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

[Iceman]

There's been a lot of high profile films release one after another.

 

[kedrell]

I would like to hope for DP2 numbers DOM but that may be wishful thinking. A $125M/300M DOM split would be just great. It's got a lot better chance of beating DP2 WW though.

 

[fire117]

The film will be a flop in Ireland and the UK as angry MCU fans won't go see it when it's out in cinemas a month before hand in the US and watch versions of the film put up online as a symbol of protest over that idiotic decision.

 

[Fallen]

They don't deserve this. The UK is Marvel's second biggest international market.

 

[harlequinade]

Marvel has only themselves to blame for this. I am having second thoughts about going too, I mean come on, August 4th?!

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Marvel had to do it so as not to coincide with the WC 2018. AM&W basically traded places with JW:FK in US & Europe.

But maybe Disney UK can bring the release date to an earlier day if the Three Lions are KO'ed before the business end of the tournament.

 

[Ozbridge]

They don't deserve this. The UK is Marvel's second biggest international market.

I don’t think it’s about deserving, just pure business strategy. Japan is usually biggest market for WDAS animations and they alway get the movie 3-4 months after domestic release.

They won’t need to worry about online piracy in Japan though.

 

[Iceman]

The World Cup is known about ages in advance so I don't know why they don't just plan for a global release outside of that window if they believe it to be a big enough deal.

 

[8ulk87]

First reviews are in and they re positive.

http://collider.com/ant-man-and-the-wasp-reviews/

It should not have any problem improving over the original.

Im expecting a similar result to JL (229 mil OS , 429 mil OS , 658 mil WW)
Pretty much the same as Doctor Strange or Thor TDW.

 

[Flint Marko]

For the first time in a long time I'm actually moderately concerned that a Marvel Studios movie is going to underwhelm at the box office, at least globally. Not sure what this has to make to be an unqualified success, but I'm hoping it can at least get to 600 M worldwide.

 

[Zyraquis]

I think now it seems 600m WW should be no problem though how people spin that number is another matter. I think it’s a good number but I can see some people would call that a flop, and superhero fatigue flies around again....

 

[DOOZlovesBOOZ]

The U.S., where the movies are actually made, usually always gets the later release date. I think you’ll live.

 

[Drizzle]

The U.S., where the movies are actually made, usually always gets the later release date. I think you’ll live.

The U.S. has always gotten the MCU movies a week or two later than the UK with the recent exceptions being Spider-Man Homecoming, Black Panther and Infinity War. Granted, a week is more bearable than a month, but I don't think it'll affect the box office too much. I sympathize with you guys in the UK that have to wait, but it could always be worse. Imagine if Infinity War was released a month later over there. I think a big reason why they were afraid of the World Cup is because Ant-Man is the MCU's least heavy-hitting franchise.

 

[harlequinade]

The U.S., where the movies are actually made, usually always gets the later release date. I think you’ll live.

 

[Chesterfield]

For the first time in a long time I'm actually moderately concerned that a Marvel Studios movie is going to underwhelm at the box office, at least globally. Not sure what this has to make to be an unqualified success, but I'm hoping it can at least get to 600 M worldwide.

The first movie made about 600M the sequel will do fine, especially with all these positive reviews. No need to be concerned.

 

[Kuwolski]

I think it will be a solid hit like the first. This isn't expected to be massive like other films. If all goes well I could see 600-700 m.

 

[SHADY XV]

520

 

[rayc1971]

im lookin at 200mill domestic 600mill worldwide better than the first

 

[AvengerPA]

What do think is the minimum box office for this film to have in order to have an Ant-Man 3? I think $200 million domestic should be the minimum.

 

[8ulk87]

What do think is the minimum box office for this film to have in order to have an Ant-Man 3? I think $200 million domestic should be the minimum.

Well i dont think this is a fair question.

We dont know Kevin Feige's plan. We may not get an Antman 3 regardless of box office results.

Furthermore even if Antman 2 somehow bombed horribly (which i highly doubt) we ll be seeing Antman again in Avengers movies.

Not every MCU film will get a trilogy. They dont have to make trilogies for every character that gets an origin movie.

And keep in mind that with 19 movies in the MCU has only 1 missfire with The Incredible Hulk back in 2008. I dont see any MCU film bombing in the forseeable future.

Kevin Feige can release BSman and hit 500 mil in the box office.

 

[Lilbaz]

This is the last film before avengers 4 and is supposed to have a strong tie in. Voted 700-800.

 

[Lilbaz]

The U.S. has always gotten the MCU movies a week or two later than the UK with the recent exceptions being Spider-Man Homecoming, Black Panther and Infinity War. Granted, a week is more bearable than a month, but I don't think it'll affect the box office too much. I sympathize with you guys in the UK that have to wait, but it could always be worse. Imagine if Infinity War was released a month later over there. I think a big reason why they were afraid of the World Cup is because Ant-Man is the MCU's least heavy-hitting franchise.

We used to have to wait months after a film was released in the states for it to be released in the uk.

 

[KevTravels]

What do think is the minimum box office for this film to have in order to have an Ant-Man 3? I think $200 million domestic should be the minimum.

Same here. It should open to at least 75 million domestically. I'd like to see it finish 750 WW but it has a lot of competition domestically like Skyscraper and Mission Impossible 6 among others.

 

[KevTravels]

They don't deserve this. The UK is Marvel's second biggest international market.

Brazil and Mexico should be challenging that

 

[Xeno]

Brazil and Mexico should be challenging that

South Korea is Marvel's third-largest market by a fair margin.