It's official :(

[blockaderunner]

With Wolverine's box office take (and X3's), the X Men movie franchise has become the one thing the "Insert movie genre" Movie franchise has become: Critic-proof. The law of diminishing returns don't apply here. They could make these movies worse and worse and they can get -100 % on Rottentomatoes, but so as long it has "X-Men" in the title, it is an automatic box office champ in the first weekend, but forgotten afterwards. They coud make X-Men Origins: The Reavers starring Ben Afleck and directed by Uwe Boll and it still will succeed. There's no chance that this franchise will be rebooted. Why kill the golden goose? This sucks.

 

[M'rk son of Mogh]

OR... for the few individuals like me who enjoyed it, then that's GREAT news!

Keep them coming, I love this stuff!!

 

[TremblingBluStar]

With Wolverine's box office take (and X3's), the X Men movie franchise has become the one thing the "Insert movie genre" Movie franchise has become: Critic-proof.

Since when has any film's success or failure been based on the opinions of film critics? Or, for that matter, audiences opinions?

For example, reactions to TPM certainly didn't stop Episode II or III from making buttloads of cash. That is because the SW property transcends the quality of any single film.

X-Men is in that sort of position right now with moviegoers. I doubt it could get away with the scenario you suggested, but you are right in a way that an X-film could have a nonsensical script, but so long as there is a decent budget, special effects, and good action the film will probably be a success.

 

[shivkala]

Well, one could argue that it was already that way. X3 was not exactly Oscar worthy and yet, we got Wolverine.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Wolverine is #6 on the box office charts.

But look at some of that crap in the slots above it. We're crying over spilt milk after the horse has left the barn.

 

[Dream]

Wolverine may have had a big opening weekend but in the next few weeks it would drop big since it apparently sucks. More money for Star Trek!

 

[roguephoenix]

There's no chance that this franchise will be rebooted.

um... they're already developing x-men: first class. it's basically a reboot becasue we're going further back into the original 5's childhoods. well at least that's what the producer is saying. she says that this will be about the core 5 first students aka jean, scott, hank, bobby, and warren. as warren and bobby were introduced later as kids still in this current x-men timeline, having them in the new movie means this is a whole new movie/universe where diff things can happen. one thing i am hoping for is that no wolvercrap shows up on this universe ever... alas, once they introduce him they'll probably make that franchise about him too. >_<

 

[hyzmarca]

Wolverine is #6 on the box office charts.

But look at some of that crap in the slots above it. We're crying over spilt milk after the horse has left the barn.

I haven't seen Monsters vs Aliens, everything else above Wolverine is awesome. Monsters vs Aliens probably is, too, for a kid's movie.

 

[clint g]

A movie can only be critic proof for so long before its thought to have "jumped the shark". If X-Men continues down the road it is going, it'll soon find itself in jumped the shark territory. Right now though, the franchise hasn't been THAT bad, to the point where no one wants to see it.

 

[Caretaker]

If the studio would just hire decent writers and then stay the frak out of the way of the people working on the movie, it wouldn't be a problem. From what I hear (especially at AICN), Tom Rothman is the problem.