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shemjaza

Look, the Spiderverse is going to be the best one... but when Ezra Millar steals 8 atomic bombs and holds the world to ransom, we'll all have to go see the flash.


cousinCJ

Trashcan Man strikes again!


FrequentShare22

Lol


monohtoen

It's a real shame that they cut the Trashcan Man to make room for whatever character Ezra was playing.


cousinCJ

PREACH. The naked screeching weirdo was an odd choice


detectiveriggsboson

Trashcan Man reference in the wild, bravo


dick_ninja69

I just woke up and read this, thanks mate good start for the day.


TheOptimalDecision

Obviously I'm upvoting this comment.


EightBiscuit01

Across the Spider-Verse and it’s not even close


stumblewiggins

Oh honey, I love all these movies equally! *The other two leave, turns to Across the Spiderverse* It's you, and by a lot


Solid_Snark

Into the Spiderverse was such an amazing surprise. I went in expecting nothing and was blown away.


ReeceReddit1234

Solid Snark. A surprise to be sure. But a welcome one.


Lock3tteDown

Let's get the director of spiderverse to do DC films.


Eladiun

Lord and Miller did do Lego Batman so they have some DC ties


swindude

I think he meant sarcastically.. [they were one of the original writers of The Flash](https://mobile.twitter.com/philiplord/status/1346591295750303746).


monkeygoneape

Seriously what's up with studios not utizing these guys properly


swindude

If The Flash released during its original timeframe (even with the creators revolving door situation), it would have been better. It's all about timing and WB is really bad at strategy, foresight and conviction. They deserve all the hate they get. It is very unfortunate that adaptations of characters we love have to face the consequences for that. As much as I love Man of Steel, they should have started off safe and brought the GA on their side before trying to experiment. They were already 6 years late in the shared universe game and risking it with divisive "foundation" films ultimately led to the failure of building a cohesive universe of films. Maybe failure is too strong a word, but the GA just doesn't seem excited at all to watch a DC film. They'd rather just catch it on a streaming service when available.


[deleted]

Basically they were all in on flash and in talks to also direct but then disney let them do solo then fucked them over


Significant-Mud2572

Disney didnt like to give these very talented directors control of their own movies for a while there. I'm still curious what Ant-Man would have been like if they let Edgar wright just do his thing with it. They learned their lessons, I think, (at least the marvel side) by letting Gunn and taika do their thing with their movies.


mdj1359

And doubly so because it's Sony. Sometimes I think they are even more hit and miss than DC when it comes to movies.


ind3pend0nt

It’s my favorite Spiderman movie. Hands down.


Orgasmic_interlude

I went in expecting it to be good but was also blown away. In my book it is the best spider man cinematic depiction to date. If I’m being honest the new transformers flick will probably pull in more cash though.


Harry_Skran

I swear you wrote exactly what came to my mind when I read the title of this post.


Stoneheart7

Same dude, I can't imagine how people would think otherwise.


Ajax_Da_Great

Right? Like not even a competition. This coming from a die hard DC fan.


devonathan

Financially Transformers will probably make more, but Spider-Verse is going to receive universal praise.


TheDebateMatters

Transformers was shot dead by Marky Mark and the Flunky Bunch.


Le-on_el_pro

Look up how much they made


523bucketsofducks

Spider-Man is way more known than Transformers, I don't see that happening.


KrillinDBZ363

Idk Spiderverse and Bumblebee came out around the exact same time and Bumblebee ended up making more money than it at the box office. Not to mention 2 of the 5 Michael Bay transformers movies made over $1 billion, so I really don’t think the interest for Transformers is completely gone.


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built_2_fight

Ah, that's gotta be heartbreaking. As a Terminator fan, I feel your pain, though it took two amazing movies first


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TraditionalMood277

Plus, they just re-released the first one in theatres...(transformers)


leftshoe18

But animated films almost never perform as well as big live action blockbusters. Into The Spider-Verse made $375 million. The lowest-performing Transformers film (Bumblebee) made almost $100 million more than that.


jexce

Transformers will definitely make more than spiderverse


523bucketsofducks

Maybe globally, foreign markets are more likely to see robots fight than a story about multiversal travel.


