Ant-Man and The Wasp Ant-Man and the Wasp - Box Office Discussion

[rayc1971]

Yup. I’d love to see it at least stay north of 30 but I wouldn’t bet on it.

$5.8 million Wednesday, an (ouch) 42% drop. Most of the rest of the field had less harsh falls. $98.7 million total, so it will pass 100 today.

i still see it getting 200mill domestic that should be the benchmark for this film since the first made 180mill domestic not bad the budget is 162mill so it would get a 3rd film i believe if it gets 600mill worldwide

 

[KevTravels]

I'm sure we'll get a 3rd film.

But I guess the question is how much of Scott Lang we will see in Avengers 5 or 6.

 

[KevTravels]

So what exactly happened? The film had massive press and a lot of folks wanting to see this after Infinity War.

Did some over-hype it? I honestly thought it'd open near to $100 million. I hope that it will have legs and finish with 700 million worldwide while crossing 200 domestically.

 

[Webfoot Hero]

Nothing went wrong. The film just opened up in a crowded summer market on a holiday weekend. There was just no other perfect windows for the film to continue being #1 on multiple weekends like other past MCU films. Marvel likely knew competition would eat at its OW take so they set expectations at around $75 million, which it hit fairly easily and was a nice enough increase from the first film to be happy with.

 

[Ctfxcwatcher]

This was always going to be more frontloaded than the original, didn't matter the release date because it's a sequel. I'm just hoping for atleast 200 domestic

 

[SomeOldGuy]

Thursday:

Disney/Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp led all films in regular release yesterday with an estimated $5.3M, off 9% from Wednesday, for a week’s take of $104M.

https://deadline.com/2018/07/dwayne...transylvania-3-weekend-box-office-1202426089/

Great hold after Wednesday’s drop. It continues to play a lot like Homecoming did.

 

[SomeOldGuy]

i still see it getting 200mill domestic that should be the benchmark for this film since the first made 180mill domestic not bad the budget is 162mill so it would get a 3rd film i believe if it gets 600mill worldwide

200 domestic looks like the over/under right now. If I had to bet today I’d take the over, but there’s a lot of competition out and the moviegoing public has already laid out a record amount of money this year. We’ll see.

I predicted 600-650 WW and I’m still comfortable with that.

 

[Flint Marko]

I voted 650-700. Looks like I overestimated things but hopefully this at least crosses 600 WW.

 

[AvengerPA]

I predict $38 million this weekend.

 

[seriesofdreams]

Good Thursday number. 60ish% still likely. There's some competition this weekend. I'm intrigued to see how Skyscraper performs. It looks highly generic but he has a cross-demo appeal that is unique.



Since it's The Rock, I could see it overperforming from what I've seen of tracking. I'd do a jig if AMATW did $30M. A jig I tell you!

 

[Webfoot Hero]

According to Deadline, Skyscaper is looking at only a $19-21 million OW; AM&W is looking at around $30-32 million. That wouldn't be a bad drop, especially for a summer movie in a crowded market.

 

[Mysteryman]

Good Thursday number. 60ish% still likely. There's some competition this weekend. I'm intrigued to see how Skyscraper performs. It looks highly generic but he has a cross-demo appeal that is unique.



Since it's The Rock, I could see it overperforming from what I've seen of tracking. I'd do a jig if AMATW did $30M. A jig I tell you!

I hope you get to do your jig!

 

[Ozbridge]

BOM projection:

Hotel Transylvania 3- 45M
Skyscraper - 34M
Ant-Man and the Wasp - $32.1 M

 

[rocco2216]

Is it possible there's also or simply just a huge lack of interest in the characters Ant-Man and the Wasp from general audiences?
I think audiences will be pretty selective on superhero films, Marvel films, and certain characters.

 

[SomeOldGuy]

According to Deadline, Skyscaper is looking at only a $19-21 million OW; AM&W is looking at around $30-32 million. That wouldn't be a bad drop, especially for a summer movie in a crowded market.

