My hope was always to beat Ant-Man 2 worldwide without China. That was with good WOM in mind. That SK and China gross in Ant-Man 2 was huge. SK was always going down and no China. Now it at least has China but WOM won´t be good. So it kinda evens out my hope. I still believe it can do it but looking harder. The Kang factor seems to provide a bigger intial fan rush that´s not really translating to the GA. Which was my biggest worry in terms of legs
I don´t think we will ever go back to where it was before. Fact is even if MCU still improves quality they won´t maintain what they did in Phase 3. That was a once in a lifetime run of crowd pleasing movies
The first couple of days it was looking at to be at least be in line with Ant-Man 2. Which was better than I hoped for after the streak with poor received films.. but the last 3 days killed the little ok pace it had
At least it´s bigger than WF... the last days have been dissappointing.
Has there been reviews/reactions that have made it slow down in SK or is this just been the natural trajectory?
It makes sense. RT % difference is also not that big between them. If you really want to discredit it then you can look at Love and Thunder a movie which is close to being rotten that has 78 on Critics Choice
Pre-sales will be better than Ant-Man 2. So it´s not like its all doom and gloom. It ofc won´t get close to what Ant-Man 2 did in SK. This was dropping heavily no matter what, especially after that horrible 2022 MCU had in SK. 4 movies in a row with bad reception... Vol 3 need to deliver.
Gotta say I was not a fan when the tv shows overlapped with the movies last year and in 2021. Hope they stop doing that going forwards but SI might have to if it has connections to The Marvels
It´s mostly because of OS for the MCU has been going downwards lately. 2022 it took a big hit and South Korea especially. Think Ant-Man 3 being a big movie factor may play stronger domestic then OS. I did have it lower intially but it´s still an MCU movie. So I realize the notion that I also could be underestimating the brand power for the franchise. So if it does way more then I wouldn´t be shocked.