Captain America Civil War to pass $1 billion today

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I also hear that there are massive openings WB's marketing department as well. These guys had to have all been fired over it.

The sad thing, for DC fans, is that Batman vs Superman, which should have been built up to for years, could easily have become the highest grossing movie of all time if someone with half a brain was in charge.

Batman. Superman. The two most biggest superheroes of all time. You don't throw this out right away.

Jesus. Doesn't anyone watch pro wrestling? You build up to this. You tease it, you develop it, you wait for it to come a nice boil... and then you give it to the fans.

And you don't have Zach Snyder direct it.

Mind you, none of that should detract from the fact that CA3 was an amazing popcorn flick with just enough character moments to enhance the great action in the film. It should be studied in film school as how to build up to, and then delivery, a huge blockbuster movie.

I could watch Captain America: Civil War again and again. You would have to pay me to watch BvS again.

And it better be good money.

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I also hear that there are massive openings WB's marketing department as well. These guys had to have all been fired over it.

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Marketing wasn't the problem. They promoted the shite out of Batman vs Superman. But once people saw it they told their friends and then didn't see it a second time. Marvel gets alot of multi-viewers.

Barely a post in and this has already become a BvS thread. Let it go

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Captain America Civil War to pass $1 billion today

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Good.

I hope it makes 2 billion and more.

DC and Warner Bros needs to feel the pain as much as possible with their completion doing so absurdly well to force themselves to take a long and hard look at what they're doing wrong which quite frankly is a lot.

I'd love to have been in a his meeting with Snyder and all the other clowns involved in this:

"So how are we going to start off our own universe?"
"Well 'The Dark Knight Returns' is the most popular Batman comic, and 'The Death of Superman' is the most popular Superman comic. Plus Batman fights Superman in it, and Doomsday is there, who is the most awesome villain ever. Let's start off a fricking franchise with those two!"
"Brilliant!"

Its clear no one who understands the comics or storytelling in general was involved in these meetings. Anyone who knows basic plot structure would have been able to carefully explain to WB why it was a horrible idea to launch a franchise off of these two comic books. I think any one of us would have stopped Snyder cold in his tracks and told him to shut the frick up with his stupid ideas. I really hope Civil War literally doubles BvS's gross. That would be the best thing ever.

As much as I hate it, you're right. I enjoyed the movie...it wasn't good, but I didn't see it in theaters...this moview should not have come out right after MOS. If they wanted to go this route they should have made at least two or three other films to build the universe. It's been discussed ad nauseum on here, but they had Avengers on the mind and couldn't see any other way. It's a disgrace. The film, while I enjoyed it, wasn't that good...people should be fired. Hopefully Affleck rights the ship. It's funny everyone hated he was going to be Batman and now we want him to save the franchise. I went to Civil War last Saturday and it was amazing...brilliant movie. Marvel is head and shoulders above DC...and I prefer DC. Infinity Wars and GOTG2 are going to kill it.