“Captain America: Courageous New World” fell on the field workplace with a 68% drop in its second weekend, marking the third largest drop of the Marvel Cinematic Universe thus far after flops “The Marvels” (78% drop) and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” (69% drop). “Deadpool” creator Rob Liefeld reacted to the information with a blunt assertion on X concerning the president of Marvel Studios: “Get [Kevin] Feige off the mound. He’s spent.”
Liefeld introduced earlier this month that he’s slicing ties with Marvel after he and his household weren’t invited to Disney’s afterparty ultimately July’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” premiere. He stated on his podcast on the time that Disney’s choice was “meant to embarrass, diminish and defeat me.” Liefeld has additionally referred to as out different points he has with Marvel, together with what he perceives to be a scarcity of respect from Feige. Disney and Marvel Studios declined to remark.
As for “Captain America: Courageous New World,” the film opened to a fairly sturdy $100 million over the four-day President’s Day vacation this month, however detrimental opinions and poor phrase of mouth resulted in a hefty drop in its second weekend. Whereas the sequel’s 68% decline is in the identical ballpark as “Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity” and “Thor: Love and Thunder,” these 2022 movies had a lot greater debuts. The most recent “Captain America” movie price north of $180 million earlier than advertising. It’s earned $289.4 worldwide up to now.
“That is the brand new regular for Marvel motion pictures,” senior Comscore analyst Paul Dergarabedian instructed Selection about “Courageous New World’s” steep dropoff. “There’s nonetheless no denying these motion pictures have enchantment, and ‘Captain America: Courageous New World’ will possible threepeat on the field workplace. However a second weekend drop of 68% displays much less viewers enthusiasm than you’d count on from Marvel.”
Not all latest Marvel motion pictures have suffered an identical destiny. James Gunn’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” was nicely obtained by followers in 2023 and dropped a robust 47% in its second weekend after a $118 million debut. Final 12 months’s record-breaking blockbuster “Deadpool & Wolverine” additionally had a robust field workplace run. It opened to $211 million and dropped 53% in its second weekend to $97 million.
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