There are two things we can always count on: taxes and the presence of Marvel Cinematic Universe fans at the first screenings! Yesterday, during the Thursday previews, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania grossed $17.5 million in US theaters. The progression of this trilogy – Ant-Man (6.4 million) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (11.5 million) – is the epitome of Marvel Studios’ ability to turn second-rate superheroes into gold. Even if these are only ‘previews’, Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne find themselves at the level of Bruce Wayne (The Batman : 17.6 million), which is still not trivial. For Peyton Reed’s Myrmica blockbuster, the goal is simple: finish the weekend above the $100 million mark. It looks *very* tight, especially at a time when the film has just scooped the second worst score in the MCU on Rotten Tomatoes (49% of positive opinions vs. 47% for The Eternals)…
Thursday sessions and midnight sessions (top 10):
Avengers : Endgame – $60 millions
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $57 million
Spider-Man : No Way Home – $50 millions
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – $45 million
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 – $43.5 million (midnight showings)
Star Wars : L’Ascension de Skywalker – $40 millions
Avengers : Infinity War – $39 millions
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness – $36 millions
The Dark Knight Rises – $30.6 million (midnight shows)
Twilight – Chapter 4: Revelation Part 2 – $30.4 million
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Thor : Love and Thunder – $29 millions
Black Panther : Wakanda Forever – $28 millions
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – $27.7 million
Avengers – Age of Ultron – $27.6 million
Black Panther – $25.2 millions
Captain America : Civil War – $25 millions
Captain Marvel : 20.7 millions
Suicide Squad – $20.5 millions
Avengers – $18.7 million (midnight showings)
Deadpool 2 – $18.6 millions
The Dark Knight – $18.5 million (midnight showings)
The Batman – $17.6 million (+$4 million Tuesday and Wednesday)
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA – $17.5 MILLION
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – $17 million
Iron Man 3 – $15.6 millions
Spider-Man – Homecoming – $15.4 millions
Thor : Ragnarok – $14.5 millions
Joker – $13.3 millions
Black Widow – $13.2 millions
Justice League – $13 millions
Deadpool – $12.7 millions
Venom : Let There Be Carnage – $11.6 millions
Ant-Man and the Wasp – $11.5 million
Guardians of the Galaxy – $11.2 million
Wonder Woman – $11 millions
Captain America: The Winter Soldier – $10.2 million
Spider-Man 3 – $10 million (midnight showings)
Venom – $10 millions
The Eternals – $9.5 million
Logan – $9.5 millions
Doctor Strange – $9.4 millions
Man of Steel – $9 million (midnight shows + $12 million Walmart tickets)
Aquaman – $9 millions (+ $4.7 millions de tickets Amazon Prime)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings – $8.8 million
The Amazing Spider-Man: Fate of a Hero – $8.7 million
X-Men : Apocalypse – $8.2 millions
X-Men : Days of Future Past – $8.1 millions
Black Adam – $7.6 millions
Iron Man 2 – $7.5 million (midnight showings)
The Amazing Spider-Man – $7.5 million (midnight showings)
Thor: The Dark World – $7.1 million
Spider-Man – $7 million (midnight showings)
Ant-Man – $6.4 millions
Shazam – $5.9 millions (+ $3.3 millions de tickets Fandango)
X-Men: The Last Stand – $5.9 million (midnight showings)
Morbius – $5.7 millions
X-Men Origins: Wolverine – $5 million (midnight showings)
Spider-Man 2 – 5 million (midnight showings)
X-Men : Dark Phoenix – $5 millions
The Suicide Squad – $4.1 millions
Captain America: First Avenger – $4 million (midnight screenings)
Wolverine: The Immortal’s Battle – $4 million
Birds of Prey – $4 millions
Iron Man – $3.5 million (midnight showings)
Spider-Man : New Generation – 3.5 millions
X-Men: Beginnings – $3.4 million (midnight showings)
Thor – $3.25 million (midnight shows)
Spider-Man – Far From Home – $2.9 million (midnight showings)
LEGO Batman : The Movie – $2.2 million
Krypto and the Super Animals – $2.2 million
The New Heroes – $1.4 million
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies – $1 million
The New Mutants – $0.75 million
The Incredible Hulk – $??? million (midnight sessions)
