ASLUME (formerly Batman (DC Superheroes) 2024 - Rumors & Discussion)

[Renny The Spaceman]

16 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Heresy!! Don’t you dare contradict the mighty Turt-El (gonna steal that from @CloneCommando99)! He says it’s bad because Soup flies like a bee, which is not good :/ HIS WORD IS FINAL

Guys, come on, he's Dolor. Just a completely different Riddler obsessed LEGO Fan who hates Superman and owns multiple shadow boxes. Have some respect 

19 minutes ago, psqidexslizer said:

The film turned a profit in theaters, was the highest grossing comic book movie of the year, and is getting a sequel. By no metric did it fail.

As for it being a “bad movie”, the audience and critic reviews say otherwise.

What would you know about metrics of failure, you were in Smurfs!

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, psqidexslizer said:

The film turned a profit in theaters, was the highest grossing comic book movie of the year, and is getting a sequel. By no metric did it fail.

"Highest grossing comic book movie of the year" in a year where all marvel's outings lost money isn't much praise. Also, it seems very unlikely it turned a profit. The movie cost $225 million to make and $125 million to market. Given general profit sharing is 50/50, and the movie made $615 million total... it seems like it lost around $135 million. Ironically, it's somewhat possible it could have just barely turned a profit, or at least gotten a lot more in the realm of "eh, just about broke even" had Gunn not taken a $15 million paycheck compared to the star of the movie's $750,000. And those numbers aren't from some sketchy blog or something, that's Forbes and Variety.

 

Those aren't great numbers, and DEFINITELY aren't "lego missed out/lego needs to rush and make some sets post-film" numbers. If I was lego I wouldn't be very confident that those are "make sets for the sequel" numbers. This was NOT the hit that DC needed.

1 hour ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

Guys, come on, he's Dolor. Just a completely different Riddler obsessed LEGO Fan who hates Superman and owns multiple shadow boxes. Have some respect 

Doesn't everyone own multiple shadow boxes? I have 17. I thought the metric of a DC fan was how many shadow boxes you owned.

Edited Tuesday at 02:18 PM by Mandalorianknight

[psqidexslizer]

49 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

"Highest grossing comic book movie of the year" in a year where all marvel's outings lost money isn't much praise. Also, it seems very unlikely it turned a profit. The movie cost $225 million to make and $125 million to market. Given general profit sharing is 50/50, and the movie made $615 million total... it seems like it lost around $135 million. Ironically, it's somewhat possible it could have just barely turned a profit, or at least gotten a lot more in the realm of "eh, just about broke even" had Gunn not taken a $15 million paycheck compared to the star of the movie's $750,000. And those numbers aren't from some sketchy blog or something, that's Forbes and Variety.

 

Those aren't great numbers, and DEFINITELY aren't "lego missed out/lego needs to rush and make some sets post-film" numbers. If I was lego I wouldn't be very confident that those are "make sets for the sequel" numbers. This was NOT the hit that DC needed.

The 50/50 split isn’t accurate. For one, studios take a higher cut of the box office during the opening weeks (sometimes as high as 90%) and then during the ending of the run, it levels out closer to 50/50, but only domestically. Internationally, theaters take a heavier cut than 50%, with theaters in China taking the highest cut. So, the 50/50 split isn’t accurate. And for a domestic heavy and opening weekend heavy film like Superman, the film doesn’t need as much to break even.

Which is why articles like this https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2025/10/06/james-gunns-superman-ends-its-theatrical-run-how-much-did-it-make/, where the author (who specialized in interviewing celebrities, not analyzing box office) just applies the 50/50 split rule aren’t accurate, even if it does come from a reliable site like Forbes. 

I’d put far more faith in an articles like this: https://variety.com/2025/film/news/warner-bros-box-office-historic-streak-conjuring-last-rites-1236510864/, where the author actually covers box office earnings for a living and cites a company that analyzes box office earnings professionally, instead of just applying an arbitrary rule.

So, per actual box office analysts, the film did turn a profit.

Edited Tuesday at 02:48 PM by psqidexslizer

[Dolor]

If Superman was such a big hit, why now one talks about it? Whole idea of a man with op super power is ridiculous. Even more ridiculous is put that character to same universe than Bruce Wayne & Gotham City. It is right decision to make Batman Lego game where is no op hero which can fly like a bird. 

I think lego understands this very well and that why their main focus after LEGO BATMAN movie, has been only that black bat.

[BrickBob Studpants]

7 minutes ago, Dolor said:

If Superman was such a big hit, why now one talks about it? Whole idea of a man with op super power is ridiculous.

He’s so OP, he gets beaten in most fights, and has to be rescued by other characters multiple times  Something tells me you didn’t even watch it. You’re tearing me apart, Turt-El!

8 minutes ago, Dolor said:

It is right decision to make Batman Lego game where is no op hero which can fly like a bird.

That means Superman can show up! After all, he flies like a bee, not like a bird. Actually, he has no wings, so he flies like neither of them. Batman has wings though… BAN HIM FROM HIS OWN GAME

[Dolor]

Is that same character than in the LEGO BATMAN movie? Red Hood...

[psqidexslizer]

18 hours ago, Dolor said:

If Superman was such a big hit, why now one talks about it? Whole idea of a man with op super power is ridiculous. Even more ridiculous is put that character to same universe than Bruce Wayne & Gotham City. It is right decision to make Batman Lego game where is no op hero which can fly like a bird. 

I think lego understands this very well and that why their main focus after LEGO BATMAN movie, has been only that black bat.

Complaining about Superman being OP, but not an ordinary human who has canonically survived a fall from outer space because “prep time” is hilarious.

[Dolor]

Don't get me wrong... eventually I will buy that movie. (Apple TV) ... but is actually a good movie, even moderate. No, it is not :/ ... but then who taught it would be.

[psqidexslizer]

44 minutes ago, Dolor said:

Don't get me wrong... eventually I will buy that movie. (Apple TV) ... but is actually a good movie, even moderate. No, it is not :/ ... but then who taught it would be.

… why would you buy a movie you don’t like?

[Dolor]

Actually I have now Amazon Prime and there is almost every DC movie & tv series ever made. AND for some reason that Jack Snyder trilogy is quite ok. It starts from Superman...

Edited 8 hours ago by Dolor