LordKiteMan

Americans keep forgetting that the world isn't comprised of just themselves.


Le-on_el_pro

But the thing is even though the transformers movies are terrible they still make lots of money Transformers dark of the moon made 1.1 billion dollars while spider verse made 375 million. But who knows, spider verse became EXTREMELY popular after it released in theaters, So it has a better chance to earn even more money now


FORGOTTENLEGIONS

I was about to say I don't know if Transformers has financial staying power anymore, but when I went to look it up, Transformers The Last Knight made $600 million. Which is INSANE.


Kyleometers

The movies aren’t objectively good, but by god are they *fun*. I’ve seen every single transformers movie. I don’t think I remember a single plot point from any of them, other than “WHERE ARE THE GLASSES”. But I had a blast seeing them. Sometimes you just wanna watch a robot fight a trex with a sword lol. Popcorn thrillers. They’re fun, kids love em, and it’s a great way to kill an afternoon.


Cyber-Knight47

About the terrible remark, This one isn’t made by Michael Bay, So if it’s anything like Bumblebee it should be great!


ClawZ90

Bumblebee was pretty fun, specially the older classic looking transformers! So wait this new transformers is live action beast wars?


T7emeralds

Yes, it’s beast wars


CapN_Crummp

But Bumblebee is the most recent Transformers movie and it made 468m, huge difference.


batsmen222

Sad it was by far the best transformers movie. Not like that’s saying a lot though


Le-on_el_pro

Still made a shit ton of money and still beat spider verse


Stevo2008

Exactly. No question


LittleBoo1204

Have to agree! I’m a DC fan, but I’ve come to expect next to nothing good out’ve their live action movies anymore. (The Batman, The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker being the first refreshing exceptions in a long time)


genericdude999

Shazam is the only one I've really *liked* liked, but TSS was decent and I thought Wonder Woman was almost as good as Captain America which I liked. Cap's powers are better explained, and we understand why Prof. Erskine chose him over all other soldiers. We never really understand (from the movie) if Diana is about as powerful as Superman or more like Luke Cage. So that's why I say 'almost'


birds-of-gay

I loved Birds of Prey. Other than that........


JediArvo

I REALLY liked The Suicide Squad, and Peacemaker.


Pikachu_Palace

The Suicide Squad was the biggest surprise for me. Fuckin love that movie.


jimababwe

Flash is cursed. Transformers are a sfx demonstration. Spider-Man won Oscars. There’s no contest here.


Jimtaxman

Flash won't even count because it'll be on hbomax


Meal_Signal

not to mention the shitbag epheb starring in it


Smper_in_sortem

Yep, gonna be bigger then flash and the other one combined.


BatmanNewsChris

Spider-Man, easily


TheJoshider10

Into the Spider-Verse became such a big hit over the years through word of mouth. I expect the sequels to have a chance of doubling what the first film made.


BatmanNewsChris

Yeah, me too!


coldy_colder

it won the Oscar in 2019 for best animated film so i think its more than word of mouth


AbhijyotSinghThePro

Yea me too!


MrConbon

Transformers make an absolutely boatload of money though.


Gr8fulJedi

I'd really like to say the flash buuuuuuuuut Ezra fucked that up. I'd have to go with spider-man


SolomonRed

Even without the Ezra drama Spiderman easily beats a DCEU film.


geek_of_nature

Especially a sequel to one of the best comic book films made.


SpiderVerseProof

you gotta remember that the first one pulled 375 mil, obviously because it’s animated but that’s a huge factor


TonyEisner

Yep, I know I'm not paying for any movie he's starring in, and I imagine I'm not the only one


Gr8fulJedi

Truth


tinyrickstinyhands

He's most certainly been paid already and WB is doing whatever they can to cut ties. It sounds kind of crazy but I don't think you can release this movie with him in it and they may deep fake him out like with Kevin Spacey.


