Deadline's 2018 Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament

[hodayathink]

https://deadline.com/2019/03/a-star-is-born-box-office-profit-2018-1202580798/

The total list so far:

10.) A Star Is Born
9.) The Grinch
8.) Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
7.) Deadpool 2
6.) Venom
5.) Aquaman
4.) Bohemian Rhapsody
3.) Incredibles 2
2.) Black Panther

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't always about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs are subtracted from box office grosses, and then estimates of ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV are added. To get close to that mysterious end of the equation, Deadline uses data culled by seasoned and trusted sources.

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They do this every year, and it offers a great deal of insight into the behind the scenes of how box office grosses actually translate to movie profits (and losses). #10 for this year is A Star Is Born, and they usually update pretty consistently on weekdays until they get to #1 (and they also do smaller lists of biggest bombs and of smaller movies that returned large profits).

 

[Quinton]

Neat! Thanks for the link. I'll be following along eagerly.

 

[Deleted member 17388]

How well would Alita rank in one of these? :p

 

[hodayathink]

Here is last year's thread if anyone wants to look back at it.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/de...fitable-film-of-the-year-top-10-posted.30711/

 

[Sexy Fish]

my brain farted and I was trying to think if their was even two blockbuster video locations left to battle it out

 

[Heroicpiglet]

I have waited for this list since january lol

 

[HeartlessNobody2134]

I think Infinity War will more than likely be #1 right? I think I read the profit for it was over $600 million.

 

[hodayathink]

I think Infinity War will more than likely be #1 right? I think I read the profit for it was over $600 million.

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It's almost certainly gonna be Infinity War at #1 and Black Panther at #2 (Bohemian Rhapsody is the only other movie that could be in the discussion, I believe).

 

[hodayathink]

The Grinch is at #9

 

[hodayathink]

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom at #8

That $200M in participation is nuts, and a good chunk of it actually goes to Speilberg as a producer.

 

[berzeli]

Deadpool 2 is #7

 

[hodayathink]

Venom at #6

 

[Heroicpiglet]

200M$ for participation, it's insane

 

[Prototype Viktor]

looking at the 2017 list how the fuck did they spend 77 million on ads for Get Out when the budget was under 5 million. advertising ruins so much

 

[shintoki]

Can't hold down Venom!

 

[hodayathink]

looking at the 2017 list how the fuck did they spend 77 million on ads for Get Out when the budget was under 5 million. advertising ruins so much

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For one, releasing a movie wide is not, and has never been, cheap. Even with word of mouth hits, you have to make sure enough people know about the movie in the first place for the word of mouth to travel.

For two, the P&A money for Get Out also includes Oscar campaign spending, and that stuff isn't cheap either.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

So, #5 leaked out.

Spoiler

Aquaman

So that means the rest of the list should probably play out like this:
4: Bohemian Rhapsody
3: Incredibles 2
2: Black Panther
1: Avengers: Infinity War

 

[hodayathink]

Official write-up for Aquaman at #5.

 

[hodayathink]

Bohemian Rhapsody at #4

 

[Deleted member 5853]

Holy shit at that foreign BO number for Bohemian Rhapsody.

You can't stop Queen.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

https://deadline.com/2019/04/incredibles-2-box-office-profits-1202586957/

Incredibles 2 comes in at #3.

$447m profit. Dayum

Obviously 2 will be Black Panther and 1 Infinity War. Just how high will Disney go?

 

[ContractHolder]

So Incredibles 3 has to be secretly greenlit considering that profit.

 

[hodayathink]

So Incredibles 3 has to be secretly greenlit considering that profit.

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Bird wants to do another live action movie next. I'd imagine Disney lets him do that first, then go back to Incredibles. The audience has proven it's willing to wait.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Bird wants to do another live action movie next. I'd imagine Disney lets him do that first, then go back to Incredibles. The audience has proven it's willing to wait.

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Tomorrowland 2 will surprise us like a pickup truck out of nowhere! BronsonLee will see it five times opening weekend!

 

[Deleted member 42]

WHY

 

[hodayathink]

WHY

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Why not?

 

[hodayathink]

Black Panther at #2

 

[hodayathink]

The grouping of profitable smaller budget movies is up, including Crazy Rich Asians, Halloween and A Quiet Place.

 

[hodayathink]

And the five bombs article is up, with three of them belonging to Disney (Solo, A Wrinkle in Time, Nutcracker) and the other two being Robin Hood and Mortal Engines.

 

[shintoki]

We hit the age were a SW flick is in biggest bomb

 

[hodayathink]

Avengers: Infinity War is #1

 

[Heroicpiglet]

i thought it would be 600M +