend. I saw it in 70MM IMAX on Saturday and it was sold out.

[@mrjaysquared]

Yay! 🎉 Thank you for spotlighting our Sidewalk Cinema - it is a truly magical place and the film festival is fantastic too!

[@trulytrekkie]

Love the shout out to "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", also one of my favorite films that stands up with the great films in cinema.

[@MrKyGuy]

I’m so curious how much of the Strike affected Blue Beetle. Not being able to promote it sucks.

[@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917]

But, they are promoting it. The star has been doing ads on his KZbin channel.

[@captainziggy82]

I doubt that would help much :/

[@jp3813]

More like how much the DCEU affected it.

[@reviewbomb85]

I saw a ton of ads and promotion for the movie, so i doubt the strike affected it at all.

[@jardinew3107]

Hey dan could u analyse elemental's box office comeback? Its pretty cool tbh edit: Also dan u pls resume ur anime reviews

[@bwhopper4229]

“It’s New Years Eve every night here on Charts” is among my top ten favorite quotes in History

[@nfalls75]

Another thing about 'Roger Rabbit" How many times have you seen Disney & Warners share IP in the same movie? Not many.

[@ras_732]

I really can't wait to see Gran Turismo this weekend, a lot of my European friends really enjoyed this movie and as a fan of motorsport movies on the big screen, I have good faith with GT.

[@TheEliFamily]

Blue Beatle was good! Maybe National Cinema Day will help it and Grand Turismo 😊this weekend!

[@AndyCleveland]

Hey Dan, long time listener, first time commenter! I love this show (and spreadsheets/graphs/charts) and never miss an episode! For your Barbie vs. Other 2020s Top Grossers (Domestic) chart, I would recommend either: 1. Making a second version of the chart that includes Spiderman: No Way Home just so people can visualize how much that movie impacts the graph or 2. Make a logarithmic graph with Spider-Man NWH included, but then you'll probably have to explain that it's logarithmic every time.

[@troyen3869]

Or in the chart title add a second line (Excluding Spiderman: No Way Home) so people know it's an intentional omission.

[@carnagepooltricks]

Jurassic Park in 3d looks great! Well worth checking out. Was done by the same team that did Titanic for James Cameron. Still sounds amazing too!

[@Abhi-rq5ui]

Congrats on 150k brother!!

[@stephenatwood241]

I went to see both TMNT: Mutant Mayhem and Oldboy this Sunday. Oldboy was a beloved rewatch (so I already knew what to ). But Mutant Mayhem was sooooooooooooo amazing. Way much better than expected. So charming and endearing and funny.

[@DKGifford19608]

Well paced too!

[@Delight96]

I was surprised at how great it was. I feel like it didn’t get the hype it deserved.

[@motherplayer]

What they also share in common is that fact that TMNT took some influence from the hallway fight of Oldboy in one of the scenes.

[@MysteryMii]

Dan did this episode early enough that the second annual National Cinema Day wasn’t officially announced yet when it was filmed.

[@WolfRamAndHart]

Which day is that? I suppose I could go on google.

[@chrisxx5583]

I really hope Blue Beetle can beat the box office for Flash 😀

[@rl8259]

Haha is has no chance. It won’t even beat Shazam 2

[@alanguages]

Blue Beetle won't beat it in box office, but it won't flop as bad as the Flash, since the Flash cost about $250 Million.

[@RoseRamblesYT]

I always look forward to this segment every week. Thanks for always putting so much care and effort into it, Dan. =)

[@noaholson9047]

That is so sad. I was actually really rooting for this movie.

[@writingref]

It needed a super cool viral meme I guess. I’m mad. But I didn’t see it yet because I didn’t have time because i was still catching up on other movies but really want to see Blue Beatle So maybe a lot of people are like me

[@DaveRedsky]

Word of mouth. No competition till October It was suppose to be released on HBO This is good for a unknown character, no big name actor, hurricane Hilary, no promo, strikes going on .... It made 25 million everything going against it ... Don't forget also, it was initially tracked to make 10 to 12 million

[@writingref]

@@DaveRedsky I enjoy your optimistic appraisal. :)

[@Xshinobi2k8]

The fact that The Suicide Squad has the same cinema score as Suicide Squad and Black Adam is insane to me and it just makes me question the audience.

