Typically regarded as palette cleansers after large team-up films (“Avengers: Age of Ultron” and “Avengers: Infinity Struggle,” respectively), the earlier two “Ant-Man” films took in comparatively modest (for Marvel) worldwide grosses of $519.3 million and $622.6 million. The truth that Ant-Man is much less of a draw than his fellow Avengers is even a operating gag in-universe; in “Avengers: Endgame” he provided to let some youngsters take a selfie with him, solely to have the supply politely declined, and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” sees Scott handled with gushing adoration … after being mistaken for Spider-Man.

Broadly talking, Marvel Studios films went from energy to energy on the field workplace till they (together with most different releases) dipped abruptly amid the COVID-19 pandemic. However the MCU got here again swinging with “Spider-Man: No Means Dwelling,” which introduced again Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s iterations of the web-slinger (plus a few of their outdated enemies), and scored an enormous $260 million opening weekend.

Evaluating “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” to different Marvel films launched over the previous yr, it seems like Scott Lang continues to be the little man. “Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity,” opened with $187 million, “Thor: Love and Thunder” with $144 million, and “Black Panther: Wakanda Endlessly” with $181 million. Subsequent up is “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” arriving on Might 5, so we’ll discover out then how the ultimate journey of the galaxy’s most lovely misfits measures up towards the large display screen introduction of the multiverse’s most formidable egomaniac.