Do you think the success or failure of Peacemaker will impact things? I made it two episodes before just turning it off and forgetting it existed. But I'm fussy. More to the point my mate who has execrable taste in media and numbers the Michael Bay Transformer movies amongst his all time greats of cinema, got bored and stopped watching it. And that's newsworthy.
So I'm thinking S2 wont be a big success. I never really heard much about it after some initial puff pieces.
Personal opinion rather than anything concrete but I think people care about DC spin-offs in relation to their films
even less than people care about Marvel's spin-offs in the current day. Peacemaker's biggest draw for non-comic books fans is likely John Cena. Unless DC makes a massive push trying to tie the properties together, which would be a little too late, I doubt there'll be a noticeable bump for the film.
If anything, the show might see a downtick after the PR nonsense with Gunn, the 3 year gap since the first season, and the Superman promotional coverage blunders on display. But people seemed to enjoy the show (based purely on the Wiki article) so if gives its existing viewer base what they want in that bubble, it'll likely be fine.
Also: considering The Suicide Squad (featuring John Cena's Peacemaker) made even less than Superman did its opening weekend over the course of its entire theatrical run (even failing to match its budget), I doubt it's going to cause any changes for Supes one way or the other.
220M global gross means around $100M net for WB vs a $225M* budget. It MAY net about $50M more over its theater life.
*blah blah blah, that's the announced production budget, realistically its total is much much higher.
They went and used roughly the same budget they did making Man of Steel. At a time where comic book properties were arguably at their peak financially. They thought it was a good idea for their second try at a Superman movie, a little over a decade later (ignoring Cavill's later appearances), probably because Gunn's Guardians film also had roughly the same budget and racked in a surprising amount of dough.
Ignoring how much money was sunk into Gunn to have him head whatever new direction DC is trying to go in.
Unless this film holds really well over the coming weeks, I don't see the returns on this looking that amazing. On their own, they might look fine but if I was a suit at Warner, I wouldn't be happy. By this point a known, name director like Gunn (stolen from the enemy camp no less!) and a brand like Superman should be managing to pull in numbers on par with Jurassic World its opening weekend. And that's just in comparison to the State-side opening. I would expect way more from this deal than middling numbers and more or less breaking even.
Again, this is
Superman. Snyder's MoS making lukewarm numbers was understandable because it was a noticeable departure from what Superman is in a lot of people's heads. Why raise him from the dead and do this again with a fresh coat of paint for more or less the exact same results? At least point just make the Supergirl movie with a smaller budget and move on with it.
But the budget in and of itself is baffling because yes, Superman is a name brand yada yada, but I do think its value has diminished over the years. Why the budget for what could have easily been a more down-to-earth take on the hero was that massive is beyond me. Especially after their success with The Joker (reportedly under $100k).
