The Wolverine Trilogy Has a Very Interesting Trend

'Logan' popped up in my mind today as the film has officially released on home media. In the moment, I decided to check on the film's performance, as I wanted to see what the final box office tally was.

Now, we've all seen trilogies where film's make more money. Or films get better with each installment. Captain America is an example (for those who think CW is better than WS, I don't but I digress) of an overall improving trilogy as well as increasingly profitable property.

But the Wolverine trilogy holds a very distinct trend: Each film not only improved critically and financially on its predecessor, but they did so with a SMALLER BUDGET.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

• Budget: $150 million
• Box Office: $373.1 million
• RT Score: 38%/58%

The Wolverine (2013)

• Budget: $120 million
• Box Office: $414.8 million
• RT Score: 69%/69%

Logan (2017)

• Budget: $97 million
• Box Office: $607.3 million
• RT Score: 92%/92%

I dunno if this has been mentioned in /r/movies before, but its really neat to see a trilogy that consistently improves in LITERALLY every single way. Very rarely do you see sequels get made for films that perform both financially and critically like X-Men Origins: Wolverine*, and we're lucky we were able to get to a place where that horrible film eventually resulted in a classic like Logan. And to do so each time on basically $30 million less is impressive.

Are there any other trends similar to this? Like I said, you see very few films perform like Origins and STILL get an entire trilogy, nonetheless one that ends on such a high note. Anyways, I'm rambling - looking forward to checking out Logan in Noir!

Submitted May 24, 2017 at 01:45AM by SupremeBigFudge http://ift.tt/2qh6BXZ