Blockbuster Preparation

Film: Men in Black 3
Production Budget: $215,000000
Director: Barry Sonenfield
Starring:
- Will Smith (I Am Legend, iRobot, Independence Day)
Box Office: $624,026,776
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 70%

Film: Avengers Assemble
Production Budget: $220,000000
Director: Joss Whedon
Starring:
- Robert Downey Jr (Iron Man, Sherlock Holmes, Due Date)
- Chris Hemsworth (Thor, The Cabin in The Woods, Snow White and The Huntsman)
- Scarlet Johannson (Lost in Translation, The Prestige, Iron Man 2)
- Jeremy Renner (The Bourne Legacy, 28 Weeks Later, Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters)
- Samuel L Jackson (Django Unchained, Pulp Fiction, Snakes on a Plane)
Box Office: $1,511,757,910
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 92%

Film: The Bourne Legacy
Production Budget: $125,000000
Director: Tony Gilroy
Starring:
- Jeremy Renner (Avengers Assemble, 28 Weeks Later, Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters)
Box Office: $276,144,750
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 56%

Film: The Amazing Spider-Man
Production Budget: $230,000000
Director: Marc Webb
Starring:
- Andrew Garfield (The Social Network, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Never Let Me Go)
- Emma Stone (Easy-A, Superbad, Zombieland)
Box Office: $752,216,557
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 73%

Film: The Dark Knight Rises
Production Budget: $250,000000
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring:
- Christian Bale (Public Enemies, American Psycho, The Prestige)
- Tom Hardy (Inception, Warrior, Lawless)
- Michael Caine (Thunderbirds, Children of Men, Harry Brown)
- Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables, The Devil Wears Prada, Rachel Getting Married)
- Morgan Freeman (Wanted, The Shawshank Redemption, Se7en)
Box Office: $1,081,041,287
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 87%

Film: The Expendables 2
Production Budget: $100,000000
Director: Simon West
Starring:
- Sylvester Stallone (Rocky, Bullet to The Head, Rambo)
- Jason Statham (The Mechanic, Snatch, The Bank Job)
- Chuck Norris (The Delta Force, The Way of The Dragon, Lone Wolf McQuade)
- Bruce Willis (Looper, Die Hard, Pulp Fiction)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator, Predator, Total Recall)
Box Office: $312,500,000
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 65%

Film: Total Recall
Production Budget: $125,000000
Director: Len Wiseman
Starring:
- Colin Ferrell (Fright Night, Phonebooth, Seven Psychopaths)
- Kate Beckinsale (Underworld, The Aviator, Pearl Harbor)
Box Office: $198,467,168
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 31%

Film: Looper
Production Budget: $30,000000
Director: Rian Johnson
Starring:
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Dark Knight Rises, 500 Days of Summer, Mysterious Skin)
- Bruce Willis (The Expendables 2, Die Hard, Pulp Fiction)
Box Office: $166,521,588
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 93%