Comic book movies have a wide range of profits, from the extreamly successful:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/business?ref_=tt_dt_bus
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345836/business?ref_=tt_dt_bus
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371746/business?ref_=tt_dt_bus
To the not so successful:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311429/business?ref_=tt_dt_bus
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091225/business?ref_=tt_dt_bus
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348150/business?ref_=tt_dt_bus
In recent years, comic book movies have become more popular thanks to complex, deep stotylines (e.g The Dark Knight trilogy) and charasmatic superheros like Iron Man and Wolverine. The more obscure comic book movies generally gain good reviews: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/aug/26/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world-review
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/mar/31/kick-ass-review-film
Recently, the Dark Knight franchise has gained positive reviews as a result of it's dark, mature subject matter, psychological moments, complex characters and intellegent plotlines. They are more crime drama than superhero movie, and this perhaps makes them more mature than thier closests rivals, Marvel's Avengers.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/9403551/Batman-The-Dark-Knight-Rises-first-review.html
The more traditional superhero movie The Avengers (Avengers Assemble in the UK) also gained much praise for it's fantastic action, witty dialogue and clever characters. Regular comic book fans also enjoyed it because it stayed faithful to the previous movies and original comic book material
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/avengers/review/314291
Comic book films are not always well recieved, as this page from Rotten Tomatoes shows.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hulk/
Another comic book film that did badly was the utterly awful Howard the Duck. Produced by Star Wars creator George Lucas, this film was supposed to be a parody of sci-fi and superhero flicks. Unfortunatly the finishing product was a terribly made, badly acted snore fest with an idiotic plot and pathetic not-so-special effects. The reviews and box office ratings show that Howard the duck was George Lucas' biggest mistake until he created Jar Jar Binks
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/howard-the-duck
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