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Thor: The Dark World opened with the best debut weekend for a Marvel Studios movie that doesn’t feature Iron Man — but how does it stack up at the box office to all other cinematic superheroes? Photo Illustration by Justine Zwiebel for BuzzFeed We live in an age of maximum superheroics. Costume-clad comic book champions are dominating the multiplex now with a constancy and — more often than not — success rate never before seen in Hollywood.
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Case in point: Thor: The Dark World just opened in the U.S. With an estimated $86.1 million weekend, a 31% increase from the first Thor's debut in 2011. Even more impressive: In two weeks, the film has already pulled in an estimated $240.9 million overseas, which is nearly 90% of the total international gross for the first Thor.
With no major competition next weekend, Thor: The Dark World should easily join Man of Steel and Iron Man 3 as one of the top 10 grossing films of this year. Next year, Captain America, Spider-Man, the X-Men, and the Guardians of the Galaxy will vie for the box office crown, and in 2015, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, Batman and Superman, and Ant-Man will do the same. With so many superheroes competing for our eyeballs at the movie theater, it is worth taking stock of which heroes have most proven their box office mettle. Using figures from Box Office Mojo, BuzzFeed has crunched the numbers to come up with as objective a breakdown as possible for the most, and least, successful superheroes of the last 35 years. Before we get to the list, however, a few words on our methodology — this gets pretty deep-dish nerdy, so feel free to skip ahead to the rankings if you prefer. To be considered, a character had to be a classically defined superhero initially derived from a comic book or graphic novel — so Harry Potter and Katniss Everdeen, superheroic though they may be, don't count. They also had to be the leading characters in their own film with their name in the title, meaning that Marvel Studios stars Black Widow, Hawkeye, and Loki can't be considered.
And that film also had to be released in the United States, which kept curiosities like 1990's Captain America — which went straight to video in the U.S. — from factoring into Cap's overall box office numbers. As for the numbers themselves, we took into account five different metrics: First, the total number of films the character starred in — studios generally won't make a sequel unless there is some money to be made. Next, both the average total domestic box office for those films, and the average opening domestic box office, both adjusted for inflation. (For movies that opened during a long holiday week and weekend, like 2004's Spider-Man 2, we only included the first three days of release as the fairest point of comparison with other films.) Why separate opening weekend from the total gross?
Studios can take home as much as 90% of the opening weekend gross for a major blockbuster film, ceding more of the box office to exhibitors as the weeks progress — so both figures matter in different ways. Then we included a figure called the average domestic box office multiplier. The number reflects how many times over a movie increased its debut numbers — the higher that number, the better the word-of-mouth and repeat business for a film. (For example, a movie that opens with $20 million and goes on to gross $200 million would have a multiplier of 10.) And finally, we included the average global total gross for each character. In the last 10 years, global figures have become Hollywood's top barometer for overall success, so we felt it was necessary to use the global figures in our final analysis. But since there is no reliable way to track ticket price inflation across the entire planet, we reflected the fact that the numbers are not adjusted for inflation in our final calculation.
Which brings us to the final weighted rating. We weighted each metric (from 0-1) according to how that hero faired in comparison to all the other heroes (i.e., for number of movies, those with the most movies got a 1, the least got 0, and everyone else fell in between proportionally).
We then added all those figures together, weighting the average global total gross less than all the other figures, and used the final number to rank all the characters. One last note on The Avengers: Figuring out how to include the third-highest-grossing movie of all time in the overall numbers for Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and Hulk proved to be no easy task. The movie was a true ensemble film, and it did so astronomically well in comparison to every other Marvel Studios film that to treat it as a starring vehicle for the characters was unfairly skewing their numbers — but not including The Avengers at all also wasn't fair. So using screen-time figures, we created weighted averages for all four characters.
