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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (13 children)

James Gunn generally knows what he's doing and I'm sure the movie is fine.

But a film that cost $225M to produce and another $200M to market on a franchise that's nearly a century old and has always been box office gold... If it doesn't turn a cool $1B the studio will consider it a flop. That its cruising in to the box office third place behind Minecraft (predictably disappointing) and the Live Action Lilo & Stitch (Christ, Disney, just die already) is... eh. Not a great sign for The Movies generally speaking.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You must not have seen any of the recent Superman films.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

I've seen quite a few. The box office numbers are regularly better than they should be.

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