Ladies and gentlemen, the moment is historic… For its first day of operation in France, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania gathered 134,463 spectators in 625 cinemas. It’s more thanAnt-Man (102,010 entries), but less than Ant-Man and the Wasp (158,825 admissions), although it should be noted that this sequel garnered 44,953 admissions during previews (158,825 – 44,953 = 113,872 admissions). Always is itAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania will be remembered as the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe whose start is set back from its predecessor. In a franchise that has conquered all the heights of the box office, we can say that it is a small event. It remains to be seen whether the trend will be confirmed or whether it is an epiphenomenon. In the immediate future, Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne aim for the score ofAnt-Man (1,762,459 entries) andAnt-Man and the Wasp (1,851,813 admissions) thanks to the winter holidays. And tomorrow, it will be time for the first American figures…
First day France (post-2000):
Spider-Man 3 : 804 354
Avengers – Endgame : 692 142
Spider-Man 2 : 502 494
Spider-Man : 480 288
Spider-Man – No Way Home : 476 494
Spider-Man – Far From Home : 453 503
The Dark Knight Rises : 423 970
Avengers – Infinity War : 405 058
Thor : Love and Thunder : 343 235
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness : 335 459
Avengers – Age of Ultron: 333,303
X-Men – The Final Showdown: 331,000
Iron Man 3 : 318 216
X-Men 2 : 310 592
Suicide Squad : 307 062
Avengers : 302 730
Joker : 291 152
Captain America – Civil War : 288 662
Deadpool : 285 711
The Batman : 257 546
The Dark Knight : 253 858
The Amazing Spider-Man : 251 226
X-Men – Days of Future Past : 248 522
Black Panther – Wakanda Forever : 243 470
Wolverine – Battle of the Immortal: 236,127
Spider-Man – Homecoming : 233 579
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: 232,682
Guardians of the Galaxy: 231,384
The Amazing Spider-Man – A Hero’s Destiny: 225,381
Thor – Ragnarok : 223 148
Deadpool 2 : 216 242
Man of Steel : 215 242
Captain Marvel : 212 199
Fantastic Four (2005): 210,404
Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer: 208,717
Thor – The Dark World: 204,882
Iron Man 2 : 204 491
Doctor Strange : 197 428
Batman v Superman – Dawn of Justice: 196,016
X-Men : 195 792
Venom : 190 054
Iron Man : 186 781
Black Widow : 184 770
Fantastic Four (2015): 184,633
Hulk : 183 558
Black Panther : 178 202
X-Men Origins – Wolverine : 177 184
Logan : 172 409
X-Men – Apocalypse : 163 303
Venom – Let There Be Carnage : 161 674
The Eternals: 161,391
Ant-Man and the Wasp: 158,825
Wonder Woman : 157 337
X-Men – The Beginning: 150,541
Aquaman : 150 003
Thor : 149 381
Superman Returns : 146 007
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP – QUANTUMANIA: 134,463
Justice League : 130 050
New Heroes: 124,979
The Incredible Hulk: 116,770
Batman Begins : 111 820
Captain America – The Winter Soldier: 110,798
Constantine : 104 702
Ant-Man : 102 010
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: 98,630
Daredevil : 93 385
Black Adam : 93 068
Krypto and the Super Animals: 90,565
X-Men – Dark Phoenix : 87 991
Blade II : 87 208
Green Lantern : 86 918
Ghost Rider : 86 356
Captain America – First Avenger : 82 657
Morbius : 76 801
LEGO Batman – The Movies : 74 867
Shazam : 70 998
Watchmen – The Guardians: 68,152
Blade – Trinity : 63 244
Catwoman : 57 217
Birds of Prey : 55 035
Spider-Man – New Generation : 47 597
The Suicide Squad : 45 224
Ghost Rider – Spirit of Vengeance: 40,674
Elektra : 39 833
The New Mutants: 26,279
The Punisher (2004) : 16 330
Doctor Strange and Ant-Man, same fight, a dazzling progression thanks to the unstoppable argument of the episode that you must not miss to continue to follow the Marvel Cinematic Universe? It’s far from over… At 2 p.m., Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania brought together 1,976 spectators in Parisian cinemas. It is the third weakest start in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, between Ant-Man and the Wasp (2,493 entries) and Captain America : First Avenger (1,826 entries). This is obviously only a first indicator, but seeing the launch of Phase 5 at the level of Phase 1 is worrying. Will the trend be confirmed with the national figures? Answer tomorrow. In the meantime, were there people at your session?
