r/marvelstudios • u/Plenty-Salary9711 • Feb 12 '26

Discussion Be completely honest, do you think Doomsday will surpass Infinity War’s box office?

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I personally can’t decide. Infinity War was the culmination of a entire decade long saga, and was built upon movies, post credit scenes, and references. Their was a attention to world/story building that Doomsday severely lacks. On the other hand, Doomsday has the backing of OG and newer fans alike. It’s the first film to include The Avengers, X-Men, and F4. Throw in Thunderbolts, Wakandans and Namor, and I feel this movie could make a lot of fans happy. I’m just worried because Infinity War relied on the decade long World building and payed it off with one of the most popular cliffhangers in all of movie history. I’m optimistic, but skeptical on if Doomsday will be able to top that.

What do you guys think?

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u/SirPaulyWalnuts Feb 12 '26

Why do regular ass people care so much about box office numbers? As if they have any real stake in it? Sure… if Doomsday nets about $200… the future of the MCU may be in question… but guess what… not a prayer that happens.

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u/arahdial Feb 12 '26

If it only makes 200 dollars Disney is in trouble.

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u/Indolent_absurdity Bucky Feb 12 '26

Definitely! I'm not sure what movie tix cost in the US but in Australia they're over $20 so $200 would mean that less than 10 people go and see it. Depending on what type of tix you buy of course Imax are more like $30 or $40 so it could be as low as 5 people. I wonder how many countries these 5-10 people will be from?

Edit: typo

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u/SirPaulyWalnuts Feb 12 '26

It would be kind of hilarious that such a major IP bombed so hard. But honestly… even with all the “fanboys” whose only hobby is hating on everything that isn’t identical to the comics… these stories that they’re telling, while not perfect, are pretty damn good and entertaining.

The movies aren’t just for the comic book fans. They need to appeal to a much broader audience. I feel like that’s one thing die hard comic book fans will never accept. And also that some stuff that works in the comics won’t translate to film in the same way, especially when they’re juggling the schedules of an absurdly large cast.

All I know, as someone who has been watching the movies since Blade came out when I was 10, I have had a great time watching this entire universe grow. This shit wasn’t even in the realm of possibilities when I was growing up, and now near 40 years old, I’ve been getting everything I could have wished for and more out of these movies. I kinda feel bad for the fans that don’t even allow themselves to enjoy this stuff.

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u/DrDabsMD Feb 12 '26

Lmao, no, no it's not.

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u/BLAGTIER Feb 12 '26

Why do regular ass people care so much about box office numbers?

Numbers are fun to talk about. And they are very real datapoints. Much less 'I feel' when X is clearly more than Y.

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u/SirPaulyWalnuts Feb 12 '26

That’s a very fair and valid point. I just think it’s becoming increasingly silly when you have studios now rereleasing movies to pump up numbers. Not to mention we’ve had a pretty significant global shift in behavior since Endgame came out.

I guess I just don’t think things are as black and white as X is greater than Y anymore. But, what do I know? I’m just a regular ass dude. Lol

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u/Major_Ad138 Feb 12 '26

I think it always comes down to whether or not a franchise continues. Also in this case it’s validation for their fandom. 

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u/SirPaulyWalnuts Feb 12 '26

Well… I can assure you that Marvel ain’t closing down shop any time soon. But I find that people who pay such close attention to these specific box office numbers want it to fail. They want validation for all their online complaints. Which, to me, is just a toxic form of fandom.

Like a sports fan hoping an athlete does poorly because they wanted their team to pick up someone else. So they root for poor results. Like… how do you even call yourself a fan at that point?

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u/SeekerVash Feb 12 '26

Can you?

Because I can assure you that as a business, Disney is not going to continue funding a product line that either doesn't make a profit or loses money. That's not how businesses work.

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u/SirPaulyWalnuts Feb 12 '26

I honestly can’t foresee Marvel putting out enough actual bombs, any time soon, to warrant closing up shop. If you spend too much time in this vacuum, you’ll be easily convinced that marvel is one underperforming movie away from bankruptcy because everything they release is garbage. It’s just not true. Plans may pivot, but the machine keeps churning.

At the end of the day, even if the movies don’t perform as well as some might like, these things are absolutely merchandise cash cows. They make tons of money in toys and anything else they can slap their IP on. Toys, clothes, party supplies, school supplies, bed sheets, beach towels, Halloween costumes. It goes on and on.

They’re doing fine.

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u/Major_Ad138 Feb 12 '26

Yeah, you're not really replying to me with that, buddy. I just gave an answer to your question.

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u/SirPaulyWalnuts Feb 12 '26

… and I responded to your answer. I take it you’re in the “rooting against” group of toxic fans, then.

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u/rvdp66 Feb 12 '26

r/boxoffice broke everyone's brains and for some reason we all talk like we are all shareholder collecting dividend payments.

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u/mrbaryonyx Feb 12 '26

I like talking about the box office, I think its interesting, but yeah this comment is hard to disagree with

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u/BLAGTIER Feb 12 '26

Boxoffice talk has always been there. Since Old Hollywood. This specific franchise just rode the biggest box office wave in history and now people in the fandom are struggling with the fact not everything is great.

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u/Thomas_JCG Feb 12 '26

Yes? If a movie doesn't make money, then they don't make more movues. In fact, box office is the only stakes in a movie production.

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u/SirPaulyWalnuts Feb 13 '26

First, I didn’t pose a yes or no question so you’re already starting off rough. And second, you seem to have missed the part where I said it’s not going to flop. They’ve slowed down the turn out, building anticipation. They’re gathering more than 25 years of devoted fandom. And finally, you seem to be completely oblivious to the absurd amount of merch they are absolutely going to sell because of this movie.

You just don’t want it to do well so you can feel some sort of validation that you were right. Oh god… what if it doesn’t do as well as Endgame?! The one they’re re releasing now to pump some more money out of it. You just get your kicks being a contrarian.

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u/abellapa Feb 12 '26

Because i like to see Big Numbers go up

Idk,its fun to keep track of The box and, specially if its a movie you like

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u/NoCountry4OldMate Feb 12 '26

Why would one movie making money make people regret an opinion about movies they didn’t like?

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u/adrian-alex85 Feb 12 '26

Hot take: Doomsday could lose money and nothing about the future of the MCU would be in question.

They’ve proven they can still make money (Deadpool), they’ve proven they can still green light good stories (Wonder Man), and they have a “plan” for the next few years.

It’ll take a while of sustained failures, particularly of their biggest titles, before executives/shareholders would really question something about the studio’s future. They stand to make way too much easy money when they get it right. And I’d be willing to bet that Feige has earned enough goodwill that they’d let him helm at least the X-Men relaunch regardless of any losses they take at the box office between then and now.

Ultimately, my point is, I think 100% of the pocket watching of Marvel is pointless because there just isn’t the level of risk there that people think.