[@whodatninja439]

Gunns suicide squad ruled.

[@Gridseeker]

Then some random people say the audience score is the legit one and not the critics. Yeah, suuure.

[@heatheraggus7501]

Agreed, TSS was really great!

[@Maitch3000]

Actually, the initial response was somewhat positive. It is also way more fun to watch in a theatre with a good sound system, since they are playing good songs all the times to compensate for the terrible movie. Suicide Squad made a lot of money at the box office.

[@nikxon_musicz]

​@@whodatninja439 when and where ? 😅

[@saifsufian4286]

This show has honestly become a game show for me, just rooting for my favorite movies to win

[@ericsosic]

Hey Dan, love the content as always. I have a new chart suggestion: I notice almost all top 30 all time high movies had IMAX screenings so I wonder if it’d be interesting to have a chart for top 5 grossed movies (Barbie, Titanic?) that was never shown on the big IMAX screens 🧐

[@Alejandroigarabide]

Now you just made us want to see a review of Who Framed Roger Rabbit made by you.

[@HelloMisterJAMWAH]

Holy crap! I'd be in the cinema every day during that week in 1988, seeing all those great movies and Cocktail.

[@josephwoods5925]

I'm glad Oppenheimer is doing so well. Hopefully, that will open doors for to bigger roles for Cillian Murphy.

[@arun279]

Dan uploads Charts just as I was finishing the Streaming charts!

[@harshckuk]

Suddenly, black Adam numbers look really good

[@ted5164]

That really surprises me about The Demeter since in my town in NC almost every showing of it seemed to be sold out this past weekend.

[@safrienduijser435]

Dan you’re my favorite movie review channel. Such a honest and non bias opinion. Really appreciate you🎉

[@jasonflay8818]

Dan, congrats. As a man who had to plan a wedding a couple of years ago, I would have loved having a wine sponsor! I'm sure that took a little pressure off! Congrats again on the upcoming wedding!

[@CINEMAZE]

Love the show Dan and the recent addition of the Tomatometer breakdown. Would you consider doing a comparison of the films box office performance compared with RT? This year I feel like audiences have shifted to quality of films over the franchise (with a few exceptions like Mission Impossible underperforming and the Meg doing quite well)

[@WaffleEBay12]

That sounds especially difficult to do because it's tough to choose which score/rating to compare the box office with. The critic tomato meter, the average critic rating or the audience score, or maybe the cinemascore? As Dan stated in the video, a good score in one category doesn't necessarily mean a good score in another. I'm not a huge fan of the tomato meter personally cause I believe it tends to overly simplify people's views on films.

[@gvarrr]

@@WaffleEBay12I see why you call yourself waffle…

[@WaffleEBay12]

@@gvarrr Cause they beat pancakes... 🤷‍♂️

[@garrettcarter5622]

Man, just a lot of decent films not getting rewarded for their craft this summer.

[@Tomas-rg4us]

Blue Beetle is very good. Totally worth your time.

[@rykeman916]

Something I was thinking about recently, is why we never see coverage of how movies perform on weekdays. I get the weekend is where most of the money is made, but I'm curious how do the other 4 days factor in?

[@incredibilistic]

You just answered your own question; the majority of people go to the theater on the weekend, so there's little reason to give a report of a movie's performance on a Wednesday when you know that the numbers will change dramatically once the weekend hits.

[@rykeman916]

@@incredibilistic but I'm curious if there are movies that perform comparatively better during the week. Especially during summer. It's like a third of the total box office story.

