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‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Flying To $85M-$95M Opening

posted 6 years ago by Babar (42)
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Ant-Man and the Wasp at this moment is buzzing toward a $85 million-$95 million opening, which is the spectrum in between Doctor Strange ($85M, 2016) and Guardians of the Galaxy ($94.3M, 2014). Today is looking at around $35M, with that $11.2M Thursday preview number included in the figure. These are industry estimates, not from Disney. As is typical with Marvel films, we’re looking at a higher result by Friday night, even by Saturday night.

https://deadline.com/2018/07/ant-man-and-the-wasp-opening-box-office-overperform-marvel-1202422128/

[–] CraigJamesReview (1717) 6 years ago

Cool, I figured it might to well because it seems like that rare Marvel film that you could call a definitely family film. Nothing about it is terribly grim or hard to watch so you could say smaller kids would enjoy it but it's also got some funny stuff and cool action sequences for older people.

Have a short review of this movie if anyone is interested- https://youtu.be/hjGwk7t7bU8

[–] seal412 (336) 6 years ago

I was thinking it'd be higher given how hot BP and IW were. Maybe a small bump, like over 100 mill.

[–] QueenFanUSA (3379) 6 years ago

It looks like 100 million is way out of reach. At this point, it's opening below Solo. Deadline is seeing 81 million now.

[–] QueenFanUSA (3379) 6 years ago

....aaaannnddd the same website has now revised it down to 81 million. It will be interesting to see if Saturday pushes it lower.

[–] NorrinRad (5468) 6 years ago

[–] QueenFanUSA (942) 7 hours ago
....aaaannnddd the same website has now revised it down to 81 million. It will be interesting to see if Saturday pushes it lower.

From Deadline:

"Any fanboy cynic attempting to make an argument that Ant-Man and the Wasp‘s weekend is less than Solo‘s $84.4M 3-day, or under the $93.8M domestic debut of DC’s Justice League is missing the point. Ant-Man and the Wasp wasn’t an off-the-rails production like those movies which were hindered by their $300M-plus shooting costs. Sources tell us that Disney kept the shooting cost for Ant-Man and the Wasp around $162M net –which is lower than other Marvel sequels like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($200M net), Thor: Dark World ($170M) and Thor: Ragnarok‘s ($180M)– with a global P&A spend around $154M. The first Ant-Man profited close to $104M off a $519.3M WW gross and $130M net production cost, and Wasp was hatched to do the same and should be in the black at around $600M-$650M WW.

We’ll see if Saturday pushes Ant-Man and the Wasp‘s weekend higher. Typically, most Marvel movies ease on a Saturday compared to their Friday opening days which are further bulked by Thursday previews. Los Angeles is seeing 100-degree temperatures this weekend, with the San Fernando Valley suffering around 118 degrees. That heat wave is good for the box office, but rainy days are better, so we’re told.
One bittersweet result with Ant-Man and the Wasp is there’s a slight disconnect between audiences and critics. The sequel earned an A- CinemaScore, one of four titles to do so in the 20-title MCU alongside Captain America: The First Avenger, The Incredible Hulk and Thor: Dark World. The first Ant-Man earned an A grade, one of 13 in the MCU (The first Thor owns the lowest CinemaScore with a B+). Critics enjoyed Ant-Man and the Wasp a bit more than the first time around with an 87% certified fresh Rotten Tomatoes score versus the original’s 82%. Still, the CinemaScore and RT here is strong enough to be a catalyst for business."

It's almost like Deadline was responding directly to you Queen! So odd, so odd!