It's not perfect, but it's as close to an objective measure of the film's box office impact for those characters as we could get. ©Lionsgate / Courtesy Everett Collection. These camp classics are best viewed with the right audience. And a lot of booze. Valley of the Dolls (1967) The gist: Three young women embark on careers in show business and soon find themselves lost in a world of backstabbing, infidelity, and lots of pills. What makes it bad: Despite the serious subject matter, the performances are too over-the-top to be taken seriously. Every emotional moment is undercut with awful line readings and a cloying score.
Gay icon alert: Patty Duke as Neely O'Hara, a character based on Judy Garland. The moment you'll want to rewind: Having lost everything, Neely suffers a breakdown in an alley, crying out for her former friends and lovers — and finally for Neely O'Hara herself. 20th Century Fox / Via Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) The gist: It's basically a trippy rehash of Valley of the Dolls with three young women in a rock band getting seduced by drugs and sex in Los Angeles. What makes it bad: That's questionable — the script by Roger Ebert and direction by Russ Meyer is all very intentionally campy. It's not bad in the traditional sense so much as a gleeful mess. Gay icon alert: Director Russ Meyer, no matter how heterosexual his intentions were. The moment you'll want to rewind: The first introduction to Z-Man is iconic, including the line 'This is my happening and it freaks me out!'
(later co-opted by Austin Powers) and a performance by Strawberry Alarm Clock. 20th Century Fox / Via Can't Stop the Music (1980) The gist: It's a fictionalized biography of the Village People, in which songwriter Jack Morell puts together a band with the help of his model roommate Sam. What makes it bad: The Village People are best appreciated in small doses, not in a two-hour musical starring Steve Guttenberg on roller skates. That there's a story at all is laughable. Gay icon alert: The Village People as themselves.
The moment you'll want to rewind: 'YMCA' gets performed at the YMCA. And despite the fact that this is a PG-rated film, there's plenty of full-frontal male nudity involved. Anchor Bay / Via The Apple (1980) The gist: In the science fiction future of 1994, Alphie and Bibi try to make it in the music industry and discover its dark side in this disco-infused Biblical allegory. What makes it bad: Did you see the part about it being a disco-infused Biblical allegory?
God is a hippie named Mr. It's all brightly colored, incredibly grating nonsense. Gay icon alert: None really, but there's a lot of disco.
The moment you'll want to rewind: The titular song is pretty amazing, complete with a giant (metaphor) apple and presumably a lot of cocaine. 'Oh, it's a natural, natural, natural desire / Gets ya higher, higher, higher, higher!'
I am Catwoman, hear me roar! Her origin story was incredible. Who doesn't love to see someone go from a tepid nobody to a raging, kick-ass villain? / Via When she goes bat-shit crazy and destroys her home?
SOSOSOSOSO incredible! Her character was finally over being a doormat.
/ Via Her costume was a work of art. How did she even get into this thing everyday?
One paw at a time, eh? / Via Her nails were pretty incredible, too. The amount of detail that went into Tim Burton's vision of Catwoman is astounding.
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Also, Ryan Atwood looks good. The first trailer for Fox's upcoming Batman prequel series Gotham made its debut Monday night during the premiere of 24: Live Another Day. The show will see former O.C.
Star Benjamin McKenzie return to Fox as Gotham City Police Department Detective James Gordon, who's tasked with solving the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne. In turn, he finds himself spending a lot of time with their son (and witness) Bruce, who, of course, grows up to be Batman.
But in addition to explaining the beginnings of Batman, Gotham offers the origin stories of some classic DC Comics characters and villains. And it introduces some newbies too. There's Detective Gordon (McKenzie): Fox His partner Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue): Fox Oswald Cobblepot aka Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor): Fox. New clip teases more of the villains in Fox’s new Batman prequel, Gotham. In the new clip from Gotham, Young Detective Jim Gordon (played by Ben McKenzie), asks 'How will a little girl, a low level thug, and a business woman become the most dangerous villains around?' Fox / Via The little girl is Selina Kyle / the future Catwoman, played by acting newcomer Camren Bicondova. FOX She is a teenage orphan who is suspicious and wholly unpredictable.