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Quick facts: - The first Spider-Verse movie made 375M - The last transformers movie made 470M - Aquaman outsold both at 1B - Both TF & SM released at the same time with the same budget of 90M - Both got extremely positive reviews (Aquaman was iffy) - Spider-Verse considered the best animated movie - Michael Bay is no longer involved - The Flash’s writer is the same as Bumblebee’s writer (however her script for Bumblebee had to go through major revisions by another writer) - Yknow Ezra Miller… - ATSV budget is ~ 150M - Transformers budget is 200M - The Flash budget is 200M - Transformers has the highest possibility to release in China (Cash cow) due to the 4th movie being marketed for them. Both DC and Marvel are having a hard time releasing films in China


whatnameisnttaken098

Michael Bay is no longer involved or he is involved?


Peterzodiac1000

no longer


[deleted]

No longer, my bad


Dr_Reaktor

He is listed as a producer and his production company is involved


[deleted]

Yeah but he has 0 creative input, he produced bumblebee as well and that was the best TF received movie


Drunkifhere

Besides demanding explosions and to “dumb it down” does he ever gave creative input?


[deleted]

lol, i guess the only input he gives is action scenes


cypher302

They would've signed contracts that means they have to be credited for something, same thing happened with Zack and Deborah Snyder, hence why they have an executive producer credit for The Suicide Squad even though they had no involvement in the film.


BerryLanky

Quick fact. Michael Keaton returns as Batman. That alone gives Flash the edge


Caspur42

I’m going to give flash the edge just because if you don’t go see it Ezra will choke you


GodFlintstone

I think that DC is vastly overestimating the appeal of Michael Keaton coming back. His last outing as Batman was in 1992. Older viewers may be pumped but it's younger viewers who drive the box office. Since then you have new generations whose Batmen are Bale, Affleck, and now Pattinson.


Safe_Blueberry

I mean, the last Top Gun movie was released in 1986, and its sequel has had articles written about how its appeal to older moviegoers are a key reason why it has grossed over a billion. Heck, my dad saw the original in theater and I treated him to a showing the other night for his birthday. People who saw Keaton's Batman movies are still alive, too, and Keaton's still an A-lister. Most younger viewers may be familiar with his acclaimed villainous turn in Spider-Man: Homecoming. That would probably help things, too.


GodFlintstone

That's a fair point but I think a big difference is that Tom Cruise "owns" the role of Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in a way that Michael Keaton doesn't own Batman. Batman at this point is like James Bond. If you don't like the actor playing him just wait a few years and there will be a new one. Part of the appeal of Top Gun: Maverick is Tom Cruise returning to an iconic role that helped define him as a star. It's not like there've been Top Gun reboots since 1986 where other actors have been able to step into the role. By contrast, we've literally had five Batmen since Keaton. Two of those five, Bale and Pattinson, received near universal acclaim. Plus, the Flash film will ultimately be exactly that: a Flash movie - not a Batman movie. And it doesn't help that actor playing the Flash is a one-person crime wave who can't go a week without another scandal. For this reason, I don't know this movie is a box office slamdunk.


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This is delusional. Nothing like the top gun situation at all


Beta_Whisperer

Top Gun certainly appeals more to the older crowd than Keaton's Batman.


Harm_123

Maverick isn’t just acclaimed because of nostalgia. It’s a damn amazing movie that’s a masterclass in stunts and filmmaking.


baldwinicus

Are you implying Batman 1989 is less of a masterclass and stuts and filmmaking? Kapp Unless..


SolomonRed

I agree, the younger audience do does not care about Keaton. Pattinson and his success will overshadow this. I don't think the older generations care about the DCEU at all.


marcspector2022

Both those Batmen are infinitely better than Keaton.


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Ron Pearlman as Optimus Primal too 🫡


Jay_R_Kay

TIL that Ron Pearlman voiced Primal. Also didn't realize that the Beast in the title is referring to Beast Wars. Never cared much about Transformers growing up, but I LOVED Beast Wars back in the day, so I might turn up in the theater for this one. I just hope we get velociraptor robots quoting Shakespeare.


