W♥M264: Golden Age of Superheroes
Vu and John takes a look back in this year in comic book/superheroe movies.
We’ve been tracking this phenomenon of comic book movies, and there’s no doubt that 2016 is the Golden Age of Comic Book Movies! With about 8 films, not counting documentaries, etc., released in theaters this year, it is kind of saturated with superheroes films.
Comic book movies:
- Deadpool (February 12, 2016)
- Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (March 19, 2016)
- Captain America: Civil War (April 12, 2016)
- X-Men: Apocalypse (May 9, 2016)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (May 22, 2016)
- Batman: The Killing Joke (July 25, 2016)
- Suicide Squad (August 5, 2016)
- Doctor Strange (November 4, 2016)
Comic book televisions:
- Arrow (2012–present)
- Flash (2014–present)
- Supergirl (2015–present)
- Legends of Tomorrow (2016)
- Gotham (2014–present)
- iZombie (2015–present)
- Lucifer (2016)
- Preacher(2016)
- Agents of SHIELD (2013–present)
- Jessica Jones (2015)
- Daredevil (2015–present)
- Luke Cage (2016)
Top grossing films of 2016:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Captain America: Civil War | Disney | $1,153,304,495 |
| 2 | Finding Dory | $1,026,939,582 | |
| 3 | Zootopia | $1,023,772,429 | |
| 4 | The Jungle Book | $966,539,134 | |
| 5 | The Secret Life of Pets | Universal | $874,349,727 |
| 6 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Warner Bros. | $873,260,194 |
| 7 | Deadpool | 20th Century Fox | $782,612,155 |
| 8 | Suicide Squad | Warner Bros. | $745,600,054 |
| 9 | Doctor Strange | Disney | $621,817,731 |
| 10 | The Mermaid | Sony | $553,810,228 |
Song of the show is MC Chris’ ‘Part One’ (The Batman).
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