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15 Box Office Records For Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice To Break

By Steve Lam

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6. Top 10 Grosses for Films Opening in March

Current Rankings

  1. The Hunger Games (2012) – $152,535,747

  2. Alice in Wonderland (2010) – $116,101,023
  3. OZ The Great and Powerful (2013) – $79,110,453
  4. 300 (2007) – $70,885,301
  5. Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (2012) – $70,217,070
  6. Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) – $68,033,544
  7. Cinderella (2015) – $67,877,361
  8. Monsters Vs. Aliens (2009) – $59,321,095
  9. Watchmen (2009) – $55,214,334
  10. Divergent (2014) – $54,607,747

People always associate blockbusters with the summer season.  However, that shouldn’t always be the case.  Warner Bros. was supposed to release Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice on May 6, 2016 — which is also the same release date as Captain America: Civil War — but they subsequently changed it to March 25, 2016 saying that it was a “fantastic corridor” for them.  Captain America: The Winter Solder (2014) was originally released on April 4, 2014, and the season didn’t seem to affect it’s ticket sales one bit.  It ended up with a worldwide total of $714.4 million.

The season may slightly affect a film’s performance, but box office grabs usually adhere to the Field of Dreams (1989) mantra “If you build it, he will come.”  Make a great movie and your audience will flock to it.  I seriously believe that the writing talent of Chris Terrio — Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Argo (2012) — paired with the directorial expertise of Zack Snyder will produce a compelling story in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which will make March a blockbuster month that rivals the summer season.

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