Before the arrival of July 2016, the global box office was still in the form of superheroes adapted from Marvel Comics, occupying a strong position. A "Team America 3: Civil War" hit the global box office of nearly $1.2 billion, leading the global box office list. Another R-rated production, "Deadpool," also grossed $760 million worldwide.

So far, the total box office of superhero movies adapted from Marvel Comics has exceeded $10 billion, and the superhero movies adapted from DC Comics have been completed.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has become the hottest high-grossing movie series at this stage.

At this moment, DC Comics is under great pressure, and the parent company, Warner Bros., is also under great pressure. Especially "Team America 3: Civil War", which has not yet been completely drawn, this blockbuster known as "Avengers 2.5" has not only been a global box office success, but also has a very sharp reputation.

With 90% freshness on Rotten Tomatoes, this is definitely a rare and excellent result for a popcorn blockbuster.

Although the media reviews included on the Metacritic website only have an overall score of 75 points, there is not a single negative review.

IMDb score, also has a good score of 8.3.

It can be said that it has achieved excellence in all aspects.

With such an excellent comic book movie Zhuyu in front, the impact on "Batman: Time to War" is very big, and the media, audiences, and fans will unconsciously compare the two movies together.

The slightest gap will be magnified countless times.

"It's not a good schedule, and we're at a loss." Galvin was very unhappy about this, but he didn't expect Marvel to create another movie that was well received. The point is that Batman is still following the American team to eat fart, which is for DC Comics, which is preparing for a revival. Very disadvantageous.

Zhang Tan is very open to this and is also very confident: "Maybe it is also a favorable schedule." There is a comparison to reflect this, "Batman: Time to War" is very well-made and will not weaken DC's signature. ”

The dark trilogy was created by him on the basis of the Nolan version, learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses, and it can be said that the quality is even better. The original version can conquer superhero movies, known as the pinnacle of superheroes, and Zhang Tan's version will definitely be even better.

U.S. team 3 Tan watched. It's really good, but it's still a little worse than Team America 2, and it has such a high box office, how much because of the spread of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This can be seen from the fact that Team America 3 broke various records in the first week of its release, and the contribution of fans accounted for too large a proportion.

The fan base of "Time to Go to War" may be much worse than that of Team America 3.

But the director is Zhang Tan, one of the best directors of the 21st century. There are countless fans, even if they don't like his audience, they recognize the quality of the movies he directs. "Time to Go to War" is the first big production of the DC revival, and fans have been waiting for it for a long time.

At the same time, the movie was also followed by Zhang Tan. Filmed in 3D format, the visual impact is absolutely enjoyable.

The movie has quality, depth, literature, and popcorn, and it will not be worse than any superhero movie. It can only be better.

……

Things are exactly the same as Zhang Tan expected.

"It's for the turbulent city of residence. Batman begins to think great and look for moments of power. ―Joe Morgenstern, a top critic for The Wall Street Journal. Brightly colored tomatoes were given.

Owen Gleiberman, a top critic for Entertainment Weekly, gave a tomato: "The era of greedy Gotham City is coming, and there is the best reason why Batman was born." ”

"It's a must-have start for any great film: careful, sophisticated, and beautiful atmosphere." -- Desson Thomson, a top critic for The Washington Post, is also a tomato.

"Looking back at the history of superhero movies, you have to admit that in this era of popcorn, Tan Zhang has created a new genre!" -- Jess・Lomas on Quickflix is still a tomato.

Among the more than two dozen film critics' reviews just included on the Rotten Tomatoes website, there is not a single rotten vegetable leaf, all of them are brightly colored tomatoes.

"Tan Zhang has given superheroes a deeper connotation, and "Time to War" has done a great job of paving the way for the DC Heroes universe."

"The darker Batman is a very faithful restoration of the color of the comics."

"Tan Chang has created a new style for superheroes, and the film is more dark while respecting the original book, which makes Batman flesh and blood more convincing."

The word-of-mouth of advanced film reviews is not inferior to Team America 3 in the slightest, and judging from the adjectives of the film reviews, the Rotten Tomatoes in "Time to War" are mainly brilliant in the plot, and the Rotten Tomatoes in Team America 3 are mainly qualified for popcorn. Even though it's all tomatoes, it's clear that "Time to War" is even more compelling.

In such a critical environment, it soon came July 10, ushering in the global release day of "Batman: Time to War".

Because the heroes of DC Comics' global influence are much inferior to Marvel's, only North America and a few countries are currently released, and the releases in other countries and regions depend on the North American box office trend. However, Chinese mainland has been confirmed to be released a week later.

