Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania Preview Thursday Near Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 Early Read Box Office

EXCLUSIVE: We hear from box office sources that Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania zoomed to one $17 million – $18 million last night in the season previews from 3 p.m. That figure, which could be higher or lower when Disney officially reports later this morning, is for Marvel Studios Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2Thursday night was back in 2017 for $17 million.

Thursday night previews for last year’s Marvel crop were Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness ($36 million), Thor: Love and Thunder ($29 million) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ($28 million).

Industry forecasts are 4 days ahead Quantum mania for $120 million, but Disney estimates it to be between $105 million and $110 million. Even so, the hat-trick will undoubtedly set an opening record for the ant man franchise and the third-best Presidents Day opening ever after 2018 Black Panther ($242.1 million) and that of 2016 dead pool ($152.1 million). Advance ticket sales were down 15% earlier in the week Thor: Love and Thunderwhich opened to $144.1 million.

That said, according to data from Boxoffice Pulse, Quantum mania surpass the first two ant man movies in pre-sale and seasons and is well positioned to be the best-selling February release since its release in 2018 Black Panther. The film landed in more than 3,500 locations with more than 50,000 screenings over the weekend, according to The Boxoffice Company, which offers screenings and ticket sales for Google, IMDb, Bing, TikTok, Apple and many others.

Critics have been exceptionally cruel to this Marvel film, giving it a 48% on Rotten Tomatoes, which is very close to the truth eternal was 47%. But Quantum mania maybe Teflon for reviews turns out to be, the step up factor here is the new MCU villain Kang the Conqueror, played by Jonathan Majors and first introduced as a variant in Disney+/Marvel Studios Loki. The RT viewership is currently at 84%, which is higher than Thor: Love and Thunder (77%) and beyond Ant man and the wasp (80%) and close ant man (85%), although the latter had better ratings at 87% and 83% respectively.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2Thursday made up 30% of Friday’s first day, which was $56 million before opening at $146.5 million.

ant man 3Thursday night’s numbers come from industry sources, not Disney.

We stand corrected: there’s another wide release this weekend, and it’s Briarcliff’s 100th Liam Neeson film Marlowe which opened at 2,281 on Wednesday $550,000 and fell 62% yesterday $210,000 for a running total of $760,000. Neeson plays Raymond Chandler’s famous detective Philip Marlowe in a film directed and written by Neil Jordan The ones who left usOscar-winning screenwriter William Monahan. Set in Bay City in the late 1930s, Marlowe is tasked with finding the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress (Diane Kruger) who is the daughter of a famous movie star (Jessica Lange). The disappearance is the first twist in a series of shocking events and soon Marlowe becomes embroiled in a deadly investigation and a web of lies he is determined to uncover. Critics hate the film with 25% Rotten.

Also use the slow remedy from the previous week Quantum mania is Fathom Events with the British slasher Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey at 1,700 runs. Wednesday was estimated $765,000with Thursday at $129,000 (-14%) when taken for two days $894,000, and at a production cost of less than $100,000. Directed and written by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, the film follows the end of the days of merriment when Christopher Robin, now a young man, has left Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet to fend for themselves. As time passes, the two feel angry and abandoned and become wild. After tasting blood, Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet set off in search of a new source of food. It doesn’t take long for her bloody killing spree to begin. Critics don’t know what to make of themselves as they gave it a 9% rating on RT, but that’s only 22 ratings. terrier 2, Another cult horror film grossed $10.6 million last fall on a production cost of $250,000 and a final theatrical release of more than $1.5,000.

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Among the regularly released images are Warner Bros. HBO Max titles Magic Mike’s Last Dance ends week one on an estimated $12.5 million after a Thursday of $709,000, down 13% from Wednesday across 2,176 locations updated.

by Paramount 80 for Brady came in second on Thursday with $657,000 (-17%), a second week with $9.7 million and a total of $28.6 million from 3,939 theaters.

20th Century Studios/Lightning Storm/Disneys Avatar: the way of water yesterday it was $530,000, -24%, in its ninth week $10.9 million and a running total of $650.9 million at 3,065. The film is poised to become the ninth highest-grossing film of all time at the domestic box office this weekend, surpassing 2015 jurassic world ($653.4 million).

universal Knock on the hut booked with 3,657 had a second week of $8.5 million for a total of $26.4 million and Thursday of $445,000, -13%.

The fifth belonged to Paramount’s 25th Anniversary Edition of titanic in 2,464 locations earning an estimated $394,000 on Thursday, -37% for a $10.1 million first week. The total current lifetime is currently $669.4 million.