Next week: Ashley Eckstein, Nick Mamatas, and James Berardinelli
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Next week: Ashley Eckstein, Nick Mamatas, and James Berardinelli
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The Avengers Becomes the Highest Grossing Comic Book Adaptation in Film History!
By: Steve Sunu (Courtesy of: www.comicbookresources.com )
Marvel's "The Avengers" continues to assemble moviegoers into theaters at an incredible rate. After 20 days in theaters overseas and 10 days in theaters domestically, Earth's Mightiest Movie has shattered records to become the 11th highest-grossing film of all time worldwide, the highest-grossing film of 2012 and the highest-grossing comic book movie adaptation worldwide, nabbing the throne previously held by "The Dark Knight."
While "The Avengers" continues to do well overseas, much of its success is owed to the domestic market, which currently accounts for over one-third of the worldwide gross. The film opened to a record-breaking weekend with $207.4 million made between May 4-6. Last weekend, May 11-13, the film remained strong hauling in about 50% of its opening weekend gross, about $103 million. "The Avengers" has been in U.S. theaters for 10 days, earning a grand total of $373 million (or $37.3 million per day on average).
However, the film has a long way to go before reaching the #1 box office gross record holder, "Avatar" according to an interview with Hollywood.com box-office analyst Paul Dergarabedian posted at E! Online, "The Avengers," who characterizes the superhero epic as "a sprinter." "It's sprinting to enormous numbers, [but] to expect that it can continue on that is a tall order," Dergarabedian told E! Online.
In fact, "The Avengers" holds many similarities to the record-breaking start of fellow comic book adaptation success story "The Dark Knight." At the time, many fans wondered whether the Batman epic would unseat then-box-office-king "Titanic." While "The Dark Knight" ended its run falling short of the top grossing film, "The Avengers" still has quite a bit going for it. Its $103.1 million take last weekend shattered "Avatar's" domestic box office second-weekend gross and despite the film being down 50% from its opening weekend, it doesn't show signs of stopping. "I have learned not to underestimate this movie," said Dergarabedian. "The Avengers" is currently the #3 highest grossing comic book adaptation film domestically, outranked only by "Spider-Man" and "The Dark Knight," and the #11 highest-grossing film of all time, worldwide.
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May 17, 2012
DC Comics' Green Arrow Series Scheduled for Wednesday Nights!!
By: Josh Wigler (Courtesy of: splashpage.mtv.com)
Ladies and gentlemen, bows and arrows at the ready: Oliver Queen's coming back to television, and he's already got himself a time slot.
"Arrow," the new TV series based on DC Comics' Green Arrow character, has been scheduled for Wednesday nights at 8 p.m. ET, with the exact premiere date still to be determined. The Stephen Amell-starring series will be teamed up with veteran genre show "Supernatural," set to air at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday nights. It's not the "Smallville"-"Arrow" one-two punch that DC fans would die over, no, but it's a pretty powerful pair all the same.
The "Arrow" plot synopsis, for those of you who've forgotten:
After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. When he returns home to Starling City, his devoted mother Moira, much-beloved sister Thea, and best friend Tommy welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island. While Oliver hides the truth about the man he’s become, he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as the boy he was. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his former girlfriend, Laurel Lance. As Oliver reconnects with those closest to him, he secretly creates the persona of Arrow – a vigilante – to right the wrongs of his family, fight the ills of society, and restore Starling City to its former glory. By day, Oliver plays the role of a wealthy, carefree and careless philanderer he used to be – flanked by his devoted chauffeur/bodyguard, John Diggle – while carefully concealing the secret identity he turns to under cover of darkness. However, Laurel’s father, Detective Quentin Lance, is determined to arrest the vigilante operating in his city. Meanwhile, Oliver’s own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on – and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.
We'll have much more on "Arrow" over the next several days, so make sure to keep checking in for your Star City fix.
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