Just because the director is Zhang Tan, there will be no problems with the domestic release.

Soon, the box office data of the movie was released little by little.

Perhaps because of the cautious box office expectations of the movie, Warner Bros. did not choose to hold an early screening at midnight on Thursday when discussing with the theater chain, and directly opened on Friday.

Friday reported $15 million, ranking first at the North American Friday box office, this result can only be said to be so-so, after all, it includes online tickets ordered in advance, and judging from the momentum of online tickets being sold out, Friday's results are obviously low. Not long ago, the U.S. Team 3 jumped directly at $7,550 on Friday.

The gap is too big.

For this result, the consensus forecast of experts is that the three-day weekend will fall between 40 million and 45 million.

Poor performance.

However, just one day after watching the movie, on the IMDb website, the score of "Time to War" quickly rushed to a height of 9.1 points, which is of course the result of fans' efforts, and will decrease as the number of viewers increases in the future, but the 9.1 score on the first day basically ensures that the final score of the movie is at least 8.5 points or more.

This is clearly higher than Team America's current rating of 8.3.

Faced with this rating, Galvin, who was sitting anxiously in Warner Bros. office, undoubtedly breathed a long sigh of relief. The current DC Comics movie adaptation is second at the box office, and it has been rotten for so long, and it is not easy to reshape word-of-mouth.

In particular, being able to rush to a height of 9.1 points, which is almost impossible for a popcorn blockbuster.

There are only a few blockbusters, such as the Matrix trilogy directed by Zhang Tan before, which has achieved such results at the beginning of the painting.

The Marvel Comics film adaptation has never rushed to a start above 9 points.

Golvin called Zhang Tan and said: "Tan, although the box office on Friday was so-so, the audience's response was very good, "Time to Go to War" you said, it is a foreshadowing for the next two movies, and it can reverse the bad movie sensation that DC gives fans in terms of word-of-mouth, which is enough." I'm starting to look forward to the next two films. ”

"I know." When Zhang Tan replied, he was slightly unhappy.

It's not that Gorwin is unhappy, but he is unhappy with the box office results, in his opinion, with his own fame, with the movie's fan base, and the well-made plot, it should be a box office hit, at least 20 million on Friday.

And not such a so-so result.

"Could it be that DC has withered for too long, and it is riddled with decay?" Zhang Tan found a step for himself in his heart.

Facts have proved that the steps Zhang Tan is looking for are really like that.

On Saturday, "Time to Go to War" closed at $25.5 million, up 70% from Friday. On Sunday, it closed again at $30.9 million, up 21.18% from Saturday, directly violating the box office curve of Hollywood blockbusters.

There are generally two curves for blockbusters, one is the curve of sequel blockbusters, the box office on Friday is greater than the box office on Saturday and greater than the box office on Sunday, for example, Team America 3 is this kind of box office, because the first day is too fierce, causing the later to decline day by day.

There is also a regular Saturday highest, and Friday and Sunday are about the same, because Friday just starts to be closed, Saturday is completely off, and Sunday is ready to go to work.

"Time to Go to War" is the third type, the highest on Sundays, which is obviously the stamina brought by word-of-mouth fermentation.

In its first weekend, "Time to Go to War" won the weekly championship with an unexpected increase trend, hitting $71.4 million in three days.

The IMDb score dropped by 0.1 points, and it is still proud of all superhero movies with a height of 9.0 points.

"I was scared to watch 'Batman: Time to War.,' when I was twelve I watched Tim Burton's 'Batman Returns.' and I enjoyed Batman so much, and as a kid who was obsessed with comics, Batman was my favorite superhero. I grew up watching comics, and then I watched Warner Bros. screw Batman one by one, including Tim Burton's sequels, and was really scared to see that happen again. ”

"Motta" is an IMDb netizen who gave Batman: Time to War ten stars and wrote a long review: "However, I am very happy to report now, I did not miss out on being afraid, how great Tan Zhang's Batman is. Better than Burton's! ”

"What, you say I blasphemed Burton? No, no, no, Burton's Batman is more of a cartoon character, riding in Schumacher's race car, which is the ideal for the little ones. But Tan Zhang's Batman is real, everything is believable in the movie, and this is a world that is incredibly appealing to you. ”

"Everyone has their own weaknesses, and every time Batman gets hurt, every time he is afraid, every time he has a problem, every time he has feelings, every time his feelings seem real. Tan Zhang has thoroughly portrayed Batman as a real hero, and I believe that Christian Bale's Batman will be the pinnacle of his career. ”

"Great villain, great story, great cast, great action...... To put it simply, it's a great movie, the best comic book movie ever! (To be continued.) )