Current Events > David Goyer explains why Marvel movies do better than DC movies

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Comic book movies have been dominating the box office for over a decade now. Since Iron Man hit theaters in 2008, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has made well over $22 billion worldwide. DC attempted to follow suit with its own cinematic universe in starting 2013 with the release of Man of Steel. Over the past eight years, the DC Extended Universe has made millions of fans of its own, but it hasnt been nearly as cohesive or consistent as the MCU. There have been just nine DCEU movies to date, and they have grossed $5.6 billion at the global box office. So why has Marvel had so much more success than DC? One of the DCEUs top screenwriters might have the answer.
Last week, The Hollywood Reporter published an interview with screenwriter David S. Goyer. In addition to writing Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Goyer co-wrote the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight trilogy. His work helped pave the way for the arrival of DC Films.
As such, his comments regarding DCs theatrical ambitions are especially interesting. Heres what he said when asked what he would do next if he were in charge:

I think one of the issues is that Marvels had consistent leadership for the last 15 years or more, whereas DC hasnt. There have been all of these changes in terms of who is running DC. That is fundamentally very hard. Its hard to make any headway when leadership is changing. One of the other things thats made Marvel incredibly successful is all of their adaptations are true to the source material. Ant-Man feels like Ant-Man. The Hulk feels like the Hulk. They dont try to change things up. I would say, try to hew closer to what was the original intent. So, its having a consistent universe, having consistent leadership and staying true to the source material.

Kevin Feige has been a steady hand at Marvel for over two decades. He started as a producer on the pre-MCU movies, was named President of Production for Marvel Studios in 2007, and now runs the entire company. He has had a say in every project since the MCU kicked off in 2008, and it shows.

Thats not to say that he is solely responsible for the success of Marvels movies and shows nor would he want to take the credit but having one singular voice at the top for over a decade is one of the key differences between Marvel and DC.
There are rumors that DC might make a direct sequel to Man of Steel. For now, Goyer is focused on his new show, Foundation, which will premiere on Apple TV+ on September 24th.

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not really a hot take by any means, idk how anyone could disagree

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He's right

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ya same shit with star wars. just give it to favreau.

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true to the source material

what a dork

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It didn't give how many Marvel Universe Movies there have been. It would be interesting to look at the averages.

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Daniel_Berkhart posted...

but having one singular voice at the top for over a decade is one of the key differences between Marvel and DC.

To add to this DC never had their own production studio specifically for movies. It's always been just WB and whatever studio they working with to make the movies happen

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Jon Favreau the director of ironman does not get enough credit for his role in the MCU.

He set the tone and road map for every marvel movie that predicated it. Prior to that marvel movies were campy like spiderman or serious like xmen.

Ironman found the perfect middle ground and marvel rolled with it.

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Also giving zack snyder that amount of creative freedom was a mistake the blame almost a 100% lies with him and whoever put him in charge.

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Definitely a big part of the problem, same with Star Wars. DC and Star Wars both could've been competitors (or even better) for Marvel if they actually had a proper, singular vision.

I mean, they still made millions to billions, but still so much more they could've been. The potential exists for them both - just look to DC cartoons, immensely popular things. Look to Star Wars games, still adored. Literally no reason than utter incompetence DC/Star Wars films couldn't have found the same love.

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No doubt Marvel films are extremely profitable, and well done than most DC films, but if I were given the choice, I'd probably pick Burton's Batman, or The Dark Knight over anything Marvel has ever done on the big screen.

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