2016 Potential Blockbusters
by Incendid | created - 19 Oct 2015 | updated - 21 Jul 2017 | PublicUnlike last year's list I have added three requirements, for a film to make the list it must meet 2/3 of the following requirements:
1. A budget greater than 100 million $USD,
2. Have a large fan base or be based on a popular property,
3. Be potentially appealing to a wide audience.
The list will consist of 25 films, i will try to have at least one film from each month of the year on the list and I will be recording the worldwide grosses in $USD. My format will be:
Actual Worldwide Gross:
Predicted Worldwide Gross:
Actual to Predicted Difference: as a %
Guess Grade:
My Grading system is as follows:
A+ is 5% and under.
A is 10% and under.
B is 25% and under.
C is 50% and under.
D is 100% and under.
F is 100% and over.
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1. Captain America: Civil War (2016)
PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Political involvement in the Avengers' affairs causes a rift between Captain America and Iron Man.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan
Votes: 850,720 | Gross: $408.08M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 1.153 Billion Predicted Worldwide Gross: 1.25 Billion Actual to Predicted Difference: -7.74% Guess Grade: A
2. Finding Dory (2016)
PG | 97 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Friendly but forgetful blue tang Dory begins a search for her long-lost parents and everyone learns a few things about the real meaning of family along the way.
Directors: Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane | Stars: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O'Neill, Kaitlin Olson
Votes: 303,734 | Gross: $486.30M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 1.027 Billion Predicted Worldwide Gross: 785 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: +30.85% Guess Grade: C
3. Zootopia (2016)
PG | 108 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a rookie bunny cop and a cynical con artist fox must work together to uncover a conspiracy.
Directors: Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush | Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate
Votes: 546,831 | Gross: $341.27M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 1.023 Billion Predicted Worldwide Gross: 528 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: +93.89% Guess Grade: D
4. The Jungle Book (2016)
PG | 106 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther Bagheera and free-spirited bear Baloo.
Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba
Votes: 292,205 | Gross: $364.00M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 966.5 Million Predicted Worldwide Gross: 650 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: +48.69% Guess Grade: C
5. The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
PG | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.
Director: Chris Renaud | Stars: Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Lake Bell
Votes: 217,517 | Gross: $368.38M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 874.7 Million Predicted Worldwide Gross: 590 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: +48.25% Guess Grade: C
6. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
PG-13 | 151 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Batman is manipulated by Lex Luthor to fear Superman. Superman´s existence is meanwhile dividing the world and he is framed for murder during an international crisis. The heroes clash and force the neutral Wonder Woman to reemerge.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg
Votes: 752,722 | Gross: $330.36M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 873.3 Million Predicted Worldwide Gross: 902 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: -3.18% Guess Grade: A+
7. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction.
Director: Gareth Edwards | Stars: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen
Votes: 687,049 | Gross: $532.18M
Actual Worldwide Gross: Predicted Worldwide Gross: 810 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: Guess Grade:
8. Deadpool (2016)
R | 108 min | Action, Comedy
A wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal yet hideously scarred, and sets out to track down the man who ruined his looks.
Director: Tim Miller | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Ed Skrein
Votes: 1,126,696 | Gross: $363.07M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 782.6 Million Predicted Worldwide Gross: 475 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: +64.76% Guess Grade: D
9. Suicide Squad (2016)
PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated super-villains to form a defensive task force. Their first mission: save the world from the apocalypse.
Director: David Ayer | Stars: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis
Votes: 722,605 | Gross: $325.10M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 745.6 Million Predicted Worldwide Gross: 704 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: +5.90% Guess Grade: A
10. Doctor Strange (2016)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
While on a journey of physical and spiritual healing, a brilliant neurosurgeon is drawn into the world of the mystic arts.
Director: Scott Derrickson | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong
Votes: 805,588 | Gross: $232.64M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 637.3 Million Predicted Worldwide Gross: 500 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: +27.46% Guess Grade: C
11. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
PG-13 | 132 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In 1926, magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York during his worldwide tour to research and rescue magical creatures as something mysterious leaves trails of destruction in the city, threatening to expose the wizarding world.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler
Votes: 508,027 | Gross: $234.04M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 611.7 Million Predicted Worldwide Gross: 700 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: -12.60% Guess Grade: B
12. Moana (I) (2016)
PG | 107 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out Maui to set things right.
