I feel this might get some hate so here’s a thread with some receipts...

Pls leave suggestions 💕

(All stats from Wikipedia because I couldn’t be f’d to check various websites) https://twitter.com/gempecorini/status/1327591038865780736
Colin Trevorrow ✨

Feature Directorial Debut: Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
Budget: $750k
WWBO: $4.4M
(Trevorrow won various indie and festival accolades for his screenplay)

2nd Feature: Jurassic World (2015)
Budget: $150M
Jon Watts ✨

Feature Directorial Debut: Clown (2014)
Budget: $1.5M
WWBO: $2.1M

2nd Feature: Cop Car (2015)
Budget: $5M
WWBO: $143K

3rd Feature: Spider-Man Homecoming (2017)
Budget: $175M

Watts also directed Spider-Man: Far From Home and is slated the franchise’s third
Sticking with the 🕷 theme let’s discuss Marc Webb ✨

Feature directorial debut: (500) Days Of Summer (2009)
Budget: $7.5M
WWBO: $60.7M

2nd Feature: The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Budget: $200-230M
Josh Trank ✨

Feature directorial debut: Chronicle (2012)
Budget: $12M (this might be the highest budget i feature in this thread)
WWBO: $126.6M

2nd feature: Fantastic 4 (2015)
Budget: $150M
(It also has a 9% approval rating in @RottenTomatoes)
Gareth Edwards ✨

Feature directorial debut: Monsters (2009)
Budget: $500K
WWBO: $4.24M

Next feature: Godzilla (2014)
Budget: $160M

Edwards also directed Rogue One with a budget between $200-265M
Here’s my favourite: Joseph Kosinski ✨

His first feature film (that’s right, EVER!) was 2010’s Tron Legacy.

Man had never directed before and was handed a $200M Disney film.

His IMDb literally only has 1 credit for a short film in 2006.
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