I will dance TWO jigs if it hits 32.

 

[C. Lee]

My daughter and I have seen it twice so far....my wife absolutely refuses to see any movie the first week....she bought tickets for all of us to see it tomorrow.

 

[Uncanny1]

Is it possible there's also or simply just a huge lack of interest in the characters Ant-Man and the Wasp from general audiences?

+1 yes that is quite possible.

 

[rocco2216]

+1 yes that is quite possible.

Yep, I think us Marvel fans can get a bit too overconfident and cocky sometimes. Not every Marvel, Marvel Studios, and Superhero film is going to be all that big of a success or a success at all.

 

[ironman_rick]

Is it possible there's also or simply just a huge lack of interest in the characters Ant-Man and the Wasp from general audiences?
I think audiences will be pretty selective on superhero films, Marvel films, and certain characters.

Looks to be right.... just look at the number of views in the antman threads compared to IW or JL.......

 

[rayc1971]

According to Deadline, Skyscaper is looking at only a $19-21 million OW; AM&W is looking at around $30-32 million. That wouldn't be a bad drop, especially for a summer movie in a crowded market.

yeah i saw skyscaper projections went from 34mill to 21mill for the weekend must not be that good so antman can do over 30 mill then

 

[Raiden]

Is it possible there's also or simply just a huge lack of interest in the characters Ant-Man and the Wasp from general audiences?
I think audiences will be pretty selective on superhero films, Marvel films, and certain characters.

I think the reception of Ant-Man and the Wasp is within expectation; they are probably B list superheroes at best (unlike Spider-Man) and this movie really has very little to do with Infinity War, nor did it get any cameo from the Avengers either (compared with Thor Ragnarok & Civil War, who got a lot of help). Marvel knew this, and they gave this sequel a moderate budget and set their predictions low, and AMATW managed to meet the goals that were set for them. It doesn't have Solo's outrageous budget (300+ mil) nor Justice League's hype, and in a year where MCU got 2 movies that grossed over one billion, I think a small performer like this movie is exactly what they need.

 

[Panacea]

So what exactly happened? The film had massive press and a lot of folks wanting to see this after Infinity War.

Did it? I didn't see much hype at all. The promotional material (and the movie itself tbh) were all quite pedestrian.

 

[rocco2216]

I think the reception of Ant-Man and the Wasp is within expectation; they are probably B list superheroes at best (unlike Spider-Man) and this movie really has very little to do with Infinity War, nor did it get any cameo from the Avengers either (compared with Thor Ragnarok & Civil War, who got a lot of help). Marvel knew this, and they gave this sequel a moderate budget and set their predictions low, and AMATW managed to meet the goals that were set for them. It doesn't have Solo's outrageous budget (300+ mil) nor Justice League's hype, and in a year where MCU got 2 movies that grossed over one billion, I think a small performer like this movie is exactly what they need.

Has it turned a profit yet? What if, and humor me on this, it does not turn a profit? Or at least makes less than "Ant-Man" domestically and worldwide? Would Marvel Studios still want to make an Ant-Man 3? Would it really be such a bad thing if we never get an Ant-Man 3?

 

[rocco2216]

Did it? I didn't see much hype at all. The promotional material (and the movie itself tbh) were all quite pedestrian.

Yes I have to wonder as well who the "lot of folks" are.

 

[Raiden]

Has it turned a profit yet? What if, and humor me on this, it does not turn a profit? Or at least makes less than "Ant-Man" domestically and worldwide? Would Marvel Studios still want to make an Ant-Man 3? Would it really be such a bad thing if we never get an Ant-Man 3?

We don't know if it will turn in a profit until after its theatrical run is finished, but I don't see why it won't. As for the sequel, I think it's too early to make assumption yet but I believe a third movie to finish it as a trilogy would be something that Marvel will definitely do eventually.