A street thief and skilled pickpocket, she’s dangerous when cornered. FOX The Low-Level Thug is Oswald Cobblepot/ The future Penguin, played by Robin Lord Taylor. Honey, I’m home! The industrial ceiling beam. It's like somehow Selina had access to Pinterest back in 1992, like she's put her own twist on all those hip exposed ceiling beams.
All the pink paint. All the pink paint in Selina's apartment, (the walls, the doors, the cabinets), make her transition into Catwoman so much more drastic AND fabulous. And let's not forget that perfect pink phone. Selina's 'Hello There' lights. As if the pink theme in this apartment couldn't get any better. We'd appreciate it if we could get a business card for the fine fellow who crafted these lights. A thoroughly typical Monday for everyone involved.
So Jim's Working at Arkham Now FOX We open on the inmates of Arkham blowing through the asylum's apparently bloated arts budget by putting on a musical adaptation of The Tempest starring the criminally insane. Jim Gordon is head of security, having been demoted from detective to Arkham babysitter in last year's mid-season finale. Trying to arrest the mayor (again). Emotions run high in the theatre/mental institution and a sudden inmate kerfuffle demands the attention of a doctor played by the inimitable Morena Baccarin ( Firefly, Homeland), who has stayed prettier than you since the late 1970s. If you're not immediately familiar with Dr. Leslie Thompson (and the show helpfully doesn't care either way), the good doctor is the angelic physician to Gotham's discarded citizens and future mother figure — or grandmother, really — to Bruce Wayne, who collects elderly parental analogs the way most billionaires accrue supermodel girlfriends.
If Alfred is the dad, and Gordon is the cool uncle, Leslie is the mom-grandma-hippie aunt. Oh, and Jim stumbles upon a catatonic inmate who has been electrocuted directly to the brain. Thompson and the criminally unhelpful Arkham director, Dr. Lang ( The Wire's Sen. Clay Davis!) drop some exposition in the form of an order to Jim: Find out who is giving brutal electroshock pseudotherapy to patients. Breaking and Entering With Selena and Ivy FOX.
Alas, tis Sir Batman of Gotham, and his squire, Robin! Is a Paris-based French photographer who has exhibited in galleries around the world. 'Solider with helmet and shield in American colors.' Sacha Goldberger / Via His latest project “Super-Flemish” interprets American heroes in the style of Flemish school painters.
'Portrait of a man in a mask with pointed ears.' Sacha Goldberger / Via Using 17th century techniques of counterpointing light and shadow, the photographs cleverly illustrate the “nobility and fragility” of superheroes. 'Portrait of the masked man with pointed ears' squire.' Sacha Goldberger / Via Goldberger told BuzzFeed: “The superheroes often live their lives cloaked in anonymity. These portraits give them a chance to 'fix' their narcissism denied.” 'Woman in red and blue with diadem and lasso.'
Sacha Goldberger / Via. Writer Genevieve Valentine wrote a blog post confirming the sexuality of the original Catwoman, Selina Kyle. 'She's flirted around it – often quite literally – for years now; for me, this wasn't a revelation so much as a confirmation,' Valentine wrote.
She calls her 'canon bisexual,' which means the plotline around her sexuality will continue. DC Comics 'Eiko seemed like the right person: intelligent, driven, in that uncanny valley of Almost Catwoman,' Valentine said of her decision. 'And she knows enough about Selina that their honesty has become something of a shelter in a situation that's getting increasingly dishonest for everybody involved.' DC Comics / Via. There’s a good chance that if you were a ’90s kid you wore at least one of these costumes. Any kid growing up in the '90s probably remembers that there was always the one HOT COSTUME everyone wanted to wear each year.
