10 Reasons Star Wars: Rogue One Will Be 2016's Highest Grossing Movie
7. Comic Book Movies Are Becoming Oversaturated
In 2008, The Dark Knight and Iron Man showed the superhero blockbuster wasn't going away, but in the years since the public's infatuation with comic book adaptations has begun to reach a tipping point. Marvel has been offering up an ever-bloating roster of characters that grows harder to parse out with each new cinematic origin story; DC has followed suit with not one, but two superhero team-up movies coming in out this year. Between Fox, DC, and Marvel audiences will be treated to half a dozen comic book features in 2016 alone. The oversaturation of the superhero market will work to Rogue Ones advantage. Moviegoers have started to show signs of comic book fatigue; Marvels Avengers: Age Of Ultron failed to live up to box office expectations (while still having a stellar run) and Ant-Man was only a modest hit. In fact, 2015s biggest blockbusters, Jurassic World and The Force Awakens, were both non-comic book films. Audiences enthusiasm for superheroics will start to wane as the year unfolds, leaving Star Wars in a position to offer counterprogramming to the endless glut of comic book movies. Rogue Ones uniqueness will be a big draw that will bolster its ticket sales.
