Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | May 5, 2023 | The 9th most profitable film of 2023

[cooldude97]

IMO the lackluster pre-sales are just a symptom of wrong place at the wrong time, I know Marvel fired Gunn and then rehired him, but there should not have been a 6-year gap between Guardians 2 and 3.  if this had been released before the disney+ shows oversaturated the market and quantumania pissed in the MCU goodwill pool I think it could have passed GOTG 2

Edited April 23, 2023 by cooldude97

[WorkingonaName]

In a perfect world in a non Covid 2020 this would have been a easy billion. 

[froztking]

12 minutes ago, cooldude97 said:

IMO the lackluster pre-sales are just a symptom of wrong place at the wrong time, I know Marvel fired Gunn and then rehired him, but there should not have been a 6-year gap between Guardians 2 and 3.  if this had been released before the disney+ shows oversaturated the market and quantumania pissed in the MCU goodwill pool I think it could have passed GOTG 2

so u forgot covid happened 

[cooldude97]

1 minute ago, froztking said:

so u forgot covid happened 

first half 2022 would still be better than now

[Jeight]

6 hours ago, John Marston said:

 

 

great news if true. People are getting tired of the non stop goofiness of some of these films. 

How exactly was Wakanda Forever "goofy"? 

[kayumanggi]

4 hours ago, Mulder said:

I was around back in 2014 and imo it was kind of the same as now. Not quite the same, but it was similar in a lot of ways.

 

I was referring to the time before CBMs became big.

[eddyxx]

On 4/22/2023 at 1:48 AM, scytheavatar said:

 

They fucked up the plan the moment they decided it was a good idea to have the next Thanos get into a fistfight with the weakest superhero in the MCU........... let's not pretend Marvel is doing a great job getting people excited about their "bigger plan".

A guy who can grow to the size of a skyscraper isn’t exactly the weakest super hero.

[fabiopazzo2]

8 hours ago, cooldude97 said:

IMO the lackluster pre-sales are just a symptom of wrong place at the wrong time, I know Marvel fired Gunn and then rehired him, but there should not have been a 6-year gap between Guardians 2 and 3.  if this had been released before the disney+ shows oversaturated the market and quantumania pissed in the MCU goodwill pool I think it could have passed GOTG 2

Covid situation ? And is another world for Marvel 2 years ago in terms of quality and hype.

Edited April 23, 2023 by fabiopazzo2

[Johnny Tran]

14 hours ago, TwoMisfits said:

 

IF this is true...ummm...this isn't what Marvel has been selling in its marketing campaign. 

 

Again, IF this is true...it should make for some interesting audience reactions - maybe this is why they are doing the free screenings.  Get fans used to a tone not seen so far in the trilogy and not seen in the marketing...so, they don't get expectations going into the film out of whack...

 

I don't know,  judging from the trailer it looked to me like there is a more serious tone to it especially with Rocket. 

[PrinceRico]

Well the serious tone could work out. I mean look at how much audience enjoyed Black Panther and WF. Even the awards industry. The problem with guardians is the trailers. They have been to chi heavy and goofy. After Ant Man and Thor people are sick of that. I think this movie could have a good legs. However, the opening is definitely going to suffer due to the marketing making it look goofy.  

[fabiopazzo2]

[elzorro]

13 hours ago, kayumanggi said:

 

And again we wonder why the forum doesn't attract many new members. 😂 It was really different many years back. I've just realized, comic book movies weren't very big then and toxic fandoms were almost non-existent.

It's because the unrealistic expectations the fans have for these movies are not supported by evidence. And when evidence is brought that is contrary to their expectations, they start becoming toxic(like the daredevil pfp guy). They want to live in fantasy land where all these marvel movies make billions of dollars and are considered the pinnacle of cinema.

[exomassey]

The ticket sales for this…jeez.

 

Just hope the film is good and strong WOM help it’s in the following weeks.

 

The MCU is just in a bad place atm. Not really getting people excited for the future.

[SpiderByte]

2 hours ago, elzorro said:

It's because the unrealistic expectations the fans have for these movies are not supported by evidence. And when evidence is brought that is contrary to their expectations, they start becoming toxic(like the daredevil pfp guy). They want to live in fantasy land where all these marvel movies make billions of dollars and are considered the pinnacle of cinema.

Isn't the whole reason people on this board consider this movie a bomb in the making specifically because its not tracking to make "billions of dollars"? 

[YM!]

16 minutes ago, SpiderByte said:

Isn't the whole reason people on this board consider this movie a bomb in the making specifically because its not tracking to make "billions of dollars"? 

I’m sorry but out of curiosity, did you have this same energy for JL? Not saying Guardians will be as bad or even do as less but if Guardians did the same amount how would you react?

[elzorro]

17 minutes ago, SpiderByte said:

Isn't the whole reason people on this board consider this movie a bomb in the making specifically because its not tracking to make "billions of dollars"? 

Nope. They are saying it will not perform well in comparison to the mcu's previous track record(specifically the previous two movies in the trilogy). That is not an attack on the mcu as you believe. It's just what the numbers say. And the numbers are very reliable. 

[XXRDJisDoctorDoom]

Moderation 

 

Getting a lot of reports coming out of this thread. I don't want give out warning points or threadbans, so let's all quit doing the shit we know we've been told to stop in the past. 

P.S if you're going to continue to engage someone, don't report them. 

 

[SpiderByte]

7 minutes ago, YM! said:

I’m sorry but out of curiosity, did you have this same energy for JL? Not saying Guardians will be as bad or even do as less but if Guardians did the same amount how would you react?

Not even close to the same situation. JL changed directors months before release.

[Maggie]

Some people in this thread are in the denial stage of grief...

[thajdikt]

37 minutes ago, exomassey said:

The ticket sales for this…jeez.

 

Just hope the film is good and strong WOM help it’s in the following weeks.

 

The MCU is just in a bad place atm. Not really getting people excited for the future.

Hopefully a good movie can help mends thing for the future outlook, even if it doesn´t help the box office to the impact that is needed.