That was evident in three pics with budgets less than $100M –The Grinch, Bohemian Rhapsody, A Star Is Born– squeezing their way into the top list, not to mention the cash cows that were highlighted in our honorable mention list. But what 2018 continued to show was that low-to-mid budget titles still have the potential to flourish against tent poles at the multiplex, and not be swallowed up by streaming (which is the fate of comedies and dramas). 2. Statistically speaking, film finance executives say that it’s the $100M-plus budgeted movies which have the higher probability of turning a profit.
It was a big year for superhero films: six of them crowded 2018’s top ten most profitable films versus 2017’s four: Wonder Woman, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Thor: Ragnarok and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. It is the third time the Mouse took the bows since we kicked off this profit ranking during the 2014 NCAA season. This year also marked the second back-to-back year that Disney won the Blockbuster Tournament after last year’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi made $417.5M. In terms of the Russos’ resonance in town post Avengers, Deadline exclusively announced yesterday that they made a non-exclusive creative partnership to co-develop, co-produce and co-finance a slate of iconic properties from the MGM library.
Because they included pricey music in that film they couldn’t afford, Soderbergh was among a handful of people who ever even saw that film (many in the theater walked out). In the wake of their success the Russos are paying it forward to a new generation of filmmakers, cultivating new cinematic voices at their AGBO studio, similar to how Steven Soderbergh took the duo under his wing after seeing their 1997 debut avant garde debut Pieces at Slamdance. While James Cameron owns the top two grossing movies of all-time worldwide, Avatar ($2.78B) and Titanic ($2.18B), it also wouldn’t be out of the question for the Russos to lock down spots three and five with Endgame and Infinity War the latter at $2.05B already is only $20M behind JJ Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens which ranks third. Will Ryan Dies: Emmy-Nominated Disney Voice Actor, Former ASIFA President Was 72
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