Cinemaos 10 biggest failures of superhero movies at the box office

Despite James Gunn (Galaxy Guardians: Volume 3) state that the new SupermanNo need to earn $ 700 million to be considered a success, we know that this is not the way it works.

Over the past few decades, Hollywood has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in comics that promised to be hits, but ended up harming the studios. Rolling Stone Brazil prepared a list of the 10 largest failures of the genre in order of release:

1. Superman IV: in search of peace (1987)

Budget: US $ 17 million | World Ticket Office: US $ 36 million

With the arrival of the hero’s new movie in theaters, it is good to remember that the fourth movie starring Christopher Reeve (Superman – The Movie) became disappointment. With budget cuts and shallow script, the feature was traumatic for the studio, which decided to hibernate Kryptonian for good years.

2. Steel – The Man of Steel (1997)

Budget: US $ 16 million | World Ticket Office: $ 1.7 million

The 90s reserved some pearls in terms of comics adaptations. One of them is Steel, in which the basketball star Shaquille O’Neal He tried to become a superhero. The result was a complete disaster. The film is remembered more as curiosity than for any cinematic merit.

3. Pit (2004)

Budget: US $ 100 million | World Ticket Office: US $ 82 million

The film that buried the career of Halle Berry (The last supper) For a few years was massacred by critics and the box office followed the same path. To this day, Pit It is remembered as a symbol of heroes’ cinema failure in the 2000s.

4. Green lantern (2011)

Budget: US $ 200 million | World Ticket Office: US $ 219 million

Another DC attempt to get a hero in theaters and another case of a film that did not please public and critical. Even with the strong marketing campaign, Green lantern became a joke, even by the Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), protagonist of the story, and never had continuation. There are those who still defend him, but only that more DCNauta fan.

5. Fantastic quartet (2015)

Budget: US $ 120–150 million | World Ticket Office: US $ 167 million

Reboot Dark of the Marvel team, was the target of severe criticism and creative disputes between director and studio. Failure has built the franchise for years, which will now gain a new version that has everything to make us forget about this.

6. X-Men: Black Phoenix (2019)

Budget: US $ 200 million | World Ticket Office: US $ 252 million

Last mutant saga movie before the Fox/Disney fusion was released under suspicion. The shallow script and problematic production led to fans’ frustration and also the studio, who could not pay production costs, being at the loss.

7. MorbiuS (2022)

Budget: US $ 75 million | World Ticket Office: US $ 167 million

The feature starring Jared Leto (Gucci house) did not please critic and public. Thanks to the low budget, the damage was not so large, but its negative impact damaged Sony’s plans for the “spider” that nowadays survives the harsh feathers and with constantly criticized releases.

8. Shazam! Fury of the gods (2023)

Budget: US $ 125 million | World Ticket Office: US $ 133 million

With less appeal than the original and released during the transition from DCEU, the film did not excite. Not even the charisma of the cast saved from the indifference of the public.

9. The Flash (2023)

Budget: US $ 220 million | World Ticket Office: US $ 270 million

Promised as a Renaissance of the DC universe, the film sank among personal scandals of Ezra Miller (Fantastic animals and where), criticized effects and tiredness of the public with the adaptations of the studio. A damage that has buried once and for all the extended universe of DC.

10. Marvels (2023)

Budget: US $ 270 million | World Ticket Office: US $ 206 million

Sequence of Marvel Captain (2019), the film suffered from the lack of public engagement and a weak marketing campaign. It is considered Marvel Studios’ largest financial failure to this day. Does anyone remember exist?

*Budget values ​​are estimated according to information from the corresponding studio and the box office are rounded according to Boxofficemojo

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