Marvel President Kevin Feige isn’t moving their “Captain America 3” release date despite “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” opening on the same day.
During an interview with Empire, Feige explained the studio has a vision and will bring “quality” entertainment, even if it means having moviegoers chose between a Marvel or DC film.
“We are doing what we’ve always done, which is sticking to our plan and sticking to our vision for the movies going forward and we have a very large vision that we’re working on for Cap 3 and for all the threes movies and just because another movie plops down onto one of ours doesn’t mean we are going to alter that. Maybe we should, but we’re not going to.”
Variety reports “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” box office figures topped the “Man of Steel” debut. The DC film made $116.6 million during its opening weekend, but made $668 million worldwide. “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” opened with $95 million in April, but earned $712.7 million worldwide.
Feige told Empire there has always been a competition between DC and Marvel. However, Feige admitted it doesn’t mean there isn’t room to enjoy both franchises in theaters.
“The Dark Knight movies were rather successful and genre-defining, they altered the genre in big ways,” Feige said. “So I think there has always been competition that way. I mean Iron Man was the number one movie of 2008 until The Dark Knight came along, and I loved it. frankly. I love that the number 1 and the number 2 movies of that year, and it has happened a number of times since then, being comic-book movies, even if it wasn’t one we made.”
“Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Captain America 3” are slated to hit theaters on May 2, 2016.
