Disney/Marvel Studios Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania tracked today with an estimated 4-day open of $120 million according to industry sources. The threequel hits theaters on February 17 and is the first in a flurry of largely weekly tentpole fare off the market since the summer.
The result for Quantum mania will be after Disney/Marvel’s in the top three openings for Presidents Day weekend Black Panther in 2018 ($242.1 million) and dead pool ($152.1 million).
Why so big? It all comes down to Marvel’s new villain, Kang the Conqueror, played by Jonathan Majors, who has a more prominent lead role in the films here, first introduced on Disney+/Marvel. Loki Series. Kang’s fearsome talent: being able to replicate in different variants and wage wars in the multiverse. Following Loki Fans have been waiting for Kang to make more waves.
The expected US/Canada launch for the Peyton Reed target Quantum mania on a 3-day basis from $100M to $105M, a similar jump between domestic openings from the first repeat ant man in 2015 ($57.2 million) and Ant man and the wasp ($75.8 million) In 2018 it was +33%.
Marvel films always achieve good tracking, so it becomes a little unpredictable how much they can overindex. Disney will start showing them Quantum mania at the press post February 6. The comp here on the threequel is Thor: Love and Thunder ($123 million).
ant man was a sleeper franchise among Marvel films compared to Monoliths I like Captain America and black panther, with the 2015 premiere earning $180.2 million domestic / $519.3 million WW, and 2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp earned $216.6 million domestic, $622.6 million. The latter film served as a bridge between Avengers: Infinite War and Avengers: Endgame.
Majors recently won over audiences at the Sundance Film Festival for his poignant portrayal of a tortured amateur bodybuilder in Elijah Bynum Magazine Dreams. The pic is currently 81% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and bidders are running wild.
pmc-u-font-size-14″>Writer pmc-u-font-size-14″>Writer: Anthony D’Alessandro
Source: Deadline
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