[@crestedargo4663]

​@@rykeman916 I agree with you, especially during summer it's interesting to check movies' box office from Monday to Thursday, because it's s not so negligible: in the US Barbie made more than 19m last week from Monday to Thursday and just a little bit more than 21m in the last weekend, so nearly the same. I guess we normally check only weekends box office because during the rest of the year fewer people go to movies during the week, but also because it's simpler to analyse only data from the weekends, especially overseas, where you usually cannot find weekdays' grosses (only weekends' grosses and cumulative grosses)

[@incredibilistic]

@@rykeman916 -- I can only speculate but my guess is no one's interesting in a mid-week total that doesn't account for the weekend. I'm not really sure why that matters anyway since, as you said, movies released during the summer are likely to perform better because kids are out of school, which means mid-week totals don't really matter for the other 9 months of the year. Doesn't seem worth the effort to track how a movie performed on a Tuesday versus the weekend.

[@marmiksaini]

The funny thing is that both of the movies that got knocked out of Dan's Summer Top 10 predictions i.e. The Flash and Fast X, have one thing in common. Both of those movie universes contain a character played by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. He even had a cameo in Fast X.

[@michaelriccardi1940]

Dan thank you for spotlighting local independent cinemas and supporting film culture, popular and specialized

[@jasonraschen1109]

Great charts episode. Wow, I can’t believe that 1988 Top 5. And I was in my teens back then. Looking forward to your Ahsoka review. Also, will keep an eye out for “Scrapper”. I love supporting indie films. Thank you Dan!

[@deanwright1609]

Thanks Dan. Enjoyed the show.

[@kelechi321]

Great work as always Dan....but umm yeah now I sort of what to see that chart @20:20 but with SpiderMan NWH on it. It would be kool to see that disparity you speak off.

[@notchuckproductions5029]

It hit me the other day that Disney's poor box office performance this year, it made me realize Disney has historically seems to be on a palladium shift from going from making lots of money and being a cultural force, to losing money and being relic of the past. The 30s, 50s, late-80s early 90s, and the 2010s represent the former, and the 40s,60s-mid 80s, 2000s being the latter. So these box losts could just be a historic trend.

[@aydandraws9444]

they really have been making terrible financial/creative decisions over the past couple years that led to this.

[@luismedrano6680]

and yet Disney's slate of movies this year still beat the other studios slate

[@animemangalover94]

Do u mean pendulum swing instead of palladium shift? I like your interesting point, I’m just not sure what u mean by “palladium shift”?

[@notchuckproductions5029]

Yes Swing I mean @@animemangalover94

[@Maitch3000]

Yeah, it is always the same story. They make something that is legit great and then after a while they start diluting the output, making sequels, prequels or reboots that is no where near the quality of the originals.

[@leonkuwata4510]

2:19 I appreciate that Dan left in the mistake lol

[@Planet_Yavin]

Dan, your Rotten Tomatoes chart is invaluable. It puts it all in context. So when Rotten Tomatoes inevitably decides to "use" this amazing chart, at the very least, ask for proper credit. Aa always, incredible work. Thanks man!

[@lotusthemermaid]

I really wish they would've pushed back the release of Blue Beetle until after the end of the strike so that the actors could promote it. There also are audience members who don't fully understand that they can see films that were finished before the strike. It was such a poor decision from the studios and a truly fun enjoyable movie with a perfect cast was hurt by that decision.

[@bbrev106]

I was way too young but my mother took me at 3 years old to see roger rabbit in theaters. I’d never do that with my kid but I love my mother for that hah.

[@thealjohnsonshow2188]

1. #GoSupportBlueBeetle 2. (2:20-2:21) *"Didn't think we would notice that, but we did"*

[@nexas3018]

Holy crap! Dan mentioned Sidewalk and my home town! Best charts ever! 🤩

[@PimpinIncPro]

That 1988 top five is four classics and Cocktail.

[@AndreAroyan]

Hey Dan, have you ever done (if not, would you consider doing) a breakdown of movie budgets, specifically for the $100M+ budgeted movies? I'd would love to learn about where the costs come from and the amount of money being spent on different categories like, actors, directors, producers, music licensing, music recording, sound effects special effects, visual effects, props, sets, catering, hotel/travel, etc. How do these numbers compare to an animated film? It would be fun to know which part has exploded the cost of making movies recently, and if one were to scale down budgets, what would need to be cut. I don't know how tough it is to get information like this, but it would certainly be fascinating data.