Well, a few years ago, Halloween emporium the Spirit of Halloween looked back into its to identify its hottest-selling pop culture costumes of the '90s. 1990: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Likely reason(s) why it was the most popular costume that year: 1990 was the peak of, the then three-year-old cartoon series was still hugely popular among kids, and the live-action movie (which was released in the spring of that year) was a huge success that only helped keep the momentum going. New Line Cinema / Via 1991: The Terminator Likely reason(s) why it was the most popular costume that year: Terminator 2: Judgment Day was the (grossing over $500 million worldwide) and every kid, teen, and adult wanted to be the badass Terminator for Halloween — if only just to say, 'Hasta la vista, baby.' TriStar Pictures / Via 1992: Catwoman Likely reason(s) why it was the most popular costume that year: Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman was far and away the breakout character of Batman Returns. Seriously, they should have just cast her in The Dark Knight Rises. And President Obama agrees.
A BuzzFeed exclusive infographic 'The Dark Knight Rises' is available on Blu-ray Combo pack, DVD and for download tomorrow, 12/4! Warner Brothers By the way, Hathaway said in an interview for 'Les Miserables' that she would love to do a Catwoman spin-off. “I would love it. I actually, it’s so embarrassing, I was at a press Q & A thing the other night for a screening of ‘The Dark Knight,’ and the moderator asked me, ‘So what was it like to say goodbye to the character?’ And I burst into tears, because I miss her.
“It just makes me cry. I love Selena so much and I love her presence in my life and getting to I’m crying again.
So assuming there was enough Kleenex in the world, I would love to do a spin-off.”. From the original series to the cartoons to the Christopher Nolan reboot, here’s a ranking of all the Catwomans. Er, Catwomen?
Halle Berry in Catwoman On the plus side: This is one of the sexiest Catwoman costumes. And it's always nice to see a Catwoman of color.
On the minus side: Everything else. Catwoman has nothing to do with Batman — and while that's not necessarily the worst thing, it's just a terrible movie in its own right.
Pictures Eliza Dushku in Batman: Year One On the plus side: Great, modern costume. Eliza Dushku, who kicked ass on Buffy and Dollhouse, is right for the part. On the minus side: Frank Miller's take on Catwoman shows her origins as a dominatrix.
And while there's nothing wrong with being a sex worker, it cheapens the character of Catwoman. Warner Home Video Nika Futterman in Batman: The Brave and the Bold On the plus side: Fun throwback costume that gives the character a '60s feel. On the minus side: Catwoman just isn't as well developed here, mostly appearing as a villain. The character works best when she's given a little more complexity.
Cartoon Network Lee Meriwether in Batman: The Movie On the plus side: That eye makeup! Lee Meriwether was a good replacement for Julie Newmar, who wasn't available when the 1966 Batman movie was filmed. On the minus side: She's still not Julie Newmar. And the movie itself is really silly, even by '60s Batman standards.
20th Century Fox. Say hello to the coolest chicks on TV. Alicia Florrick, The Good Wife The cucumber-cool mother of two effortlessly balances her hectic home and work lives, hardly batting an eyelash when the scandalous stuff hits the fan. Myles Aronowitz / CBS ©2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. Carrie Mathison, Homeland Carrie's a brilliant, driven force of nature who never lets her own personal demons stand in the way of her endgame. 'Complex' doesn't do her justice.
Kent Smith / © Showtime Network / Everett Collection Abby Sciuto, NCIS The quirky, tattooed goth girl of the NCIS crime lab is an enigma wrapped in a puzzle wrapped in black eyeliner and a studded choker. Her quick wit is matched only by her caffeine-infused energy, making her the Naval Yard's not-so-hidden weapon.
Monty Brinton / CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. Buffy Summers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer A true trailblazer for empowered TV heroines, Buffy Summers remains the baddest of the badasses, a snarky spitfire who's best been described as 'one hell of a woman' by one of her vampiric best buds. © 20th Century Fox Film Corp / Everett Collection. Jim Gordon won’t be the only iconic DC character featured in Fox’s Gotham! Young Bruce Wayne’s journey to becoming Batman will be a focus of the series. Fox's Gotham — a potential new television series for the 2014-15 season — was originally described as the origin story of Commissioner Jim Gordon and the villains who made Batman's gritty and dark hometown famous, but no one knew if the iconic Caped Crusader himself would actually make an appearance.
