WINNERS AND LOSERS OF SUMMER MOVIE SEASON

As fall approaches, it’s time for a post-mortem on blockbuster season.

Now that the summer movie season has drawn to a close, we take a look at who did well and who didn’t, who will have sequels and who will get cut off (if not sent to movie jail for a spell), which were the sleeper hits and which were the megabombs.

Winner: superhero movies

If we the people continue to see these things at the r ate we seem to be seeing them, we will be watching superhero movies until the sun cools.

The big news this summer was, of course, “Wonder Woman.”

Easily the highest-grossing film directed by a woman, ever, “Wonder Woman” passed the $800 milli onmarkworld w ide—$406 million domestically — and was a commercial and critical hit.

The latter could not be said of other Warner Bros./DC Universe movies such as the disingenuous “Batman v Superman” and the incoherent “Suicide Squad.”

A few studios seemed to share in the superhero bounty this season. Disney/Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2” has pulled $862 million worldwide and $389 million domestically; “Spider-Man: Homecoming” (which takes place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe but was bankrolled by Sony) has made $737 million worldwide and $319 million in the States.

Loser: any attempt to start a new pop-genre franchise

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