The Flash - July 2022

[Garlador]

With Indy flopping, Blue Beetle and the Marvels guaranteed to flop, you have to wonder if WB or Disney have anything that is going to make money this year. Could the Haunted Mansion be a surprise hit and spawn a PotC type franchise? Will Aquaman 2 come anywhere close to Aquaman 1’s box office? Will Dune make enough for another film? Will we see anything with a big budget other than Spider-man, Batman, Mario, or Avatar ever again?

It really makes you wonder if this writer’s strike will just be the end of Hollywood as we know it and the entertainment industry will have to go through a massive restructuring to become profitable again. Clearly audiences don’t care enough about these films anymore to make that trip to the theater and spend their money. It’s very easy to wait for streaming or Redbox now with a 2 month turnaround. COVID’s impact on the theater experience is still having long term effects and inflation hasn’t improved things either. We’re even starting to see with collectibles. Things languishing on clearance or having production runs severely limited now. We’re in one of those odd transition periods. Hopefully things just get better to earn our money again.

Studios will look at the things that did make money...

... So get ready for a metric ton of "we want to be the next Super Mario Bros movie" quick video game cash-in animated films.

 

[Dave_W]

Word is coming out that WB would’ve actually earned more had it cancelled The Flash like it did with Bat Girl.

Are Aquaman and BB in danger of being canceled?

Keaton isn't in those, so they will be fine. If BJ2 bombs you know Keaton is box office poison.

 

[abake]

I just hope we're transitioning from "let's spend a gazillion dollars on CGI eye-candy and hope we make more gazillions" to "let's make great movies and hope we make some money"...

 

[Garlador]

I just hope we're transitioning from "let's spend a gazillion dollars on CGI eye-candy and hope we make more gazillions" to "let's make great movies and hope we make some money"...

I'm reminded that Deadpool's budget was slashed to a mere $58 million... compared to these movies with their $200-300 million budgets.

Like, seriously, if the reports of an upwards of $350 million dollar budget for The Flash are to be believed, WB could have funded over 6 Deadpool-sized projects.

 

[T8OO]

If they took all the money they spent on the 4 movies released in the last two years they could have funded ZSJL 2 and 3. Spent less, made a profit and got all the Snyder fans onboard the DCU.

 

[ironwez20]

Yea cause the Snyder films did huge box office numbers and the GA loved those films so much.
Anyway you guys are forgetting ninja turtles is gonna drop. I hope that makes a huge splash

 

[Dave_W]

Yea cause the Snyder films did huge box office numbers and the GA loved those films so much.
Anyway you guys are forgetting ninja turtles is gonna drop. I hope that makes a huge splash

 

[jye4ever]

So in 2025 we will have a Batman and Superman movie in the same year, has that ever happened before?

 

[Earth 616 Collector]

So in 2025 we will have a Batman and Superman movie in the same year, has that ever happened before?

Batman vs Superman

 

[jye4ever]

Just crossed 100 million

WB said it was all part of their long term 100 year plan and that Flash will become profitable by the year 3023.

 

[loki2371]

Just crossed 100 million

WB said it was all part of their long term 100 year plan and that Flash will become profitable by the year 3023.

That makes sense.

Disney must've taken inspiration from WB and placed Indy 5 on the same long term investment.

 

[punisher1974]

Just crossed 100 million

WB said it was all part of their long term 100 year plan and that Flash will become profitable by the year 3023.

JYE you drinking again? That's a thousand years buddy.

 

[jye4ever]

JYE you drinking again? That's a thousand years buddy.

It’s WB math not mine I’m leaving it

 

[Prime Clone]

At this point Gunn can't do any worse box-office-wise. But is it too late to save CBMs in general?

 

[Prime Clone]

I've decided I can accept multiverse movies using circular logic. For instance, Holland's is the "prime" Spider-verse and the Maguire and Garfield films are the "continuing adventures"of those alternate Spideys.

Same with The Flash: the Burtonverse is the "continuing adventures" of Keaton's alternate timeline.

It's a bit like how the SW PT has fewer holes if you use it as a starting point rather than in the context of the OT.

 

[ironwez20]

So like is Keaton Batman now gone? That was his story? Zodd comes in and destroys his world and now he doesn’t exist?

 

[e30ernest]

So like is Keaton Batman now gone? That was his story? Zodd comes in and destroys his world and now he doesn’t exist?

Yup, that's why he's now a vulture in another universe and a birdman in another.

 

[Dave_W]

So like is Keaton Batman now gone? That was his story? Zodd comes in and destroys his world and now he doesn’t exist?

The way I see it, it's A Keaton Batman, not necessarily THE Keaton Batman.

 

[LIBBY1957DOG]

fan trailer

 

[davejames]

So like is Keaton Batman now gone? That was his story? Zodd comes in and destroys his world and now he doesn’t exist?

Yeah I'd say that big Keaton Batman comeback didn't turn out so well. And a year from now I bet most people won't even remember it happened.