Top Ten #7 - Worldwide Box Office Totals 2018

Top Ten #7 - Worldwide Box Office Totals 2018

As 2017 warps up, we look ahead to 2018. 2018 is the year for sequels as we have Avengers 3, Jurassic World 2, Incredibles 2, and Deadpool 2 hitting cinemas. But which of these films, regardless of critical acclaim, will rule the box office? Here are my predictions. 

10. Mission Impossible 6 - 660 Million - The newest installment in the Tom Cruise led franchise is still moving full steam ahead. With most of the cast from Rogue Nation returning, and with new addition Henry Cavill as the mustachioed villain (to DC's lament), I think this has a reasonable shot to make a good bit of money worldwide. The popularity is there, it's how good the film will end up being. 

9. Ant-Man and the Wasp - 670 Million - At this point, I'd be remiss if I didn't include an MCU film as almost all of them end up making the top 10 every year anyways. Even a film with Ant-Man as its lead. To everyone's utter surprise, the first film went on to make a healthy 513 million at the worldwide box office. I think given the talent involved, with Michelle Pfeiffer and Lawrence Fishburne as well as Randall Park, this film can easily add another 150 million to the total that it made last time. 

8. Bumblebee - 700 Million - I really wish I didn't have to put this movie on the list, but the facts don't lie. The international market loves these movies, although less and less and less. The reason this is so low on the list is because it doesn't have the name "Transformers" slapped in front of it. But I think that a majority of audience members will see the Autobot Bumblebee and will go out to see it, unfortunately. This film also is not going to be directed by Michael Bay, which is working in its favor. It's going to make money - just not as much as the others. 

7. Aquaman - 700 Million - Let's face it; DC is going nowhere at the moment. They're basically tanking. HOWEVER - this film has a lot going for it that the others did not. This film will be directed by horror icon James Wan. This film will also be primarily isolated from the other movies. Remind you of anything? How about Wonder Woman? Which grossed over 200 million dollars more than Justice League did. I think that this film has potential to be a good movie, and especially coming out in an empty market such as December where Star Wars is not, I think that this is going to make more than Justice League. 

6. Black Panther - 790 Million - Again, another MCU. And for what it's worth, if any of these movies is going to have the highest Rotten Tomatoes score this year, I believe it will be this one. I think this film is being portrayed as a wealth of diversity with political undertones. Plus, it has all the makings of a good comic book movies; fun acting, good jokes, and great action. This movie's going to do well at the box office, and I think it can do even better given a high critic approval. 

5. Deadpool 2 - 820 Million - When Deadpool first came out, did anyone really think that it was going to make as much money as it did? Yet here we are. Deadpool was beloved by fans and critics and was hailed as one of the funniest movies of that year. With Ryan Reynolds back again as the  titular character, this has all the makings to be as good, if not better than the original. And you know what that means; more money. 

4. Solo: A Star Wars Story - 850 Million - A Star Wars film at number 4? If you had asked me where I think this would've landed about a year go, I would've told you about 2 maybe 3 at worst. Yet, with all the controversy surrounding this film, I don't think that it's going to land that high. It also has a few other things working against it - for one, the recasting of Han Solo in Alden Ehrenreich. Another is that there hasn't been a trailer or so much of any promotional material for this movie yet. We'll have to wait and see until the first trailer releases, but this film has a tough climb ahead of it. 

3. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - 1 Billion - While the film was beloved by fans and tolerated by critics at the time, the hype around the film has slowly died down since its release in 2015. I had previously thought that this film would do much better as well, but I realize that after seeing the trailer that this film probably won't be near as good as the original or any of the Jurassic Park films. Again, we said that about the first film, and it made so much more money than we had thought - but I do see a decline for this film. 

2. The Incredibles 2 - 1.05 Billion - Yes the first one didn't make a ton of money (a ton....as if it didn't make 600 million dollars). So why do I think it can climb to a billion? Simple: nostalgia factor. This film has received a massive fan following after the first film. Many people have grown up seeing the first film over and over and over again, and all signs are pointing to this being a good film. I believe that the nostalgia and the quality of the film will push it up there and it will be able to crack the billion dollar club.

1. Avengers: Infinity War - 1.85 Billion - Did anyone think this wouldn't be number one? The only question is how much will it make. I thought about putting it at two billion, but I don't think that this film is capable of making that much money. I think it can get very close, but I don't think it will join the 2 billion dollar club. Still, this film is going to make tons of cash for Disney and Marvel, and deservedly so.