In an email exchange discovered by wikileaks between Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter and Sony CEO Michael Lynton, Ike appears to be trying to make the case for why 'Female Movies' aren't worth making.
"From: "IP"
To: "Lynton, Michael"
Subject: Female Movies
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 05:32:50 -0400

Michael,
As we discussed on the phone, below are just a few examples. There are more.

Thanks,

Ike
1. Electra (Marvel) – Very bad idea and the end result was very, very bad. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=elektra.htm

2. Catwoman (WB/DC) - Catwoman was one of the most important female character within the Batmanfranchise. This film
was a disaster. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=catwoman.htm

3. Supergirl – (DC) Supergirl was one of the most important female super hero in Superman franchise. This Movie
came out in 1984 and did $14 million total domestic with opening weekend of $5.5 million. Again, another disaster.

Best,

Ike"
Green Lantern, The Lone Ranger, Superman IV, Jonah Hex, Marvel's own Daredevil, Legend of Hercules ....

'Frozen', ($1,279,852,693), 'Alice In Wonderland' ($1.024 billion), 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' ($864,912,963), or 'Gravity' ($274, 092, 705), or 'Mama Mia' ($609.8 million), or 'Brave' ($539 million) or Sony's very own 'Salt' ($293.5 million), or 'Sex and The City 2' ($305,153,249) or 'Lucy' starring Scarlett Johansson aka Black Widow in Marvel's Avengers franchise ($458,863,600) etc, etc, etc.



Read more at source ONTD: http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com...#ixzz3Yv22aV1K

That says more about society in general. A shame.

He's right, Catwoman was an absolute disaster.

Aren't Marvel producing a Ms. Marvel movie that's slated to come out?

Hm a Black Widow movie is a necessity. And they are doing Captain Marvel so this doesn't make sense

I can point out three male lead films that bombed as well.

Get that promo boxofficemojo

This

I wonder if there are any films out there that are believed to have flopped because the protagonist was a man?

those were terrible films

The problem with those movies was the written and the cast (in some of them). A Catwoman movie with Michelle Pfeiffer would SLAY so hard!! And Jennifer Garner was GREAT as Elektra, the problem was a spin-off of a flop and bad movie like Daredevil was.

Yass at them using BoxOfficeMojo

And idk, i think the problem is young girls aren't into the whole idea of a superhero female unless if the superhero was quite feminine/girly maybe then it work

Catwoman wasn't THAT bad, that film gets too much hate. It also didn't have anything to do with the comics.

Anyway this is old. They are already making Captain Marvel and it will be fine unless they hire Jolie to direct it and score them their first rotten movie in years.

Sexism at its most blatant.

Is he really comparing the society in 1984 to the one in 2014? I know people haven't changed much but they don't necessarily see movies with female leads as a bad thing. Hollywood needs to change its view on this issue tbh.

I agree. Way too much hate.

sexist asshole

These receipts are old and stale as HELL. I mean 1984? Women have come a long way in terms of badassness in 20 years. didn't we just get an article saying that woman driven films are making MORE?