'Hellboy' is a stark reminder that not all comic-book movies do well at the box office
Daniel Dae Kim, David Harbour and Sasha Lane in the new"Hellboy." By Michael Cavna Michael Cavna Writer/artist for Comic Riffs, covering visual storytelling, cartoon art/illustration, comedy/satire and animation. Email Bio Follow April 15 at 1:28 PM Marvel and Warner Bros./DC make doing big superhero box-office numbers look so automatic that over the weekend, “Hellboy” was a reminder of how much can go so wrong.
The third “Hellboy” film, with Neil Marshall now inheriting the director’s chair, grossed a woeful $12 million in its domestic debut — on a $50 million production budget. Marvel, especially, has had a steady hand in Kevin Feige, who has overseen 22 straight box-office champs for the MCU.
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