Best/Worst Case For 15 Summer Movies (With Predictions)

15. Pokemon Detective Pikachu

Release Date: May 10th

Video game adaptations don't have the best history. Last year's Rampage and Tomb Raider are among the best and those results were modest. So naturally, when a Detective Pikachu movie was first announced many were reasonably skeptical. Most of those concerns disappeared as the trailers for the film show a world of Pokémon fans have always wanted.

Best Case: If there is one thing this film has it is a target audience. The Pokémon fanbase is among the strongest in the world and they could easily carry this film to dizzying heights.

Worst Case: Yes, the Pokémon brand is strong, but that could easily become an issue. Warner Bros has a recent history of not appreciating their properties and counting chickens before they hatch. Justice League could be a warning they fail to heed. The film could lean too much on its name and treat the movie as a novelty or product, not containing anything worthwhile or unique.

Prediction: This film won't disappoint. Detective Pikachu will break the curse of video game films, please its rabid fans young and old and gross well over a billion at the box office.