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Paul Rudd‘s nonetheless king of the (ant) hill in motion pictures — beating out a coked-out CGI bear … however the weekend win is not fairly what it appears, contemplating an enormous drop-off his flick endured.
We’re speaking about “Ant-Man: Quantumania” — which got here out final week with windfall field workplace numbers ($106 million) and which as soon as once more secured the highest spot these previous 3 days with one other $32.2 million in home ticket gross sales towards newcomer, “Cocaine Bear.”
The goofy horror-comedy, directed by Elizabeth Banks, got here in 2nd behind PR and co. … raking in $23.1 mil domestically and $28.4 mil globally — which is fairly good contemplating it solely value about $35M to make it. So, it is certain to make its a reimbursement after which some.
Not precisely the hit that “M3GAN” was for Common — however the studio’s killing it recently with unique concepts and comparatively low funding. ‘Ant-Man,’ nonetheless, took a historic plunge.
Going from $106M to $32M in only one weekend is definitely the largest dip a Marvel film has fallen into … like, ever. As Selection famous, that is about 69%, roughly … beating out the earlier lowest record-holder in “Black Widow,” which got here in at a 67% drop-off in ’21.
So, what are we to make of all this??? Nicely, from the surface wanting in … it appears Marvel may not fairly be the bankable film draw it was as soon as (particularly post-‘Avengers’), and distinctive concepts in Hollywood can truly be winners with audiences. Take observe, execs!
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