Minecraft is up to a very impressive 281 M domestically in just 2 weeks already and is still chugging along. No one saw this coming.

Captain America is up to 199 M and change after 2 months and probably will hit the 200 M mark before it closes.

Down the list is Snow White at only 81 M.

Minecraft is up to 345 M domestically

Captain America crossed the 200 M mark but it is still on the very low end of the Marvel movies. Only 7 films in the franchise made less.

So which of these upcoming summer films do you think will be big hits ?

Superman

Fantastic Four

Mission Impossible 8 (# 7 wasn't a huge success)

Jurassic World 4 (the seventh Jurassic film)

Lilo & Stitch (Disney)

How to Train Your Dragon (live)

Karate Kid: Legends

Smurfs

Elio (Pixar)

I saw the new Looney Tunes movie last month at the theater and there were trailers for all of those kids movies: Lilo & Stitch (live), How to Train Your Dragon (live), Karate Kid: Legends, Smurfs, and Elio.

There weren't a lot of children (or other people) there, but the kids cheered the loudest for Lilo & Stitch. I won't be attending any of those, but might watch some of them on streaming. The Smurfs looked to be Smurfette-led and voiced by Rihanna. They got a pretty good young actor for "How To Train Your Dragon".

From the rest of the list, I'll see the "Mission Impossible" streaming and the Jurassic Park probably not at all, but I'll definitely go to the movies for "Superman", "Fantastic Four", "Thunderbolts", and the new Paul Thomas Anderson and Ari Aster films (and maybe "The Phoenician Scheme" from Wes Anderson).

Last year we had 22 films which made more than 100 M domestically. Several of which were released in the spring of 2024.

So far this year we have had 2.

I wonder if Fantastic Four's box office will be hurt by one of the actors getting involved with "politics", similar to what happened with the backlash against Snow White. I saw the article today that Pedro Pascal is fighting with J.K. Rowling and demanding that the upcoming Harry Potter TV show be boycotted.

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I wonder if Fantastic Four's box office will be hurt by one of the actors getting involved with "politics", similar to what happened with the backlash against Snow White. I saw the article today that Pedro Pascal is fighting with J.K. Rowling and demanding that the upcoming Harry Potter TV show be boycotted.

Tbey were already mad at the Silver Surfer being a female version of the character for this movie. They'll review bomb it, like usual, but if the movie is any good, it'll still break through.

"Sinners" is expected to cross the 100 M mark domestically this weekend, only the 3rd film of the year to do so.

"Dog Man" only made it to 98 M back in Jan/Feb.

Sinners is up to an unexpected 122 M domestically and it's still going strong

Minecraft up to 380 M. Should reach 400 M in the U.S. soon.

The new Marvel film "Thunderbolts" has opened and it was expected to do big business.

However, early reports are that it is on track to gross slightly less than this year's Captain America, which opened well, but dropped off rapidly and limped to the finish line within a few short weeks.

Thunderbolts made about 76 M domestically this weekend, less than Captain America. Yet folks are saying it was a hit.

The Nicolas Cage film "The Surfer" and Alec Baldwin's "Rust" both BOMBED. The latter made about 25 K !

"Sinners" will likely pass Captain America to become the # 2 film of the year in another week or two. It is already up to almost 180 M domestically.

Within another day or so, Thunderbolts will have made more domestically in 1 week than Snow White grossed in its entire 7 week run.

I've heard that the latter will be streaming on Disney Plus next week.

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Alec Baldwin's "Rust" both BOMBED. The latter made about 25 K !

And being a train wreck kinda person...I want to see it. The fact that it was a "western" made on a small budget (as they should be) it makes me want to check it out.

Minecraft up to 409 M domestically

Sinners has grossed 214 M and is still going

Thunderbolts up to 128 M in 2 weeks.

The sixth Final Destination film made at least 51 M this weekend. Sinners is up to 240 M domestically. Thunderbolts is now at 155 M here in the U.S. and is slowing down which means it won't pass the 200 M that Captain America made, a figure that was considered to be disappointing.

Final Destination reeled in an international haul of $102M on a $50M budget in the first weekend I'm gonna call it a hit. Sinners is at $317M on a $90M budget. Saw Thunderbolts today and loved it but current numbers will be lucky to see it break even.

According to reports Captain America Brave New World needed to make $425M internationally to break even and it made $415M. Pretty sure all other outlets will cover the deficit and add to profits. Not to mention years of commercial and streaming television to come.

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Disney had a great 2024 with Deadpool & Wolverine, but so far 2025 is not doing so well.

Snow White bombed and both Captain America and Thunderbolts are not breaking box office records.

Let's see how they do with Lilo & Stitch and Fantastic Four.

They have Elio, Freaky Friday 2, Tron 3, and Zootopia 2 to finish the year.
I'm pretty sure Lilo & Zootopia will do well, but who can say on all of the others in between?

Tron 3 should be interesting, although not sure it will be a big hit.

Jeff Bridges, Jared Leto and Gillian Anderson are in it, but Bruce Boxleitner has not returned.