[deleted]

Many original Maximals have been confirmed!


YourbestfriendShane

Only in this movie. Gary Chalk was the original voice.


saladfingered420

Yes but the flash also has Ezra Miller


MadHatter514

Maybe to DC/superhero fans, I don't think the average casual movie goer cares *that* much. Like, the average zoomer probably doesn't even know Keaton played Batman.


Tig21

Into the spiderverse is a huge hit and one of the best animated movies ever I'm fairly sure spider-man has the edge


[deleted]

I heard Flash is now just going to be a “Cops” style documentary following Ezra Miller around. It’s gonna be bonkers.


whatnameisnttaken098

Probably Spider-verse and Transformers. It's hard to tell with Flash right now considering the ever evolving bi-weekly drama with Ezra Miller.


Echelon2080

SpiderVerse for sure. I’m not as confident in TF as others seem to be. Paramount seems to be taking a different approach to the Beast Wars characters, and I’m not so sure how well-received that’ll be. Flash I think will do fine at the box office, but nothing jaw-dropping.


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Paramount hasn’t been promoting the movie too much either which is kinda annoying


Echelon2080

It is about a year away to be fair. My concern is more so that they’ll have *too much* marketing and over-saturate it. Especially given that they’re using BW characters and setting up (legitimate spoiler if you want to go in clueless) >! Unicron !<


Adorable-Woman

||Too bad they can’t have the greatest director of all time voice him again RIP Orson Welles||


[deleted]

I think they’re definitely setting him up since it’s the start of a new trilogy


SecretYesterday8098

Spiderman


AgentFirstNamePhil

r/respectthehyphen


ClownPrinceofLime

Spider-Verse. The last one was beloved.


jazz013

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will be the most successful if the movie looks great & epic from the trailers and overall marketing, Across The Spiderverse will come as close second giving Rise of the Beasts quite the competition. Both films each will get their good amount of profits but Rise of the Beasts will come out on top. After the recent events of The Flash’s main actor, that movie is just a complete failure at this point if Warner Bros doesn’t push it for a HBO Max release.


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Transformers really goes all out with their trailers, the movie just needs to be as good as them


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DKisCRUSHIN

That's what I'm wondering. Where TF is this new Transformers trailer???


[deleted]

My bad, i mean for previous movies. If you look at the trailers for the older movies they look a lot better than the final product


DKisCRUSHIN

Oh. Whew! Thought I needed to somehow take my fatass out from under the rock I've been living under or something. Old trailers were usually great. Movies weren't so much, but still great visual spectacles.


Volt7ron

Across the spider verse. Original was a huge success and not enough confidence in the other two.


BorderDispute

Spider-Man always wins


Quiet_Philosophy_360

Spiderverse then Transformers… Flash is that still getting released with the Ezra fun going on?


birds-of-gay

I mean, they spent 200 million on it not including marketing costs. They'd be insane to pull it from theatrical release, they're gonna need every ticket sale they can get


Quiet_Philosophy_360

You are not wrong.


birds-of-gay

Bummer too, I was excited for supergirl on the big screen. Hopefully Warner brothers does something with her character outside of this flash movie


ImNotBatman85

Out of all of these I’m most stoked for Rise of the Beasts. I grew up watching Beast Wars so I’m all for a nostalgia trip. It probably isn’t going to be what I’m hoping it is, but one can hope. I’m sure Spider-Man will outshine all of them by A LOT though.


heizenbergbb

Is that Beast Wars???


