Archive Page 2226
March 2025
Cap 4 now at $341,796,598 worldwide – The-Numbers – apparently the long term total on Cap 4 total box office is expected to be $425 million with domestic totals over $200 million and the rest of the money coming from international ticket sales.
If the total cost on producing the film is $450 million or so, total earnings of $425 million is a bad number to end at (though there are lower number estimates out there, like a reported $180 million. Some claim that number is the "reshoot" version of the film and not the original shot film that didn't get past test screenings). Home video sales should help some once the film gets past online streaming duties.*
*The unfortunate results of the streaming revolution: there's no backup for earnings on home video (Cinemagraphe link),
Diamond's bankruptcy letter to retailers – Bleeding Cool
Tax evasion scheme involving Stan Lee memorabilia ends with guilty plea – CBS Los Angeles
Accuracy isn't exactly spot on with this reporting:
A Corona man has agrees plead guilty to filing multiple false tax returns after selling more than $1.2 million worth of signed memorabilia from famed comic book illustrator and creator Stan Lee, but failing to report that income to the IRS, according to officials.
I've heard of Stan Lee being wrongly attributed on lots of character creation and story writing, but now Stan is a famed comic book artist?
Scott Snyder: time for comic writers to go back to basics
Story at MSN Screenrant
Time to move away from being "led around" by the superhero movies because "...the movies have taken a break." That's a polite way of saying the superhero films no longer cut ice for the comic book world to move through.
I think he's saying comic books have got to stand on their own and that's going to mean stories people will read. You know how many people have told me that they still buy comics but they don't actually read them, and when they try, it's too hard to follow or actually cannot be followed because its written in a way that can't be understood? (Where are the editors? I always say.)
Cap 4 now at $299,684,402 worldwide – The-Numbers
Hey ChatGPT, celebrate Captain America 4 hitting $299 million!
Chat GPT: You got it, boss!
Wendy and Richard Pini donate $500K to Columbia University for an endowment to "acquire, preserve, and make available comics and cartoons for study and teaching" – CBR MSN
See larger on Page IX of The Theatre of Superhero Mockery
Captain America 4 brings the house down, literally: theater ceiling collapses – MSN People
Whoa: Japan's manga sales goes over 700 billion yen with big digital sales bump – Kyodo News
The "gorgeous" Wonder Woman game that won't be finished – Kotaku MSN
The sudden closure of Monolith Productions and the cancelation of its Wonder Woman game has left many scratching their heads. Could it really have been that far off from releasing? Was it really going to cost that much to take it the rest of the way over the finish line? Answers to those questions may come in time, but some of those who worked on the game said it was shaping up to be something special..."
Diana can't seem to catch a break lately.
The $200 million blow-out on the failed Suicide Squad game doomed the Wonder Woman game – MSN Games Radar
Earlier this week, WB Games announced that it had scrapped its solo Wonder Woman game and closed down its studio Monolith Productions for good, alongside MultiVersus developer Player First and WB Games San Diego in a move the publisher called a "strategic change in direction."
Eisner Award 2025 Nominees – Comic Con – Follow the link to the page to see the Judges list and more info. Here's the nominee list:
- Alfredo Alcala (1925–2000)
- Kyle Baker (1965– )
- Bob Bolling (1928– )
- Eddie Campbell (1955– )
- Roz Chast (1954– )
- Dan Clowes (1961– )
- Mark Evanier (1952– )
- Mike Friedrich (1949– )
- Don Heck (1929–1995)
- Junji Ito (1963– )
- Ben Katchor (1951– )
- Todd Klein (1951– )
- Peter Kuper (1958– )
- Lee Marrs (1945– )
- John Romita Jr. (1956– )
- Posy Simmonds (1945– )
- Leonard Starr (1925–2015)
- Rick Veitch (1951– )
Mattel again has the rights to make DC's main character toys and action figures – Los Angeles Times MSN
Mattel lost the global licensing rights about six years ago to develop and market some DC-related toys to rivals Spin Master and McFarlane Toys. Mattel was still allowed to produce DC-themed toys aimed at girls and preschoolers. The new multiyear deal could help fuel sales for the El Segundo-based toy maker and entertainment company as it competes with contenders such as Hasbro, which produces Marvel superhero action figures. In 2024, Mattel’s net sales were $5.4 billion, a 1% drop ..."
This happening coincides with DC's movie schedule for Superman, Supergirl, Clayface and the next Batman sequel. The question being asked elsewhere is whether McFarlane Toys is still going to hold a license, too.
The Godzilla versus Chicago art show and comic book – CBS News
Cap 4 creeps up to $293,018,902 worldwide – The-Numbers
You should be a better comic book artist and Yanick Paquette will tell you how – Bleeding Cool
Substack of – Yanick Paquette
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Original page March 5, 2025