Well, the Television Critics Association winter press tour, Kevin Reilly, Fox's entertainment chairman, not only revealed that Batman would be part of Gotham, but took things one step further. 'The final episode of the series will be Bruce Wayne putting on the cape,' he said. Wayne himself will be around '12 or so' when the series begins. 'This is an origin story,' said Reilly.
No casting has been announced for Bruce Wayne or Jim Gordon. In addition to confirming Bruce Wayne as part of the series, Reilly announced that the Riddler, the Penguin, the Joker, and Catwoman would also be part of Gotham's rogue's gallery.
Thanks to studio Warner Bros. Television's close corporate relationship with DC Comics, there will never be a question of whether Gotham can use a character within the show, given that they hold all television rights to the characters. Season One, Episode 12: “What The Little Bird Told Him” Fox / Via Gotham.Wow, I really wish that newspaper would slow down so I could actually read it.Is that a Johnny Cash song? That is definitely a Johnny Cash song.Electrocutioner and his bald henchmen are in full Ghostbusters regalia.
Because nothing says 'I'm not the the escaped lunatic you're looking for' like wearing a full-length PVC duster and a battery back strapped to your chest.Wait, did they just say that Gruber was arrested on a rape charge? Is that a relevant character thing or did they just throw in the rape to make him seem extra menacing?
Fox / Via Gotham.The current Commissioner looks a lot like most adaptations of the future Commissioner Gordon.Also he carefully over-enunciates 'Officer Gordon' because every character on this show is in on the prequel gag.So Gruber just waltzes into his old electric lab and the giant scary megabattery he'd been keeping in there for however many years just boots up with no problem? There were a LOT of cobwebs in that lab, sir. More power to all of them. Meet 30-year-old UK-based artist,.
She has been drawing since she was a child and sells her art work as Funky Baba via her Instagram. 'I used to watch my dad paint as a kid and now run art and fashion-based projects with kids with special needs,' Rehal told BuzzFeed.
Kully Rehal Somewhere down the line, she realised that she wanted to create something that catered to Asians in their 60s. Kinda like this Bulbreen auntyji. Kully Rehal 'For this series, I worked and spent a lot of time with the elderly, asked them questions about their struggles and how it had changed them as a person,' Ruhal told BuzzFeed. Meet her Catwoman - Billo aunty.
Kully Rehal Or this mad, mad Dead-phool auntyji. Charter/Spectrum told BuzzFeed News they added a “Women of Action” section to their On Demand offerings because of Diana, princess of Themyscira.
As you know by now, Wonder Woman is a box office success. And perhaps you've also recently turned on your television and noticed an On Demand movies section called Women of Action. Through Spectrum, you can rent or purchase — among more popular titles — the 2005 box office flop Aeon Flux (pictured), the 2006 box office flop Ultraviolet, the 2004 box office flop Catwoman, and the 2009 animated film Wonder Woman, which went straight to DVD. Good god, the '00s were a tough time to be a lady hero.
Paramount Pictures They didn't answer follow-up questions about how the films were selected or whether Women in Action debuted before or after Wonder Woman was released and became a on the weekend it debuted. Intriguingly, Verizon Fios has its own 'Girl Power' section featuring the recently re-released animated Wonder Woman. However, a spokesperson for that company denied its offering had anything to do with the 2017 Patty Jenkins feature. Their section pairs a cartoon about teen girl heroes with the blood orgy known as Kill Bill. (Only Kill Bill: Volume 2 is pictured here, but volume 1 is also available.) Verizon. Boys and girls of every age, wouldn’t you like to see something strange?
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