[@spartan5285]

Hope voyage of Dracula gets to VOD next week so I can watch it

[@renskedunnewold1995]

I'm out camping for a week, so I missed the release of Blue Beetle. But seeing the general enthusiasm in the comments here, I'll go check it out when I'm back next week

[@samtreich]

Hi Dan! Thanks for all the hard work, we love your show! Maybe put an asterisk on the 2023 top grossers with a tiny blurb explaining spider-man? I think the dissonance comes from looking at a chart that doesn't include the adjustment to chart's claim in the print.

[@dwayned4041]

Morning Dan. Safe travels!

[@alaharon1233]

There should be text on the chart for things you don't want to repeat each week. Or show No Way Home climbing above the chart and have it cut off with an arrow showing it's going further

[@ToastyAvocado69]

My 4 yr old just watched Who Framed Roger Rabbit and he loved it. Judge Doom didn't scare him one bit, so he already is tougher than I was at his age 😂

[@TVandManga]

Great video as always Dan!

[@funtimeswithtom4108]

Its funny that Blue Beetles claim to fame is knocking a 5 week old movie out of first place. Reach for the stars boys.

[@princereg3000]

Hay Dan, Not sure if you do this or not.BUT maybe I'm just speaking for me...Have or would you do a wrap up of how each studio did at the end of the year. Not sure if ppl other than myself would enjoy seeing how the studios did

[@crestedargo4663]

I would like this sort of wrap a lot at the end of the summer, but I think it would be a lot of work for Dan

[@princereg3000]

@@crestedargo4663 I agree. And he does already do alot

[@SylviusTheMad]

I went to see Blue Beetle this weekend. It was fun, though the pacing was a bit uneven. The rest of my family, however, who are much bigger DC fans than I am, loved it. But I did really enjoy Ths Flash earlier this year. DC isn't making bad movies (anymore), but no one is seeing them.

[@Cafeman_2D]

My family went to see Jurassic Park in 3-D 10 years ago, it was an awesome experience. The 3D really separated the foliage from the characters and provided depth in scenes. One raptor bite moment made my head snapback in surprise.

[@Oetam8566]

Closing week stats are exactly what we needed 👍

[@JamesJiansen]

I know the box office for Beetle is objectively not good but $25 million for a lowly anticipated DC movie that was gonna go straight to streaming doesn't seem too awful.

[@Ushio01]

For a $100+ million budget it really is.

[@alkirehomevideos]

I mean, not much room to go any lower. Sub $30 mil is pretty bad.

[@JamesJiansen]

@@Ushio01 I guess I just expected to make sub $10 mill. Judging from the complete lack of hype, dying brand and streaming movie origins.

[@SpaceCaseZ06]

$25M more than it would've made if it had followed it's original plan but they put a lot of promotion into it which they couldn't have originally planned

[@mace8704]

Cope. The budget needs to match the projected revenue. Dumping $100 million on creating the movie then spending additional money on advertising is studio suicide when it’s only bringing in $25 million especially in the context of the Flash.

[@grandmoffporkins]

Love it as always, Dan. As if you don’t have enough data to comb through… but I wonder for A Week in Movie History if you not only showed the adjusted box office… but maybe on occasion put that against the adjusted estimated budget. It puts into stark relief how bloated film production costs have gotten

[@eliasmochan]

27:29 "[...] that has quietly been making some real noise" -Dan Murrell, 2023

[@eksassy901]

So Die Hard wasn’t released as a Christmas movie? I will remember this in December when the annual debate comes up with my husband. Lol

[@justqueennothighqueen38]

Could you do the Tampa Theatre in one of your upcoming shows? It's a really famous independent theater and one of the few that still has its organ from the silent era. It also has one of the most beautiful theater interiors in the country and possibly the world.

[@SkolneyVikings]

National Cinema Day is really going to kill Blue Beetle's 2nd week. Those $4 tickets aren't going to help.

[@notsosuperpete1689]

Suggestion for the top 2020s graph; could you not put SM:NWH on the chart but leave it at the same size (still having the top be $600k)? So the line for that film would shoot off the page but that would help to make the point of how well it did and save you repeating yourself. Or maybe that would just make the chart look weird :)

[@misterderp4566]

Props to Dan for recognizing he was wrong and adjusting accordingly. Rare to see these days; Dan deserves credit for it.

