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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Me too.
certainly not $445 million
I am never going to pay to see that movie. This is like black people paying to watch "Birth of a Nation" or Jews paying to go see "Triumph of the Will." Why on earth would anyone want to support their enemy financially?
When someone has declared themselves to be your enemy, don't pay them!
The last time I saw Jackson; Spike Lee was dry humping his leg!
THIS^
I have been saying this over and over and over again and too many conservatives just do not seem to understand. If you support the popular culture with your dollars you are literally funding your own demise.
No thanks. Went to an outer space movie on Sunday that was head, shoulders and chest above the pablum doled out by Marvel.
It was called “Apollo 11”, and used actual film and communications to relive the first moon landing. I think it’s a limited run movie, so if you happen to see it playing near you, and you’re a space geek like I am, check it out. Got a little antsy when the opening credits noted it was a “CNN Films” presentation, but they kept their hands and their attitude off it, as far as I could see.
But with the games i've seen played by Rotten Tomatoes (I am told this is owned by "Fandango" which obviously has no particular reason to encourage people to go to movies to which they sell tickets) and then Youtube manipulating their search algorithm to prevent criticism of the movie, I no longer trust anything these lying bastards tell me.
US actions films are very popular in China
That’s the problem with Hollywood, they make movies for a global audience, more than for a domestic audience.
One of my husband’s friends in SLC went to a sold out screening of Black Panther and was one of maybe thirty people there.
Yet it was ‘sold out’.
So don’t mind me if I don’t trust the integrity of the Hollywood communists, rapists, and molesters.
Only if she wants too. Lol. Real life is always better.
The thing about theater revenues is that around 60% of it goes right back to the studio.
The other 40% they can write off as marketing.
I’ve heard black panther didn’t do so well there.
Well 1987 had Black Monday, so anything from Black Monday on sucks. The main problem is intelligence has been collapsing since then. Like riding the first hill on a coaster. Hang on tight there ain’t no bottom lol.
action movies are very popular in china. BP only made 100 million there. Many statements have exceptions, if 100 million is low.
the world is changing; amongst the changes the movie market.
It definitely had the “men bad/women good” vibe going for it. Men were idiots or bad guys. Women were smart and in charge.
One thing, how many women pilots were in the Air Force in the 1990’s? What are the odds that there would be two female test pilots in the same squadron in the 1990’s?
I thought the cat bit was one of the few spots of humor in an otherwise dreary, predictable, and preachy two hours.
that one I didn’t see
Noted SJW penned this.
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