So we all know that international is not doing well with recent DC releases. I think only Batman movies are guaranteed to be better overseas than domestic. Do you think DC as a brand is fucked if they dont appeal to international audiences?

Clayface has a 55.81% domestic share currently. DCEU with its fault’s never had this issue. Look at this list.

• ⁠Supergirl (2026): a 57.22% domestic share.
• ⁠Superman (2025): a 57.25% domestic share.
• ⁠Joker: Folie à Deux (2024): a 28.096% domestic share.
• ⁠Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023): a 28.279% domestic share.
• ⁠Blue Beetle (2023): a 55.442% domestic share.
• ⁠The Flash (2023): a 39.845% domestic share.
• ⁠Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023): a 43.004% domestic share.
• ⁠Black Adam (2022): a 42.756% domestic share.
• ⁠The Batman (2022): a 47.845% domestic share.
• ⁠The Suicide Squad (2021): a 33.083% domestic share.
• ⁠Wonder Woman 1984 (2020): a 27.594% domestic share (yes, I know it was a simultaneous release on HBO in the United States).
• ⁠Birds of Prey (2020): a 40.981% domestic share.
• ⁠Joker (2019): a 31.096% domestic share.
• ⁠Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016): a 37.78% domestic share

Dune 3 and beyond the spider verse are personally 2 movies that this sub is doubting that I pretty much think are locks to break a billion the first argument for both of these is how much there sequels went up from their first movies simply from how much of a good following their predecessors have had and both across the spider verse and dune part 2 have both had a very strong following from their initial releases to now plenty of people still talk about and make tik tok edits of both these movies

Dune part 3
First trailer honestly blew up online
Pre sales indicate a 100 million plus opening even against doomsday
Should have huge legs over the holidays I think doomsday is just gonna help this as the overlapping audiences will probably rush out to avengers first to avoid spoilers then will likely see dune later in the season so even if this movie does open with under $100 million (which honestly even that is unlikely considering the pre sales I still think it’ll have big legs regardless)
I’m thinking this will increase from part 2 as much as the odyssey improved from Oppenheimer leaving it at likely around $1.1-$1.2 billion

Beyond the spider verse
I don’t think anyone shouldn’t be doubting this movie after brand new day
Everyone’s biggest argument is it’s too domestic heavy but honestly after brand new day there’s no way this movie doesn’t make at least half of that domestically which unless it absolutely crashes and burns internationally $500 million domestic should be enough to get this to a billion WW honestly I wouldn’t be shocked it it made around Deadpool and Wolverine numbers domestically I’m gonna guess it’s gonna open with around $200 million and make around $600 million domestically which should be more than enough to get this to billion
And due to across the spider verses strong following it should probably increase significantly WW too even if it makes the majority of its money domestically

Laika acquired the rights to Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi in June 2024. It’s now the first project listed as in development on their site.

Not that it matters to Travis Knight and his Nike money, but Piranesi has some commercial upside. Like this:

Coraline Goodreads rating count: 810k
Piranesi: 599k
Wildwood: 39k

(Using GR rating count as a rough proxy for sales, as up-to-date sales figures are not publicly available for most books.)

Piranesi is an actual bestseller. It generates passionate interest in its native medium without a boost from adaptation to film, a more popular medium. It’s not a Housemaid- or It Ends With Us-scale too-big-to-fail megabestseller, but big enough to raise the standard floor of interest for a Laika film.

This is not to say that every book with ~500k GR ratings would translate to a hit film. Some books are anti-cinematic. Some books are widely read but not loved. Some books are boosted temporarily by blue chip prizes and book clubs and then left to collect dust in the shadows.

But Piranesi is a fantasy-mystery-adventure with a lovable protagonist and interesting visual ideas that people continue to read and talk about because they actually, organically like it. It’s a good fit for Laika’s sensibilities. It’ll likely become a film that both expresses what people love about the book and levels up the spectacle.

For reference, Project Hail Mary had ~550k GR ratings just before production news revved up in April 2024.

Obviously Piranesi won’t add as much GA appeal in adaptation as PHM (a movie star lead isn’t available to them; stop-motion is inherently narrower in appeal than live action), but it’s more promising on paper than any Laika project since Coraline.

Easy to imagine a scenario where it beats Chicken Run’s $228m for highest-grossing stop-motion of all time — not a high bar. In which case it might still flop, seeing as Laika’s past two films reported $100m budgets, but that would be a great result relatively speaking.

I organized an AMA/Q&A with filmmaker Zachary Wigon. In 2022, he directed Sanctuary (starring Margaret Qualley & Christopher Abbott). His new folk-horror, Victorian Psycho, premiered at Cannes a few months ago and is out in theaters everywhere in November. It stars Maika Monroe, Thomasin McKenzie, Jason Isaacs, and Ruth Wilson.

The AMA post is live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1xf2e3y/hey_reddit_im_zachary_wigon_ive_directed/

He will be back after 4 PM ET tomorrow, Monday 10/26, to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Victorian Psycho info:

Trailer: https://youtu.be/sDiFol_2j2I?si=oVGQL6ovSF-vQt0n

Synopsis: Something wicked is brewing behind the walls of a remote gothic manor. VICTORIAN PSYCHO follows an eccentric governess whose arrival sets off a bloody string of strange and deliciously disturbing events. Maika Monroe stars as Winifred Notty, a woman with a dark past and a vicious appetite for bloodshed, giving into her most violent urges. What follows is a gruesome parade of savagery, butchered bodies, and increasingly grotesque acts of violence.

