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Ant-Man-Quantumania box-office scores

When the situation calls for it, nt-Man frequently defeats his foes by becoming as small as a bug or as tall as a skyscraper. With each new film that is released, the character's ticket sales appear to be increasing.

Walt Disney Co.'s DIS -3.02%decrease; red down pointing triangle; "AntMan and the Wasp: Quantumania" According to box office tracker Comscore, Marvel Studios overcame mixed reviews from critics to earn

When the situation calls for it, nt-Man frequently defeats his foes by becoming as small as a bug or as tall as a skyscraper. With each new film that is released, the character's ticket sales appear to be increasing.

Walt Disney Co.'s DIS -3.02%decrease; red down pointing triangle; "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" According to box office tracker Comscore, Marvel Studios overcame mixed reviews from critics to earn $104 million in domestic ticket sales in its first weekend. This makes it the third-highest grossing February release ever, behind the 2016 superhero comedy "Deadpool" and Marvel's 2018 blockbuster "Black Panther."

The series's debut film, "Ant-Man," came out in 2015 and made $57 million domestically in its opening weekend. Its 2018 follow-up, "Ant-Man and the Wasp," made $76 million. according to Comscore, in its first outing.

The most recent release was the first big-studio franchise film of 2023, a year that exhibitors are anticipating will mark further improvement in the industry's recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas both play the main characters in all three of the franchise's films, which are typically breezier, lighter entertainment than Marvel's Avengers franchise's epics. Several Avengers films also feature Mr. Rudd's Ant-Man character as a member of the heroic team.

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"Quantumania" is darker than in other episodes. Ant-Man, also known as Scott Lang, battles Kang the Conqueror, the new antagonist who will appear in some upcoming films, alongside his partner Hope van Dyne, played by Evangeline Lilly, and daughter Cassie, played by Kathryn Newton. of the future superhero films from Marvel.

Jonathan Majors portrays Kang, a cynical galactic ruler who is exiled in the subatomic "quantum realm" and is capable of obliterating his enemies with bursts of blue light. Instead of the sunny California locations that made up the first two Ant-Man films, a large portion of the film is shot against a dark backdrop of computer-generated cities and cave-like panoramas.

When the situation calls for it, nt-Man frequently defeats his foes by becoming as small as a bug or as tall as a skyscraper. With each new film that is released, the character's ticket sales appear to be increasing.

Walt Disney Co.'s DIS -3.02%decrease; red down pointing triangle; "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania"

According to box offi Comscore, Marvel Studios overcame mixed reviews from critics to earn

It was happy with the openingweekend outcomes. The early domestic box office fi were "phenomenal," according to Tony Chambers, chief of global theatrical distribution at Disney, who also noted that they exceeded studio expectations of $95 million to $100 million.

"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," the most recent Marvel film, premiered at $180 million in domestic ticket sales in November, but it was the sequel to a film that made more than $1.3 billion at theaters across the world. The plot of "Quantumania," which is inspired by the emergence of the Kang character in the 2021 Disney+ series "Loki," attracted the attention of certain critics. Some fans find it tougher to follow Marvel movies because of the characters' and stories' developing connections to the studio's television series. whose knowledge of the entire Marvel canon is limited. For instance, the Disney+ series "WandaVision" and "Spider-Man: No Way Home" were both references in last year's "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness."

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-3.02%decrease; red down pointing triangle; "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" According to box office tracker Comscore, Marvel Studios overcame mixed reviews from critics to earn whose knowledge of the entire Marvel canon is limited. For instance, the Disney+ series "WandaVision" and "Spider-Man: No Way Home" were both references in last year's "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness."

Marvel's narrative has always included interconnected tales and will continue to do so, according to Mr. Chambers.