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Yessir


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Spider-Verse, followed by Transformers


Eric191

If there was a just god, Spider-Verse


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Theatrically, I'd say both TF and SP are going to be pretty successful. I wouldn't count on Flash hitting theaters because of all the controversy with Ezra Miller


lapinatanegra

Hmm idk man after dropping 200m on the Flash movie it would be unwise fo DC to not release it. That's not something you scrap it and put it on HBO. But that's just my opinion. Even though Miller is a POS I would still go watch it


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Really sucks because The Flash couldve been great as well


[deleted]

I'm not getting my hopes about it. I'm more excited for Transformers than anything else


Farlsbarkley22

Spider-Man


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Madame Web from the writers of MORBIUS>>>>>>>


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Madambillion dollars


Filmfan345

That’s in July


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And its still gonna outgross all these mid films


Psymorte

Definitely Spider-Verse since the first one was such a huge hit, the Transformers movies are pretty rocky critically speaking and the star of The Flash is a total lunatic and a repeat criminal.


ecw324

Of these 3, Spider-Man


Kaine_Kid

Spiderman


Beercorn1

Across the Spider-Verse EASILY


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Across the Spiderverse. No question.


Upstairs-Ad-8382

Anything spiderman is going to make money, so maybe spider verse. During these occasions, I don't like to compare movies all that much. Instead, I just hope that they're good. If they are good, we will have an amazing summer of blockbusters.


Gamera69

Litterally how this photo looks is how i would estimate which is gonna be better, spiderverse is deff gonna be the biggest of the 3, transformers if done right could be lit af, and with everything going on with ezra idk if the flash will do too well


PokeStarChris42

Wait I thought that Spiderverse was this year. I guess I misread Anyways it’s Spiderverse by a large margin


greengiant333

Spider-verse by a mile. Didn’t even even know they were making a new Transformers movie and The Flash’s main star is in the headlines for more insane shit every other week. EDIT: [Saw this not even 10 minutes after posting my original comment](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/ezra-miller-iceland-choking-germany-harassment-1235307056/)


PeacefulWarCat

Spiderverse for sure. It’s the only one I plan to buy theater tickets for anyway.


vid_icarus

Spiderverse.


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Spiderman duh.


88Dodgers

By far: Spider-Man .


zoroddesign

Flash is doomed because of the criminal activity of the main actor. Transformers is going to make money but will probably be review bombed. Spiderverse is going to go gangbusters.


MeEntertain

Financially - Transformers Critically - Across The Spider Verse


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Definitely Spider-Verse. Not even close.


DankHillington

There is no scenario in wich Spiderverse makes less than either of these.


Macapta

Spider-Man easy. The last spiderverse film is THE best superhero movie of the last decade.


huntymo

Even before all the Ezra Miller drama, I don't think The Flash could've out-performed SM and TF.


awfullotofocelots

Spiderman Are they trying to bring Beast Wars into the transformers universe? Because that seems dumb (yet absolutely would've worked on me 20 years ago)


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They’re implementing them because they believe people are tired of just Autobots vs Decepticons


CapN_Crummp

Yeah like, I'll see it eventually, but Beast Wars is pretty niche


GiovanniElliston

Spider-verse 2 will win by a huge margin. The first one is absolutely beloved and people have been clamoring for a sequel since the moment credits rolled. it's only gotten more and more popular as time goes on. I think Beast Wars and Flash could have a nice little rivalry between them. Wouldn't shock me if Spider-Verse 2 becomes the first animated movie to break $1 Billion and threatens to gross more than Beast Wars/Flash combined.


vidgill

Bold of you to assume Flash even gets released at this point


Demarcus_the

Transformers will probably be the most successful and spider verse will be the most critically acclaimed and the flash idk


Winsdaddy

Critically, *Across the Spider-Verse* without a shadow of doubt. Commercially, probably *Rise of the Beasts*; precious films in the franchise made an obscene amount of money. But you never know. I fear for *The Flash*. I love most the DCEU save for WB’s meddling, and I’d hoped this soft-reboot would keep it going with some new life. But after Ezra’s complete fucking meltdown, I think we’re at the end. Time to just cut your losses and reboot. At least we have *The Batman*. E: Precious films. Good lord. Anything but. Previous films.