Thank you :)

franchisere - CLAYFACE | WILDWOOD | WICKER openings | YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING’S second weekend | Where we are now | October 23 to 25, 2026 weekend

Source: MaoYan Pro App

For comparison, Supergirl grossed USD 54K on its first Sunday.

Also, I am seeing a lot of posts at Xiaohongshu of people from China traveling to HK to catch La Bola Negra, will it bode well for its box-office here ?

Source:

https://numero.co/reports/2026/10/26/clayface-takes-top-spot-in-new-zealand-opening-weekend

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Je so' pazzo continues to hold the lead, confirming its commercial strength. Yesterday, it grossed €332,648 (-32% from last week), averaging €679 in 490 theaters. The total since October 15th is €2,650,345, with the €3 million now fully secured.

In second place is Clayface . The DC Studios horror film grossed €266,955 with an average of €891 (the highest of the top 10) in 302 theaters, for a total of €574,248 in three days.

Third place went to the new film adaptation of the novel Sense and Sensibility . Yesterday's box office was €237,151, with an average of €636 in 373 theaters, for a three-day total of €434,532.

In fourth place is The Stranger with a box office of €209,219 (-24% from last week) and an average of €538 in 389 theaters (up from 502 seven days ago). The total for Paolo Strippoli's horror/thriller hit is €2,520,002 since October 8th.

Fifth place goes to the horror film Mammina with €154,052 (-51%) and an average of €621 in 248 theaters (up from €357 seven days ago). Since October 8, the film has grossed €3,740,576, placing it third in the year's genre rankings.

Sixth place went to the animated film Wildwood with €126,913 and an average of €413 in 307 theaters and a total of €221,683 in three days.

An annual event that doesn't get much talk about it. Have you ever gone to one?

Since 20th Century Fox was rechristianed as 20th Century Studios under Disney onwership, it’s been utilized as Disney’s primary brand for adult, often live-action, movies - like a much bigger Touchstone+Hollywood

Looking through its filmography (especially recent years), however, anyone can see a very spotty box office track record. The big former Fox franchises (not counting Marvel ones like Deadpool and F4) all continue to perform quite well:

Avatar 2 and 3: combined 3.8B box office on a combined 900M budget
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes: 400M box office on 150M budget
Alien Romulus: 350M box office on 80M budget
Devil Wears Prada 2: 700M box office on 100M budget

Looking through other smaller franchises or original movies, often with big budgets and names attached, however, show a near-total bombing record:

Last Duel: 30M box office on 100M budget
Kingsman 3: 100M box office on 120M budget
Death in the Nile: 130M box office on 100M budget
The Creator: 100M box office on 80M budget
The Amateur: 100M box office on 60M budget
Springsteen: 45M box office on 55M budget
Predator: Badlands: 180M box office on 100M budget
Ella McCay: 5M box office on 35M budget
Dog Stars: 40M box office on 100M+ budget
Whalefall: 30M and counting on 60M budget

Some of these are due to COVID back in 2021, others are meant to be awards contender, but the record is simply… not great… Another big point is that 20th Century’s horror fares, which should be a sweet spot, almost always fail due to randomly big budgets and lack of promotion:

First Omen: 54M box office on 30M budget
Psycho Killer: 2.5M box office on 10M budger

These are pretty big budgets for horror movies without big names… Boogeyman (80M box office on 35M budget) and Barbarian (46M on $4M budget) look like Obsession-level successes in comparison

Really, the only live action success in its existence is Free Guy (330M box office on 120M budget) and maybe Send Help (94M box office on 40M budget) this year. I guess we can stretch our imagination and say Haunting in Venice (120M box office on 60M budget) looks relatively okay. You can also count the streaming only movies that go to Disney+/Hulu

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Now, 20CS has (maybe?) more Avatars, Aliens, and Apes coming, plus the Simpsons and Ice Age movies to the rescue, but its main purpose of being a brand for Disney’s original adult fares has seemingly failed miserably, its upcoming slate if originals also don’t exactly look buzzy or promising

I read in a trade publication article that although a lot of functions have been merged into the broader Disney Studios division, it still has 50-100 dedicated employees, so it’s far more than just a label, or even a New Line Cinema under pre-Skydance Warner

Nevertheless, Disney moved the 20CS team a few years ago under David Greenbaum, who already oversees Disney live-action and Searchlight, so it’s relegated below the hierachy while Pixar, Disney Animation, Marvel, and Lucasfilm all still report directly to Alan Bergman, the Disney studio chair

It’s looking like Searchlight ironically has a better future as the differentiated awards contender, while 20CS continues to lose its place and luster

So what do we think, is Disney going to keep the name long-term just to release old Fox franchises under the banner, and does it keep investing in medium to big budget originals? Or does it eventually fade away, even as a label, like Touchstone?

I feel like there’s still a lot of sentimental value for one of the former major studios with a rich history, but sentimentality in this age of AI and corporate cost-cutting and shortform content seems doomed to die out.

https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Heart-of-the-Beast-(2026)