The performance of Spider-Man: Homecoming is fascinating when looked at in comparison to other franchise titles this summer, because it seems to be part of an interesting trend.
Before Spider-Man: Homecoming, two other big winners from the season so far include James Gunn’sGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman, making $385 million and $368 million domestically respectively (and they’re not done yet).
As we wrote about last week, this has been a surprisingly rough summer for sequels, as everything from Alien: Covenant to Transformers: The Last Knight to Despicable Me 3 has disappointed in the U.S…. but that trend hasn’t seemed to affect the major comic book adaptations.
Certainly not to be ignored is the fact that all three have received some of the best reviews among major blockbusters, but it’s also significant evidence against those who keep saying that the “comic book movie genre” is not long for this world.