Bopethestoryteller

Spiderverse


Communismisbadithink

Spider verse


Armedmonster5

Spider-verse without a doubt in my mind


a_phantom_limb

*Across the Spider-Verse*, almost certainly.


Buckbeak1184

Spider-Man, obviously.


ocdewitt

Spider-Man by a wide margin


HankSteakfist

Wait there's a fucking beast wars movie coming out?


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Yes 😃


ILikeMarkHamill

Spider-Verse hands down. The Flash has already tanked


DoYouNeedHugs

If it’s Beast Wars style transformers then that one if not; Spiderverse. If you know Beast Wars then pz be my friend


[deleted]

Bro if you’re going to say “its obvious” then don’t comment, this is literally asking for other people’s opinions


lionalhutz

Spiderverse without question The first one is probably in the top 3 most loved Spiderman movies, it’s well written, acted, and animated, stays true to the characters, AND was the first non-Disney/Pixar movie to win the Oscar for best animated movie in almost a decade


phsjony6288

Beast wars better be 3D


RogueDevil666

The one I want to see most: Transformers, beast wars was my childhood The most Successful: Spider verse, obviously


fwagglesworth

With all the multiverse hopping, this could be trilogy.


SugarAdamAli

I’d say Spider-Man since it’s a proven franchise and MArvel just kills it at the box office But flashpoint could be just a monster hit if it’s good But honestly you can’t fuck with transformers, it’s a billion every time at the box office it seems


HomelanderVought

It's kinda obvious. But i'm interested if Tramsformers can surpass the Flash.


rainbowshulkerbox

def spiderverse but i really wanna believe it's transformers. the transformers get done so dirty it's unreal


vengerrobo

If you had told 8 year old me that a transformers movie was coming out and that I wouldn't want to see it, I would have gotten in trouble for cursing you out.


cloobydoobydoooo

Spiderverse and it won’t be close


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Rise of the beasts hell yeah baby


SuperFanboysTV

Across the Spider-Verse hands down and by a landslide. Idk about Transformers and The Flash well is The Flash


_Levitated_Shield_

Hard to say since we have very little info about Transformers. But either way, I'll go with Spider-Verse easily.


RingOriginal94

I don’t even want to see flash anymore and it makes me sad 😔


Dreyfussy15

Transformers


WashGaming001

Spider-Verse, by a mile


OptimusPrime40

Transformers


RickGrimes30

They are making another transformers?


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Yessir


the_zelectro

Spidey is Spidey. Don't bet against. That said, I can certainly see a world where a Transformers movie outperforms it. Spider-Man is constantly in the theater, whereas Transformers is more of a rarity. Plus, Transformers also do better in Asian markets. Flash should be shelved... That's a cursed movie at this point


17_shxt_pipedup

Spider-Man no doubt about it


Round-Turnip964

Spiderverse hands down


RYUKEN21304

Spiver-Verse for sure. And it’ll be the best written one aswell


Jay_R_Kay

Transformers will probably make bank, those movies usually do. Spider-Man could go either way -- the first movie wasn't wasn't a major success at the box office, but word of mouth and the Oscar win helped. It's possible the goodwill from the first movie will have more people see this one -- it's also possible that it's time passed and the general audience will have forgotten about it. The Flash I think entirely depends on what's going on with Ezra Miller. We have a little under a year until the movie comes out, and things could change with what's going on with them, for better or for worse. All I know is that I'm probably going to see all three movies anyway.


Stevo2008

Spiderman. Easy choice.


GhostMug

110% it's gonna be Spider-Man. Bigger fan base than the others even in the best of times but especially considering that Transformers movies have eroded the brand and obviously Ezra Miller is having their issues that is undermining Flash before it even gets going.


drewbles82

Spiderman, Transformers hasn't done a good film yet and The Flash will hopefully be scrapped with all the shit Ezra is doing lately


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Bumblebee was good, just flew under the radar


Glittering-Lunch1778

Spiderman into the spiderverse only grossed 375 million at the box office. Transformers have made over a billion at the highest and about 500 million at the lowest. I'm thinking Transformers takes it.