Here are the ones that just missed out:
11. Zoolander 2
12. Star Trek Beyond
13. X-Men: Apocalypse
14. Bourne 5
15. Independence Day: Resurgence
Fun facts about our Top 1o:
- All-but-one of them are based on pre-existing material
- None of our Top 10 are directed by women
- And only one of them has a female central role
- Only one of them is a sequel
- But three are spin-offs
- 50% are based on comic books
- While 20% are based on novels
- Tilda Switon, Ezra Miller, Mads Mikkelsen, Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Irons appear in more than one movie on the list
And here’s our writer’s personal picks:
Gary Collinson – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Luke Owen – Captain America: Civil War
Oli Davis – Suicide Squad
Scott J. Davis – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Rohan Morbey – Silence
Chris Cooper – Deadpool
Tom Beasley – Doctor Strange
Tai Freligh – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
James Garcia – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Sara Hemrajani – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Justin Cook – Captain America: Civil War
Villordsutch – Star Trek Beyond
Ben Rayner – Deadpool
Amon Warmann – Captain America: Civil War
David Opie – Deadpool
Kris Wall – Suicide Squad
Gav Logan – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Jake Wilson – Hail, Caesar!
Tori Brazer – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Thomas Roach – Doctor Strange
Sade Green – Captain America: Civil War
Eddy Gardiner – Deadpool
Ricky Church – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Rob Kojder – The Witch
Mason Taylor – Hail, Caesar!
Do you agree with the Top 10? What’s your most anticipated movie of 2016?
MikeDK says
“Perhaps superhero fatigue really is setting in for some viewers. You only have to look at how Ant-Man performed last year, a solo movie in the MCU with no prior releases.” – care to elaborate on that statement?
It made the same (or more) money that the early solo films in the MCU did.
Domestic it made the same as Thor and Captain America, and worldwide it made more than both those movies (like $150 million and $70 million more). Pretty impressive for a superhero with no following or awareness whatsoever.
I’m pretty sure Marvel would be very pleased to have Doctor Strange meet that “same fate” with this film.
They can’t all be ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ size hits, which, by the way, no one (sane) expects them to be.
Luke Owen says
Well, you could argue that Ant-Man having the second-lowest opening weekend in the studio’s history – beating only The Incredible Hulk – was not a “win”.
Ant-Man did make money and was not a failure, but it didn’t earn the sort of money Marvel are expecting to make with the brand they’ve built. It’s the same argument with Age of Ultron. The film did over $1 billion, but it was seen as a disappointment because it didn’t make more than the previous Avengers movie.
Doctor Strange will perform well, and it will make its money back. But at this stage of the game, Marvel want to be exceeding the money they’re putting in. If they’re spending $150 million to the make each movie, they’re going to want to make $500 million domestically. And with the traction and build they’ve created since Iron Man in 2008, that should be expected.
You are right in that every solo-movie/non-sequel can’t be Guardians of the Galaxy hits, but the point I was making is that the studio will expect each movie to be a Guardians hit.
MikeDK says
Allright, I get it.
I guess we just have differing views on what we think Marvel’s expectations are.
I don’t think they expect Guardian sized hits with every new introductory film. That would be insane.
They only spent $130 million on Ant-Man, which I think is an early indication that they knew full well this was going to be a hard sell.
And the fact that it was able to generate as much income as Thor and Captain America, with the lower opening weekend you so rightly mention it had, is impressing in itself.
I think the intro films comming up (Strange, Black Panther) are expected to hit $500 million worldwide, and that everything more than that will be impressive, even by Marvel standards.
The sequels are where their expectations are. If Ant-Man 2 makes the same or less than Ant-Man then it’s a flop (by Marvel standards).