DARK PHOENIX Currently Projected For A Record X-MEN Franchise Low Opening Weekend

There's little to no excitement for Dark Phoenix, and that could explain why the movie is currently expected to have a record low opening weekend for the X-Men franchise this June. Read on for details!

By JoshWilding - Apr 15, 2019 02:04 AM EST

Filed Under: Dark Phoenix

The bad news for Dark Phoenix keeps on coming as Box Office Pro is reporting that the final X-Men movie from Fox is likely to earn between $40 million to $50 million during its opening weekend in North America. That may not sound too bad on the surface, but it's a fraction of what most superhero movies do and a record-low for the long-running franchise.

The Wolverine made $53 million after a series of bad movies killed interest in the series, while the first X-Men movie made a solid $54 million back in 2000. However, adjusted for inflation, those movies earned $57.9 million and $80.4 million, respectively.

From a longterm perspective, things don't look much better as Dark Phoenix will more than likely earn only $113 million over the course of its entire run at the North American box office. Considering the fact that extensive reshoots sent the budget rocketing as high as $200+ million, this doesn't bode well, and it's hard to see why Disney would even want to give it a threatical release at this point.

After all, a bad X-Men movie could hurt Marvel Studios' eventual plans to reboot the franchise and it would be smart to put Dark Phoenix on Disney+ in order to attract fans of the characters to the service who will want to check out this iteration of the team's final adventure.

We'll have to wait and see how the film performs, but let us know your thoughts in the comments section down below.

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Disney+ Will Explore A Post-Endgame MCU

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige was on hand to present the Marvel Studios portion of the Disney+ presentation and it's clear that the MCU is about to have a huge impact on the small screen.

While the Marvel TV shows we've seen in the past have only been loosely connected to what's happening in the movies, Feige promises that these will link seamlessly with what's going on in theaters, noting that "they will change and evolve characters as well as introduce new ones."

He also teased the fact that the "post-Endgame MCU will be very different."

The Simpsons Are Coming To Disney+

While The Simpsons will continue to air on FOX (it was recently renewed for seasons 31 and 32), it appears as if FX will no longer have the streaming rights to the long-running series. While some previous episodes will remain on FXNow for a short while, come November 12th, the beloved animated family will air all thirty of its previous seasons exclusively on Disney+ which is obviously huge.

The Entire Star Wars Franchise Will Be On Disney+ Within A Year

While Disney may own Lucasfilm, their acquisition of Fox means that they've regained the distribution rights to the original trilogy of Star Wars movies (and the prequels). Now, all six of those are coming to Disney+ along with the current trilogy (including Episode IX) and Rogue One.

Oddly, there was no mention of Solo, the disappointing spinoff that massively underperformed.

Having all of these movies in one place is obviously going to be a huge draw for fans and another massive blow to Netflix after Disney decided to pull The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi from there.

Toy Story Fans Will Be Happy

Disney is clearly hoping for big things from Toy Story 4 because two shorts will be released by Pixar on the streaming service both at launch and during the first year.

Forky Asks a Question will be an animated series featuring the spork turned toy who will be a key player in the upcoming fourth instalment, while Lamp Life promises to explore what happened to Bo Peep between the events of Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 4.

Disney Animation fans can also looking forward to a Frozen 2 "Making-Of" documentary.

New Star Wars TV Shows

The Mandalorian will be good to go on day one when Disney+ launches and Alan Tudyk will reprise the role of K-2SO alongside Diego Luna as Cassian Andor in a currently untitled series.

Not much beyond that was revealed and that rumoured Obi-Wan Kenobi show hasn't been confirmed yet.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe Gets Bigger

As promised, a number of Marvel TV shows are coming to Disney+ and while there was no mention of Hawkeye, those which have been rumoured for a while now have been officially confirmed.

Those include Loki starring Tom Hiddleston, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier with Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan reprising their respective roles, the oddly titled WandaVision with Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen as The Vision and the Scarlet Witch, and an animated What If? series featuring the voices of the actors who played the characters on screen.

