Quantumania BoX Office Thread $

[Comicbookguy339]

Sounds bad.

Honestly, this should be a wake up call for Marvel Studios moving forward. I don't know how Thunderbolts and a Captain America movie without Chris Evans are going to do at the boX Office but its safe to say they won't do Civil War or Iron Man 3 numbers.

I just hope the reboots of Blade and Fantastic Four do well enough that we get 3 films for those.

I have doubts about FalconCap's and Thunderbolts' chances of success as well. Especially because they've decided to separate Sam and Bucky. Their dynamic was one of the few things that really worked on the show.

 

[HammerDown]

For comparison AM&TW got a 29M 2nd weekend of 29M out of a 75M OW.

So on the second Sunday AM&TW had a total of 133M while Quantumania will be at around 165M. So that gap will keep on closing at a decent rate until eventually Quantumania scores an even lower domestic run than AM&TW which ended up with 216M, so Quantumania could probably end up under 200M domestically.

 

[Ultra Nolanite]

The irony is noted but Marvel may need to start looking into the DC approach.

Get a separate thing going from these connected universes and phases. It seems that, post Endgame, they've been struggling to keep the interest up for more crazy phases and universe ending threats. (For you it was another horrible alien trying to destroy reality, for me it was Tuesday)

It's getting silly. There is STILL a ln unaddressed Celestial sticking out of the Earth by the way.

I think the audience at this point just shrugs this whole connectivity off. The novelty is gone.

Meanwhile, don't be surprised when Elseworlds Joker 2 does another billion easy.

Spiderverse 2 will do good numbers, The Batman 2 will to so it's not just superhero fatigue here, it's something more.

For instance, I think it's a terrible idea to connect X-Men to the MCU, why not have that be it's own thing instead?

I think people are just over this flipping out because character Y showed up in character Z's movie.

 

[psylockolussus]

I have doubts about FalconCap's and Thunderbolts' chances of success as well. Especially because they've decided to separate Sam and Bucky. Their dynamic was one of the few things that really worked on the show.

I honestly don't know why we are getting those films. The leads are mcu supporting characters that Imo don't really need lead a movie but thats just me.

They could have just fast tracked Blade, Fantastic Four, Deadpool and X-Men instead.

 

[Kev4000]

I honestly don't know why we are getting those films. The leads are mcu supporting characters that Imo don't really need lead a movie but thats just me.

They could have just fast tracked Blade, Fantastic Four, Deadpool and X-Men instead.

Can you imagine the ****storm if they cancel the movie about a black captain america?

 

[psylockolussus]

The irony is noted but Marvel may need to start looking into the DC approach.

Get a separate thing going from these connected universes and phases. It seems that, post Endgame, they've been struggling to keep the interest up for more crazy phases and universe ending threats. (For you it was another horrible alien trying to destroy reality, for me it was Tuesday)

It's getting silly. There is STILL a ln unaddressed Celestial sticking out of the Earth by the way.

I think the audience at this point just shrugs this whole connectivity off. The novelty is gone.

Meanwhile, don't be surprised when Elseworlds Joker 2 does another billion easy.

Spiderverse 2 will do good numbers, The Batman 2 will to so it's not just superhero fatigue here, it's something more.

For instance, I think it's a terrible idea to connect X-Men to the MCU, why not have that be it's own thing instead?

I think people are just over this flipping out because character Y showed up in character Z's movie.

How eXactly is Into the Verse 2 going to do "good numbers" when the first one didn't even hit $400 million worldwide...

also Marvel Studios doing a Dc approach sounds premature. Sure, they have two misses with the critics and they branched out for like the 50th time. But all of these projects are still under the universe unlike DC Films. The Batman 2 will be separated to the new Superman like... really? Its not comparable. Marvel Studios don't have a flopped movie yet like Birds of Prey, Black Adam,Justice League and The Suicide Squad yet.

Also if you want Marvel movies out of the mcu, go watch Kraven, Morbius, Madame Web, Venom...

 

[psylockolussus]

Can you imagine the ****storm if they cancel the movie about a black captain america?

They aren't going to cancel it as its been announced and already started casting.

But was anyone clamoring for a Captain America movie starring Sam Wilson? Legacy characters aren't just going to attract more people compare to their predecessor.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I am very sure Marvel is aware Cap 4 won't equal CW's Box Office

 

[bapi]

How eXactly is Into the Verse 2 going to do "good numbers" when the first one didn't even hit $400 million worldwide...

also Marvel Studios doing a Dc approach sounds premature. Sure, they have two misses with the critics and they branched out for like the 50th time. But all of these projects are still under the universe unlike DC Films. The Batman 2 will be separated to the new Superman like... really? Its not comparable. Marvel Studios don't have a flopped movie yet like Birds of Prey, Black Adam,Justice League and The Suicide Squad yet.

Also if you want Marvel movies out of the mcu, go watch Kraven, Morbius, Madame Web, Venom...

SpiderVerse was 2nd most anticipated movie by Fandango users and looking at The Quorom: it's already 10th in awareness and 4th in interest. Wouldn't surprise me if it makes 260+ just in North America (first one finished with 190). If it had a better release date then I'd even bet on 290+.

 

[psylockolussus]

SpiderVerse was 2nd most anticipated movie by Fandango users and looking at The Quorom: it's already 10th in awareness and 4th in interest. Wouldn't surprise me if it makes 260+ just in North America (first one finished with 190). If it had a better release date then I'd even bet on 290+.

How accurate are those polls though?