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker, Don Hall, Chris Williams | Stars: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison
Votes: 378,508 | Gross: $248.76M
Actual Worldwide Gross: Predicted Worldwide Gross: 590 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: Guess Grade:
13. X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the 1980s the X-Men must defeat an ancient all-powerful mutant, En Sabah Nur, who intends to thrive through bringing destruction to the world.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult
Votes: 461,404 | Gross: $155.44M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 543.93 Million Predicted Worldwide Gross: 540 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: +0.73% Guess Grade: A+
14. Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Continuing his "legendary adventures of awesomeness", Po must face two hugely epic, but different threats: one supernatural and the other a little closer to home.
Directors: Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh Nelson | Stars: Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie
Votes: 189,631 | Gross: $143.53M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 519.8 Million Predicted Worldwide Gross: 450 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: +15.52% Guess Grade: B
15. Warcraft (2016)
PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
As an Orc horde invades the planet Azeroth using a magic portal, a few human heroes and dissenting Orcs must attempt to stop the true evil behind this war.
Director: Duncan Jones | Stars: Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper
Votes: 279,005 | Gross: $47.37M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 433.5 Million Predicted Worldwide Gross: 330 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: 31.37% Guess Grade: C
16. Jason Bourne (I) (2016)
PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Thriller
The CIA's most dangerous former operative is drawn out of hiding to uncover more explosive truths about his past.
Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel
Votes: 242,197 | Gross: $162.43M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 415.2 Million Predicted Worldwide Gross: 485 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: -14.38% Guess Grade: B
17. Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Scrat's acorn sends an asteroid to Earth, the Herd must find a way to stop the asteroid from hitting Earth with the help of a returning friend.
Directors: Michael Thurmeier, Galen T. Chu | Stars: Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Chris Wedge
Votes: 74,943 | Gross: $64.06M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 407.46 Million Predicted Worldwide Gross: 300 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: 35.82% Guess Grade: C
18. Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar threat. But will mankind's new space defenses be enough?
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Maika Monroe
Votes: 188,774 | Gross: $103.14M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 389.65 Million Predicted Worldwide Gross: 485 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: -19.65% Guess Grade: B
19. Star Trek Beyond (2016)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The crew of the USS Enterprise explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy, who puts them, and everything the Federation stands for, to the test.
Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana
Votes: 258,617 | Gross: $158.85M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 343.47 Million Predicted Worldwide Gross: 450 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: -23.67% Guess Grade: B
20. Assassin's Creed (2016)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Callum Lynch explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar de Nerha and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, before taking on the secret Templar society.
Director: Justin Kurzel | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson
Votes: 208,969 | Gross: $54.65M
Actual Worldwide Gross: Predicted Worldwide Gross: 305 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: Guess Grade:
21. Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
PG | 113 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Alice is appointed to save her beloved Mad Hatter from deadly grief by travelling back to the past, but this means fatally harming Time himself, the noble clockwork man with the device needed to save the Hatter's family from the Red Queen.
Director: James Bobin | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway
Votes: 122,359 | Gross: $77.04M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 299.45 Million Predicted Worldwide Gross: 455 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: -34.18% Guess Grade: C
22. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Turtles get into another battle with their enemy the Shredder, who has acquired new allies: the mutant thugs Bebop and Rocksteady and the alien being Krang.
Director: Dave Green | Stars: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Tyler Perry, Laura Linney
Votes: 99,849 | Gross: $82.05M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 245.62 Million Predicted Worldwide Gross: 510 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: -51.83% Guess Grade: D
23. Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (2016)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.
Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones
Votes: 246,503 | Gross: $128.34M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 229.14 Million Predicted Worldwide Gross: 260 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: -11.86% Guess Grade: B
24. Allegiant (2016)
PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
After the earth-shattering revelations of Insurgent, Tris must escape with Four beyond the wall that encircles Chicago, to finally discover the shocking truth of the world around them.
Director: Robert Schwentke | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Jeff Daniels, Naomi Watts
Votes: 134,305 | Gross: $66.18M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 179.2 Million Predicted Worldwide Gross: 250 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: -28.30% Guess Grade: C
25. The BFG (2016)
PG | 117 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement
Votes: 93,307 | Gross: $55.48M
Actual Worldwide Gross: 177.99 Million Predicted Worldwide Gross: 565 Million Actual to Predicted Difference: -68.49% Guess Grade: D
26. Dunkirk (2017)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Drama, History
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy
Votes: 740,708 | Gross: $188.37M
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