Wonder Woman Box Office now beaten...

"What a shame, a member of the DC Trinity beaten by an unknown third tier character,"

Let's bring some facts, shall we? While Wonder Woman is considered an icon, she's hardly as bankable as you make out her to be. First, her comic sales were always average. In fact, after doing some research, I found out that Iron Man was outselling her during the 70s, 80s, and 90s. A character who did not have any kind of cultural status, or even a TV appearance at that point, unlike her. Second, don't you find it weird that someone as iconic as Wonder Woman never had her own animated series? Even Iron Man got one in the 90s, but not her. Why is that? Next, this whole "third tier" character excuse has no meaning anymore. What brings people to see these movies is the brand, not the name. Marvel Studios is a brand, and any movie that has their logo on its poster is guaranteed to make money. It's irrelevant whether the character is popular or not. The same way Apple makes money by default whenever they release their new product.

"who hasn't appeared in a previous movie like WW did. Pffffff..."

First, she did appear. She was blatantly advertised at the end of Infinity War and then marketing tied her character to the MCU as a whole and said that she's going to be integral to the Endgame. Second, Wonder Woman first appeared in a critically panned movie that almost nobody liked. Captain Marvel was teased at the end of the highest-grossing superhero film in existence, which holds 8.4 on IMDB rating right now. Smell the difference?

Exactly right. Wonder Woman was a great movie. Lots of fun.

But the incels are scrambling for reasons to hate Captain Marvel.

What’s funnier than angry incel arguments? IMPOTENT angry incel arguments!

Yup, pretty much how I do it, and i'm not what you would call loaded with cash either, but I saw Wonder Woman, Homecoming and Dunkirk all at the cinema, it was simply a case of staggering when I was going to see them, but see them all I did.

"Honest Question: Do you think competition is really a factor, in these situations?"

Obviously, yes, it is.

"Is it ever really an "either-or," for the average moviegoer?"

For the average moviegoer, it is the case. The average moviegoer doesn't go to movies regularly. So the average moviegoer will obviously go and see only a selective number of films.

"If you intend to see Wonder Woman, are you NOT gonna go, because Dunkirk, Homecoming, or anything else is out? Or are you going to (eventually) see it anyway?"

Most moviegoers go to movies only a few times during a year. You have to adjust the fact that not all of them have time to go and watch all the movies that are in theaters right now, not all of them have money to spend on movie tickets and everything that goes with with it, and not all of them simply have enough interest to watch multiple movies at once in theaters.

"I dunno. I never skip movies because they have "competition."

The key word here is "I". You're one person. You can't apply your view on that to everyone else.

"I just choose *when* I'm going to see them, relative to which one I'm more interested in.
Anybody else?"

There are hundreds of examples when one movie would make less money because there was another movie playing to its back. Hellboy 2 is the best example. It came out almost at the exact same time as The Dark Knight. And guess what? Hellboy 2 bombed. It dropped 70% on its second weekend, right after The Dark Knight started playing. The Dark Knight obviously drew more attention because it was bigger, starred more popular characters, and was received vastly better. Had Hellboy 2 come out in a month where it was the only blockbuster in theaters, it would definitely make more money than it did.

kuku for kokoa puffs.

Still waiting for negationists to be able to comment without insulting.

dc is the best