‘Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania’ Looks On Track To Earn Franchise-Best $280M Global Opening – Box Office Preview

The tentpole drought caused by the pandemic post-production lockdown is officially over this weekend as Disney and Marvel Studios Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania opens the floodgates for a steady stream of event films from this Friday through early September.

Early records from four weeks ago pointed to $120 million in US/Canada box office sales during the four-day Presidents Day holiday. Disney is hoping for at least $95 million over three days and $105 million – $110 million over four days in 4,300 theaters – either way, a record franchise launch and a whopping 25% increase from the 2018 three-day opening Ant man and the wasp$75.8 million.

By default, there are no other frog-wide releases from competing studios. As the Peyton Reed-directed threequel opens overseas on Wednesday, it looks to be around $160 million for a $280 million worldwide launch (including $35 million to $55 million from China). The shell remains somewhat unpredictable for major motion pictures even as the pandemic has eased, but with Jonathan Majors’ new mega-MCU villain Kang, the Conqueror makes his big-screen debut after playing his variant in the Marvel/Disney+ series introduced. loki, this could cause a rush of deals next weekend.

Currently domestic ticket sales for ant man 3 is 15% behind Thor: Love and Thunder, which opened to $144.1 million in three days. Natch, Disney has all the Imax (400 auditoriums), PLF (about 900), Dbox (280) and 3D screens (2,500).

ant man 3 will launch in France, Korea, Germany and Italy on Wednesday before rolling out its antennas in virtually all overseas markets by Friday. Turkey slows down amid humanitarian crisis. In the United States, previews begin Thursday at 3 p.m

Currently, Rotten Tomatoes reviews are 63% fresh out of 70 reviews at the time of this posting, which is below the 87% certified fresh Ant man and the wasp and the 83% certified fresh produce transporter ant man Previous CinemaScores were A for ant man and A front Ant man and the wasp. Last Ant Men distorted, mostly male about 60%, with 62% of viewers over 25 years old.

ant man 3 is the first MCU title since Disney/Marvel to be released in China in line with local Avengers: Endgame and that of Sony/Marvel Spider-Man: Far From Home in 2019 (the last one went a week earlier). It’s also only the second Marvel title to get a Chinese date since then Far away from home — Disney/Marvels Black Panther: Wakanda Forever got a window earlier this month, basically as an introduction. This all comes after what has been seen as the unofficial ban on Marvel character films in recent years, an issue that appears to stem from cultural, geopolitical and broader Hollywood sensitivities.

As always, and perhaps more than ever, China will be a swing market this weekend. As expected, people did not come in droves Black Panther 2, though it was already facing piracy and wasn’t a good barometer of how the wind was blowing among Marvel moviegoers. To complicate things even more, there will be many new local titles this week including Party Secretary Journal and sports drama Chinese table tennis.

equal for equal Ant man and the wasp overseas bowed for $169 million in 2018 while the original ant man made $109 million in 2015.

Another thing to keep in mind with this frame: how to get into the heavier sci-fi focus Quantum mania resonates in markets that have struggled with this type of genre in the past.