 

[Lily Adler]

The irony is noted but Marvel may need to start looking into the DC approach.

Get a separate thing going from these connected universes and phases. It seems that, post Endgame, they've been struggling to keep the interest up for more crazy phases and universe ending threats. (For you it was another horrible alien trying to destroy reality, for me it was Tuesday)

It's getting silly. There is STILL a ln unaddressed Celestial sticking out of the Earth by the way.

I think the audience at this point just shrugs this whole connectivity off. The novelty is gone.

Meanwhile, don't be surprised when Elseworlds Joker 2 does another billion easy.

Spiderverse 2 will do good numbers, The Batman 2 will to so it's not just superhero fatigue here, it's something more.

For instance, I think it's a terrible idea to connect X-Men to the MCU, why not have that be it's own thing instead?

I think people are just over this flipping out because character Y showed up in character Z's movie.

Cinematic Universe fatigue? Just when WB is putting out the DCU and Middle Earth ones?

 

[Comicbookguy339]

Quantumania apparently managed 8.3M on Friday so things are not as dire as we thought. Still a big drop though.

 

[samsnee]

 

[Comicbookguy339]

 

[Evil Twin]

This kind of proves the power of CinemaScore as an indicator. Certainly it's better than the self selecting sample that participates in online polls.

 

[HammerDown]

Quantumania apparently managed 8.3M on Friday so things are not as dire as we thought. Still a big drop though.

Not as dire? We’re looking at a potential 72% drop! The worst ever in the MCU for a large margin and overall in comic book history only behind Morbius(73.8%), which is itself the 64th worse drop ever for a movie.

 

[Holy Slapper]

Box Office: ‘Cocaine Bear’ Snorts $2M In Thursday Previews – Deadline

Cocaine Bear got a B- Cinemascore and the Audience Rating has dropped to 74% so doesn't seem like a threat much.

 

[HammerDown]

Looking at the competition, sure there isn’t much until next weekend with Creed 3 coming up but then again Quantumania is already sinking pretty hard on its own.

I guess Creed 3 might even slightly boost it because of the same leads and one’s receptiybeing considerably better than the other, that might draw some sort of interest… still Shazam(17) should be the last nail.

 

[Holy Slapper]

Looking at the competition, sure there isn’t much until next weekend with Creed 3 coming up but then again Quantumania is already sinking pretty hard on its own.

Is Creed 3 a "threat" though? It's not like the previous films have been box office blockbusters.

 

[HammerDown]

Is Creed 3 a "threat" though? It's not like the previous films have been box office blockbusters.

It doesn’t need to be against a minuscule Quantumania. The last one did 214M WW and 115M domestic and that should be enough to put a dent on a already struggling Quantumania which might not even reach 200M domestic.

 

[Comicbookguy339]

Not as dire? We’re looking at a potential 72% drop! The worst ever in the MCU for a large margin and overall in comic book history only behind Morbius(73.8%), which is itself the 64th worse drop ever for a movie.

IF Quantumania made 7.7M on Friday then we would be looking at a potential 72% drop. But with a 8.3M Friday it's looking more like 69% drop. This is obviously still bad but not 70+% bad.

 

[Ultra Nolanite]

Cinematic Universe fatigue? Just when WB is putting out the DCU and Middle Earth ones?

I'm thinking it must be.

Like I said, there's a literal Celestial sticking out of the Northern Hemisphere, and it's gone unaddressed so far.

Meanwhile the repercussions of Tony Starks actions In Age of Ultron echoed all the way down to Endgame, and yet now nothing seems to really matter anymore.

So if the studio doesn't seem to care about it, why should the audience?

It gets to a point where it's no longer about being patient because "all will be explained in Echo or Agatha" and instead to the point where it just needs to get called out for what it is, poor storytelling and world building.

Right now they've got so many plates spinning that people outside of the direct fandom are having a hard time keeping up and simply lose interest.

It reminds me of that show Lost, where after a while there were too many story threads and new mysteries introduced without solving old ones so ultimately nothing was solved.

If in 2034 we're watching Gambit and Rogue 2: Love and the Bayou and a character shows up who was name dropped in Loki season 5 sure it's "fun" to go "Oh yeah, she and her motives were explained in Loki S5" but it's not that much of a stretch to think that the creatives must have felt hamstrung to put that character in there purely to make good on what was teased in a show before it.

It becomes almost impossible to tell a great story because you have so much explaining to do for other movies and shows that came before.

 

[Sithborg]

Is Creed 3 a "threat" though? It's not like the previous films have been box office blockbusters.

Its taking the Imax screens.

 

[Zyraquis]

It was $0.1m less than Antman 2 in 2nd Friday which was a pre-COVID summer release vs the traditional February doldrums. But I wouldn’t think Disney is happy about it since financially the best it can hope for is break even. Diehard fans seem to wait for it to stream than having repeated viewings while non fans don’t seem to care much for it. there will be a lot of talks in the management meeting room. Control the budget (less effects that no one seems to like anyway, hire less expensive cast especially cut those expensive cameos etc) the business is still there. Sometimes you just need to adjust during tough time and regroup.

 

[Sithborg]

I honestly don't know why we are getting those films. The leads are mcu supporting characters that Imo don't really need lead a movie but thats just me.

They could have just fast tracked Blade, Fantastic Four, Deadpool and X-Men instead.

You don't know why we are getting a film staring one of the hottest actors right now? Including one of the more popular Marvel characters right now?

Also don't know why they are trying to continue one of the sub franchises that had been very successful?