Posted on 03/11/2019 11:46:52 AM PDT by Simon Green
At this point, the notion of a new Marvel Cinematic Universe movie opening with a boffo Friday-Sunday debut is barely news anymore; it's now akin to a new Tyler Perry-as-Madea movie opening with $25 million. Still, even by Marvel's standards, Captain Marvel flew higher, further and faster than its relative competition.
The Brie Larson/Samuel L. Jackson/Reggie the Cat sci-fi adventure opened with $153m in North America this weekend, which is the second-biggest solo superhero non-sequel launch behind Black Panther ($202m in 2018). It's the third-biggest March opening of all time, sans inflation, behind Batman v Superman ($166m in 2016) and Beauty and the Beast ($174m in 2017).
It's the fourth-biggest non-sequel launch behind Beauty and the Beast, Black Panther and (if it counts as a non-sequel) The Avengers ($207 million in 2012). The Anna Boden/Ryan Fleck-directed sci-fi adventure just scored the MCU’s seventh-biggest opening behind Iron Man 3 ($174m in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($179m in 2016), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($191m in 2015), Black Panther ($202m in 2018), The Avengers ($207m in 2012) and Avengers: Infinity War ($258m in 2018). It earned a solid 2.55x weekend multiplier (it earned $53m in Saturday and around $42.6m on Sunday) and an A from Cinemascore.
So, no, the opening night bombardment of aggressively negative user reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and IMDB were not indicative of the general moviegoing populace. I know, I'm just as shocked—shocked—as you are. For what it's worth, this is the fifth-biggest female-led debut weekend of all time, behind only (again, sans inflation and 3-D bumps) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($158 million in 2013 sans 3-D), Beauty and the Beast ($174m in 2017), Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($220m in 2017) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($248m in 2015).
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So I just checked my local theaters for reserved seats for Friday night and Saturday night showings of Captain Marvel.
At this point most “blockbusters” have 80% of the reserved seats sold, even on the second weekend. We tried to see Avengers: Infinity Wars the second weekend and couldn’t get decent seats on Wednesday.
Anyway, the seating charts are showing about 90% available.
It will do well at the box office, but not great. In the middle of the pack for a MCU movie.
give it up.
when you have teenage girls going to movie 3-6 times, it’s probably going to make a bucket of cash
It’s not just me. This guy documented a number of people going to “sold out” shows where the theaters ended up being empty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=247&v=KyD7o5cQwSM
“What have you seen that would lead you to such speculation?”
I just haven’t seen the buzz online supporting this movie like I’ve seen for other movies in the genre like the last Avengers movie.
This is not the only site I go to. On the other sites I go to the reaction to the films is lukewarm from the people who saw it and what really stands out to me are the topics that are usually filled with people parsing the show like you see on FR in the Walking Dead topics.
No one seems to care about this movie.
It makes it hard for me then to reconcile the media buzz about it with the relative silence on the net.
Agreed. I’m seeing the same reaction from most everyone I’ve come across online who’s seen it. Even those who liked the movie weren’t particularly thrilled with Larson’s performance. I get the feeling this film’s numbers are being artifiually pumped up.
well that explains all the foreign ticket sales.
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