[@kstepko]

Dan is awesome like that! 🏆

[@ididntdoit157]

would you consider putting no way home on this list to the date where it was at roughly the top of the chart, on the barbie vs other top grossers? Basically show how many days ahead it is without breaking the scale.

[@d.a.baracus]

Question: How much discretion do theater owners have in pulling movies from their screens? I ask b/c I wonder how much of a movie's drop has to do w/ a lack of public interest vs. theater owners' obligations to another film. For ex., Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning took a huge drop from its week 1 to week 2, the latter obviously was when Barbenheimer was unleased... But Dan also pointed out in that week's Charts video that MI:DR also lost over a thousand theaters. The question is whether MI:DR's week 2 drop was b/c public lost interest in the film b/c of being overshadowed by Barbenheimer, or whether MI:DR lost screens b/c of theater owners' contractual obligations to Barbenheimer & thereby was unavailable for theater-goers in wk 2, which contributed to loss of public interest; sort of the chicken or the egg-type question...

[@DanMurrellMovies]

Every contract is different - but generally theaters are committed to keep a movie for at least two weeks. Mission: Impossible lost over 1,000 theaters in week 3, not week 2. Its theater count stayed steady the week that Barbie and Oppenheimer premiered.

[@d.a.baracus]

@@DanMurrellMovies Good to know. Thanks.

[@UnionShen]

About that F&F vs Oppenheimer conundrum: I guess the physics finally struck back! Sorry, it's a dad joke kind of day ;).

[@me45116]

A Fish Called what? Eighties movies were strange

[@CountOrlok22]

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" having only a 26% drop in week eight is nuts. Sometimes I forget what a popular film that was.

[@Californiansurfer]

Fun, it was funny had laugh and laugh and great family story and grandma was gangster. Loved it. Dan loved Barbie

[@DanMurrellMovies]

I didn’t actually love Barbie, but go on…

[@alberto5147]

Blue Bettle IS in the "DCEU" no matter what the marketing department at Warner Bros. might have asked James Gunn to say.

[@suiauthon]

Can we get an update on the 365 day chart? I really miss that chart.

[@JeremyRobbins1996]

Idk if you heard but either this week or next week sound of freedom is gonna start opening up in international markets.

[@goatcheese4me]

2:17 - missed an edit/cut there (hate it when that happens)

[@shelby127]

Hey Dan will you do a deep dive on Hereditary? I just didn’t get the hype once I saw it. I don’t think it’s bad but I don’t see the genius and I want to. Let me know if this is already something you do/done on patreon maybe I can join one day

[@DarthEd77]

The Dive is an English-language remake (by the same director) of a 2020 Swedish film called Breaking Surface, which I *love*. It was easily one of my top 10 films of 2020. If it's 75% as good as the Swedish version, it will be well worth seeing!

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

Shout out to my boy, the multitalented Jaboukie Young-White who was in Strange World last year and Ruby Gillman this year. :( His album is dropping in a few days. His music is amazing, please check out his released singles!!! My favourite is Goner.

[@andrewmckinley8825]

Love the charts Dan! The insights you provide into the film industry are so interesting-particularly Rotten tomatoes decoded. I noticed this back with The Muppets-a perfectly enjoyable movie that earned a 95% on RT! It’s the Muppets, who’s gonna come out negative against Kermit and Gonzo? But the average rating gave a more accurate picture. It was good. Better than Jurassic Park (91% on RT)? Not in my opinion.

[@_paul]

Just another reason to settle these SAG-AFTRA and Writers Strikes - there is ZERO promotion for these movies outside of social media word-of-mouth, and there's no doubt in my mind a lot of movies are getting hurt by not seeing, say, a Xolo Maridueña out on the junket. Could you imagine the buzz Strays would've gotten had Jamie Foxx been out there promoting that movie?

[@FameyFamous]

Empire podcast had a good interview with the director of BB this week. It’s better than zero promotion.