Follow The Money

Maggie Barrett checks in with Amanda Berry, an assistant professor of literature, on what’s behind the recent tide of comic book-inspired movies:


“During the last 5 years, Hollywood studios have released 21 films adapted from comic books” said Berry, who will teach the course “Narrative and the Comic Book” at American University this summer. “While all but four of the 21 films generated a profit, the amount of money made by extremely succesful comic book movies vastly outweighs the small losses by a margin of 8:1”