Marvel has officially moved Avengers: Infinity War‘s U.S. release date a week earlier from May 4 to April 27. It may only be seven days, but when you’re dealing with a film of this size and so close to release – it’s now less than two months away – that’s a major shift. Why have Marvel – or, more accurately, Disney – chosen to do this?
Marvel’s blockbuster hit Black Panther continues to amaze with a record-breaking box office run that will in all likelihood see it take the #1 spot at the weekend box office for the fifth consecutive week. Black Panther heads into this weekend with a massive $578 million domestic cume and $1.12 billion worldwide. Those North American receipts make it the second-highest grossing superhero film in domestic history, behind only 2012’s The Avengers. This weekend’s tally should push director Ryan Coogler’s superhero picture past $600 million stateside, and the following weekend it will surpass The Avengers.
With five weekends at #1, Black Panther will set an all-time record for most weekend box office crowns for a superhero movie. It is currently tied with The Dark Knight, at four weekends. Black Panther became Marvel Studio’s longest #1 title when it had its fourth weekend stop the domestic box office. At the current rate, Black Panther will top $1.2 billion on the same weekend it passes The Avengers as the all-time highest grossing superhero film at the domestic box office, by Sunday March 25. On that weekend, it will become the 14th highest grossing movie in history.
ennywise and the Losers Club can take a hike. The first Avengers: Infinity War trailer is now the most-watched trailer in history with 230 million views in 24 hours. Stephen King's IT held the record since last year with 197 million, but it's time for Richie, Bill, Beverly, and the rest to go float somewhere.
Hugh Jackman's last outing as Wolverine delivers one more time on Oscar nomination morning. The nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning.
One nom you may have overlooked was the one for the lastest Wolverine movie, "Logan."
It received a nomination for best adapted screenplay. That makes "Logan" the first superhero movie to be nominated in that category ever. The latest Wolverine movie just accomplished something no other superhero movie has ever been able to do.
2017's "Logan" landed an Oscar nomination Tuesday morning for best adapted screenplay.
How big of a deal is that?
Well, superhero movies usually don't get much love at all at the big awards shows. If you take a look at the Oscar nominations superhero movies have received in the past, it's usually for more technical awards. "Suicide Squad" won best hairstyling and makeup in 2017 and "Spider-Man 2" won best achievement in visual effects.
Oscars 2018: Could 'Wonder Woman' make history as the first superhero film ever nominated for Best Picture?
Update: March 17th, 2018 Nope
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Published: January 22, 2018
Updated: January 22, 2018 6:22 PM EDT
With the 2018 Oscar noms being announced Tuesday morning, it comes as a surprise that no superhero film has ever been nominated for Best Picture.
Even though comic book movies reign at the box office (five of 2017’s biggest films featured tights and fights), getting the recognition from the stuffy Academy has proved elusive.
And it’s funny because it’s a comic book movie – 2008’s The Dark Knight – that prompted the Oscars to expand the number of films that can be nominated for Best Picture from five to 10.
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