The first of those will see Peggy Carter become Captain America and a skinny Steve Rogers donning an Iron Man suit in World War II.

How Movie Releases Will Work

Right now, there's an awful lot of discussion going on about whether streaming services are killing theaters and it seems Disney is keen to avoid hurting them and losing the money they make with box office hits like Avengers: Infinity War.

Instead, once movies finish their theatrical runs, they'll immediately debut on Disney+ and that means we'll get to see them much sooner than if we were to wait for the DVD and Blu-ray releases. So, yeah, physical media might be dying now.

How Much Will It Cost?

So, all this great content is going to cost a ton, right? Nope. Disney is looking to deliver a Netflix killer and in a bid to stand out from the crowd and ensure that people believe it's worth signing up, all Disney+ will cost you is $6.99 a month! That's cheaper than Netflix and there's even an option to pay for the entire year at $69.99 (which works out to be $5.83 a month and is definitely affordable).

When Does It Launch?

Here's the official worldwide release schedule for the streaming service courtesy of Disney. In North America, however, we know that Disney+ will officially debut on November 12th.

New TV Shows

- High School Musical: The Musical: The Series

- The Mandalorian

- Diary of a Female President

- The Falcon and The Winter Soldier

- Loki

- Untitled Cassian Andor Series

- WandaVision

New Animated TV Shows And Shorts

- Forky Asks a Question

- SparkShorts

- Lamp Life

- Monsters at Work

- Star Wars: The Clone Wars

- Marvel’s What If…?

Documentaries And Unscripted Series

- Encore!

- Untitled Walt Disney Imagineering Documentary Series

- Marvel’s Hero Project

- The World According to Jeff Goldblum

- Be Our Chef

- Cinema Relics

- Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2

- Magic of Animal Kingdom

- Marvel’s 616

- (Re)Connect

- Shop Class (working title)

- Earthkeepers (working title)

- Ink & Paint

Original Movies

- Lady & The Tramp

- Noelle

- The Phineas and Ferb Movie (working title)

- Stargirl

- Timmy Failure

- Togo

Recent Releases

- Captain Marvel

- Dumbo

- Avengers: Endgame

- Aladdin

- Toy Story 4

- The Lion King

- Maleﬁcent: Mistress of Evil

- Frozen 2

- Star Wars: Episode IX

Films

101 Dalmatians

A Bug’s Life

A Goofy Movie

An Extremely Goofy Movie

Bambi

Bao

Big Hero 6

Born in China

Cars

Fantasia

Finding Dory

Finding Nemo

Free Solo

Frozen

Fun and Fancy Free

Hercules

High School Musical

Honey I Shrunk the Kids

Inside Out

Iron Man

Lady and the Tramp

Lilo & Stitch

Mary Poppins

Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers

Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas

Moana

Monsters University

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Pixar Short Films Collection Vol 1

Ratatouille

Remember the Titans

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Sleeping Beauty

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones

Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope

Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (animated series)

Steamboat Willie

The Good Dinosaur

The Incredibles

The Little Mermaid

The Parent Trap (1961)

The Prince & The Pauper (1990)

The Princess Diaries

The Rocketeer

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (short)

The Sword in the Stone

The Three Caballeros

Thor: The Dark World

Toy Story

Tron (1982)

Wall-E

Zootopia

TV Shows

Amazing Planet

Andi Mack (Seasons 1-3)

Boy Meets World

Brain Games

Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan

Dr. K’s Exotic Animals

Dr. Oakley Yukon Vet

Drain the Ocean

DuckTales (1987)

DuckTales (2016, Season 1)

Earth Live

Goof Troop

Great Migrations

Howie Mandel’s Animals Doing Things

Kim Possible

Malcolm in the Middle

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (animated series)

Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man (animated series)

Mickey and the Roadster Racers (Seasons 1-2)

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Mickey Mouse Shorts

One Strange Rock

Raven’s Home

Rocky Mountain Animal Rescue

Star Wars Rebels

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (series)

That’s So Raven

The Incredible Dr. Pol

The Simpsons

Unlikely Animal Friends

Wicked Tuna

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