Sales Estimates for May Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
June 13, 2016
These are estimates of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during May 2016.
Sales Estimates for May Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
June 13, 2016
These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during May 2016.
Helmer Says That Was Always the Goal
June 8, 2016
It is now official, DC’s edgiest band of antiheroes, the self-anointed “worst heroes ever” (aka the Suicide Squad) , will hit the big screen this summer for the first time with a mass audience-friendly “PG” rating, rather than the bolder “R” that many hardcore fans had originally envisioned.
'X-Men,' 'Alice' Tumble in Second Frames
June 5, 2016
As expected Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows took the weekend box office crown, but its estimated $35.25 million opening was soft, 46% lower than its predecessor, magnifying a trend from last weekend when both the X-Men and Alice sequels disappointed.
Replacing Seth Grahame
June 2, 2016
Director of the critically-acclaimed 2015 coming-of-age drama Dope and the buzzy HBO drama Confrontation (about the Clarence Thomas hearings) Rick Famuyiwa is stepping in to direct The Flash movie for Warner Bros.
In Bookstores
June 2, 2016
Batman: The Killing Joke Dlx Ed. HC topped the charts in bookstores in May, according to the Top 20 Adult Fiction Graphic Novel chart provided exclusively to ICv2 by Nielsen BookScan.
Will Portray 'Man of Bronze' Pulp Hero
May 31, 2016
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson confirmed that he will star in Sony Pictures’s long-gestating Doc Savage feature.
'Alice Through the Looking Glass' in Real Trouble, 'Civil War' Tops 'Deadpool'
May 29, 2016
As expected this weekend’s two big new releases topped the box office charts, but X-Men: Apocalypse’s debut was 30% below that of the previous film in the franchise ( Days of Future Past ), and James Bobin’s Alice Through the Looking Glass opened 70% below Tim Burton’s 2010 Alice in Wonderland.
Another Post-'Batman v Superman' Exec Shuffle
May 26, 2016
Warner Bros. has made another move in the shake-up of the executives making its DC films, moving longtime DC film producer
What Was Missing, Character Changes, and Cover Prices
May 23, 2016
What’s been missing from DC’s current output and the changes for "Rebirth," planning for trade-waiters, and the strategy (and retailer response) on cover price.
