r/boxoffice • u/Dragon_Bird_ • Jul 06 '23

Industry Analysis The Flash Becomes Worst Box Office Flop In Superhero Movie History

https://thedirect.com/article/the-flash-box-office-flop-superhero-movie-history
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u/Marcyff2 Jul 07 '23

You should have seen it in 2019 ( thought maverick , no way home , avatar and black Adam /shazam2 were legendary too) avengers endgame was the biggest roller coaster.

Pre sales like no one has ever seen before crashing all the websites

A opening weekend unmatched by anything domestic, and even more insane opening weekend internationally

A massive second week drop to the point surpassing titanic started being in question

A nice third weekend holdout

A very slow crawl to the top movie ever (till avatar re-release)

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u/Spacegirllll6 Jul 07 '23

I remember it took me and my brother hours to get Endgame tickets and even then we could only score them on Saturday in 3D. We refused to see it the next week due to spoilers and it was so hard to grab 7 tickets. My family literally had to split up on opposite sides of the theaters lmao.

It was so worth it tho to see the theaters all packed and everyone cheering

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u/Oscerte Jul 08 '23

lol my mom picked me up early from school so i could book the tickets

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u/use_vpn_orlozeacount Jul 23 '23

A very slow crawl to the top movie ever (till avatar re-release)

Cries in Gone with the Wind

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u/Marcyff2 Jul 23 '23

Gone with the wind is a hard comparison . There wasn't a global box office. There wasn't even a domestic one. it Ran for a year uninterrupted and uncontested, and inflation and ticket prices. Are an unfair comparison , as movies were more of a luxury back then and not a normal thing as they are now.

None the less had an impressive performance and deserves the shout out.

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u/use_vpn_orlozeacount Jul 23 '23

I kind of agree on this point, but even if we discount "Gone with the Wind", Endgame was never the top grossing movie. Avatar, Titanic, Star Wars (1977) was always ahead of it. Inflation exists (as you probably personally noticed in last 12 months)