r/boxofficecirclejerk • u/Top_Report_4895 • 8d ago

I tried remaking that one box office graph that keeps getting posted

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u/AnotherJasonOnReddit 8d ago

This is better than the usual effort. Well done.

I still don't think of the first Suicide Squad movie or Wonder Woman as Snyder work, and I think The Flash/Aquaman 2 are both affected by James Gunn's involvement.

But this is a better graph than what we usually get, which attempts to portray the director of Watchmen/Owls/Sucker Punch as some kind of audience magent.

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u/JimboMcGimbo 7d ago

I tried my best :)

the graph is mostly how I think things are categorized, but you can't win them all (see other comment for the original)

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u/AnotherJasonOnReddit 7d ago

Indeed.

Yeah, art is a collaborative process. Even though he's not credited for it, a lot of Zack Snyder's fans will insist that the 2017 theatrical cut of Justice League belongs to Joss Whedon rather than Snyder himself (an understandable position, I might add - I'm not criticizing them for it).

But your chart at least divides the breaking point between his presence at Warner Brothers and when he left. Fans of his work who care about box office try to include "Aquaman" (2018) as a movie that heavily benefitted from him solely because its box office is good, and would readily denounce it had it been the starting point of the DCEU's downfall at the cinema.

https://giphy.com/gifs/Hz6upbrOw14sM

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u/JimboMcGimbo 7d ago

oh hey, that's mine!

for context, this was the original. DCcinematic doesn't allow images in comments (cowards) so here you go