The Marvel Studios Cinematic Universe will release 4 films this year, but they may be overtaken by DC Comics.
One way to check the success of a saga is by the box office it does and for now Marvel studios outperforms the rest, even Star wars. Also in 2021 with Black widow, Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings, The Eternals Y Spider-Man: Far From Home few movie studios will overshadow it. But… Can those 4 movies be topped by DC Comics Suicide Squad?
For now, Marvel studios premiered Black widow obtaining about 320 million dollars of collection, a good figure at a time of pandemic, but very far from other premieres such as Godzilla vs Kong (465 million) or Fast and furious 9 (624 million). Also, those who have already seen The Suicide Squad, they consider it a great madness and it can attract a large audience. So it is not ruled out that it is the highest grossing of the year. Something unusual, since since this golden age of superheroes in the 21st century has begun, the only film of Dc comics The number one worldwide at the box office is The Dark Knight in 2008 with $ 1,005 million. But at the time, the Marvel Studios Cinematic Universe had only begun with Hombre de Hierro (585 million) and The incredible Hulk (264 million).
The error that caused this to occur.
If it exists The Suicide Squad of Dc comics, it is because of Marvel studios Y Disney. Since a few years ago they fired James Gunn for some old tweets. Despite the fact that he had managed to get his two Guardians of the Galaxy were big hits. In Warner Bros. they were quick and hired the director letting him do what he wanted with the huge catalog of characters they have.
Now, the film is about to be released and if we check the first reviews, we may be facing the best of the superhero genre or comic book adaptations of recent years. A movie that never would have existed if Marvel studios I would have fought with Disney for keeping James Gunn. But to finish off the play, they later rehired him. So the only thing they managed to do was give their “rivals” a large number of millions and they may be surpassed in 2021.
This is how he explains it in a recent interview, Peter safran, producer of The Suicide Squad:
“I think people felt it was an overreaction from Disney and Marvel Studios. I also think that ultimately, they themselves believed it was an overreaction. Because not long after he signed on to do The Suicide Squad, they reversed their decision. Since they invited him to come back and finish their Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy. So I think people realize that maybe he was caught up in forces that were much bigger than him and beyond his control, and the fact that they had both apologized for many years prior to those tweets and had also lived quite an exemplary life since his apology for it. “
Currently the highest grossing film of 2021 is the Chinese comedy Hola Mama with 822 million dollars. At another time it would be easily surpassed, but today it is a brutal figure.
All movies of James Gunn of Marvel studios can be seen on the Disney Plus streaming platform.