The heavy hitters are going to do exactly what they are supposed to do at the box office. Even if Justice League is another DC disappointment, everyone is going to see it...twice. Those who hate it will see it 4 times just to build strong cases about why the studio got it wrong. The trend with DC movies is that they make very strong trailers with some humor in there and that gets everyone fired up that they got it right. Then they take that opportunity to shit in your mouth. I love DC and I love Batman, but until I see them get a couple of these right, then I am going to assume these movies are going to be bad. For as much trust as I have in Marvel to get it right, I have the opposite amount in DC.

Part of that trust that Marvel earned was taking a comic that nobody really read and turn it into one of the best movies the studio has ever produced. The first Guardians of the Galaxy got just about everything right and the trailer for Vol 2, looks to build off of that and then some. They took a wrestler, Bradley Cooper but none of his looks or charm, and Vin Diesel and made all of them likable characters. Beloved even! That is some next level shit that Marvel is pulling off and Vol 2 is going to make a big run at the top dog.

For all of those movies, you can make a compelling case as to how they have a path to the top spot, but all of those cases include the caveat "Star Wars needs to show some flaws" in order for that to happen. Not only flaws, but down right apathy in it's fans, but that doesn't tend to happen much. I will be curious to see the enormous amount of respect that fans and peers show Carrie Fisher and I don't think anyone knew how much of a lose her death would lead to. She was our Princess and our General and droves of fans will leave that theater with wet eyes when the tribute gets paid at the end of Episode VIII. I just don't see how this isn't the top movie, but anything can happen.