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‘Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania’ swells to franchise record opening of $118M 4-day

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https://deadline.com/2023/02/box-office-ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania-opening-1235263086/

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Title
'Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania' Supersizing To $100M 3-day, $115M 4-day - Box Office Saturday Update
Authors
Anthony D'Alessandro
Published
Feb 18 2023
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2516 words

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  1. [8]
    cloud_loud
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    This comes after the movie received some of the worst reviews of the MCU, matching Eternals in both RT score and Cinemascore.

    This comes after the movie received some of the worst reviews of the MCU, matching Eternals in both RT score and Cinemascore.

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    1. [3]
      Jedi
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      I was about to say that it didn’t quite match Eternals on RT, but now it’s just ahead by 1% (48%). Incredible. I’ll just say, Eternals was the better movie between the two.

      I was about to say that it didn’t quite match Eternals on RT, but now it’s just ahead by 1% (48%).

      Incredible.

      I’ll just say, Eternals was the better movie between the two.

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      1. [2]
        cloud_loud
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        I think Eternals looks better, but I think they’re both equally boring.

        I think Eternals looks better, but I think they’re both equally boring.

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        1. Akir
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          I saw Quantumania in 4DX and they used every excuse to move those chairs as violently as they could. Perhaps they were trying to wake the audience? I’m honestly amazed at how much Disney seems to...

          I saw Quantumania in 4DX and they used every excuse to move those chairs as violently as they could. Perhaps they were trying to wake the audience?

          I’m honestly amazed at how much Disney seems to be afraid of exploring the worlds and concepts they are bringing to the big screen. This film introduced us to four brand new societies we have never seen before and it doesn’t really explore any in much depth, and one of them is mentioned so little that it may as well have been an easter egg.

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    2. [4]
      JXM
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      I think this far into the franchise, the MCU movies are critic-proof. They'll have a big opening no matter what because a certain amount of people just want to see the new Marvel movie, regardless...

      I think this far into the franchise, the MCU movies are critic-proof. They'll have a big opening no matter what because a certain amount of people just want to see the new Marvel movie, regardless of quality.

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      1. [3]
        cloud_loud
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        Big opening but bad legs is the trend. Cause it’s not just critics giving it a weak response, it’s audiences too. Audiences and critics tend to agree on MCU movies.

        Big opening but bad legs is the trend. Cause it’s not just critics giving it a weak response, it’s audiences too. Audiences and critics tend to agree on MCU movies.

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        1. [2]
          JXM
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          It doesn't matter as much anymore if the movie doesn't have legs because they make so much of their overall money opening weekend. Eternals made only $400 million on a $200 million budget, so it...

          It doesn't matter as much anymore if the movie doesn't have legs because they make so much of their overall money opening weekend.

          Eternals made only $400 million on a $200 million budget, so it probably just broke even with marketing costs, etc. but that doesn't matter since if an individual movie in the MCU doesn't quite make a huge profit, they can always write it off as setting up the next phase of their story. So even a movie that most people didn't like still broke even...and during COVID lockdowns, no less.

          Though I'm sure they'd like them all to make a boatload of money.

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          1. cloud_loud
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            I mean it still matters to an extent. The bad legs are indicative of loss of general audience appeal, things that are front loaded that way are usually much more fan driven. So what we’ve seen,...

            I mean it still matters to an extent. The bad legs are indicative of loss of general audience appeal, things that are front loaded that way are usually much more fan driven. So what we’ve seen, with the exception of Spider-Man, is that the general audiences that made MCU movies monster hits slowly losing interest. And that’s not a good way to keep a franchise going, especially when the budgets for the films ballooned up and now every Marvel movie costs 200 million dollars to make. And because of bad legs, they’re not making as much money as they could be.