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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Originally posted by Tommy C:
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.