Board Thread:Movies/@comment-3156395-20130412022554/@comment-1895174-20130515023009

Johnnybravo44 wrote: LoveWaffle wrote: The Punisher films tanked. War Zone is currently the lowest-grossing film based on Marvel comics. It did worse than Howard the Duck. Worse than Howard the Duck. Ouch. I don't know what's worse - knowing that a Howard the Duck film came out before X-Men, Spider-Man and more had the chace at the spotlight, or knowing that since then a film has managed to do worse than it. Ouch. It gets worse!: So, depending on what statistics you use Punisher: War Zone has made 1/2, 1/4, or 1/3 of what Howard the Duck made in 1986. - src
 * Howard the Duck was released in 1986, the first Marvel character to be on the silver screen since the 1944 Captain America film serial. It is also one of the most reviled comic book adaptations ever made.
 * On the domestic front, War Zone grossed $8 million, less than half of Howard the Duck's $16.2 million.
 * Adjusting for inflation, Howard the Duck ' s gross rises to $34.8 million, while War Zone, a film that's only five years old, increases by less to $8.9 million, slightly more than a quarter of Howard ' s. This also makes pushes Howard ' s gross above Elektra's.
 * Howard the Duck grossed another $21.7 million on the international market, bringing its worldwide total to $38 million, while War Zone only made $2 million internationally for a total $10 million haul.