Starting Paris 2 p.m. (post-2000):
Spider-Man 3 : 27 995 (record absolu)
Avengers – Endgame : 18 021
Spider-Man 2 : 16 141
Avengers – Infinity War : 10 667
Spider-Man : 10 645
Spider-Man – No Way Home : 9 775
The Dark Knight Rises : 7 771
Spider-Man – Far From Home : 7 625
X-Men 2 : 7 621
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness : 7 305
Captain America – Civil War : 6 950
Avengers – Age of Ultron: 6,586
Joker : 6 083
Avengers : 5 922
Iron Man 2 : 5 715
Batman v Superman – Dawn of Justice: 5,602
Captain Marvel : 5 380
X-Men – The Final Showdown: 5,367
The Dark Knight : 4 877
Man of Steel : 4 850
Hulk : 4 719
Suicide Squad : 4 704
Iron Man 3 : 4 634
The Batman : 4 418
Iron Man : 4 331
Thor – The Dark World: 4,310
Spider-Man – Homecoming : 4 224
Black Panther : Wakanda Forever : 4 214
Superman Returns : 4 157
Deadpool : 4 054
The Amazing Spider-Man : 3 942
X-Men – Days of Future Past : 3 860
X-Men : 3 712
Doctor Strange : 3 662
Batman Begins : 3 631
Deadpool 2 : 3 558
X-Men Origins – Wolverine : 3 433
Justice League : 3 327
Eternals: 3,293
Fantastic Four (2005): 3,242
Black Panther : 3 236
X-Men – The Beginning: 3,126
Thor – Love and Thunder : 3 112
Thor : 2 979
Wolverine – Battle of the Immortal: 2,955
Daredevil : 2 907
Thor – Ragnarok : 2 895
Wonder Woman : 2 883
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: 2,882
X-Men – Apocalypse : 2 874
Constantine : 2 866
Logan : 2 846
The Amazing Spider-Man – Fate of a Hero: 2,843
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: 2,819
Guardians of the Galaxy: 2,819
Black Widow : 2 805
Captain America – The Winter Soldier: 2,610
Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer: 2,582
Ant-Man and the Wasp: 2,493
Blade II : 2 312
X-Men – Dark Phoenix : 2 302
Fantastic Four (2015): 2,157
Venom : 2 126
Watchmen – The Guardians: 2,107
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP – QUANTUMANIA: 1976
Aquaman : 1 942
Captain America – First Avenger : 1 826
The Incredible Hulk: 1,824
LEGO Batman – The Movies : 1 809
Blade – Trinity : 1 585
Ghost Rider : 1 497
Catwoman : 1 473
Shazam : 1 468
Black Adam : 1 415
Elektra : 1 284
Green Lantern : 1 247
Birds of Prey : 1 174
New Heroes: 1,137
Spider-Man – New Generation : 1 109
Morbius : 1 030
Krypto and the Super Animals: 1,000
Venom – Let There Be Carnage : 830
The Suicide Squad : 715
Ghost Rider – Spirit of Vengeance: 627
The Punisher (2004) : 592
The New Mutants: 520
[Ant-Man : chiffre inconnu]
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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania of Peyton Reed was released in France on February 15, 2023, with Paul Rudd (Scott Lang/Ant-Man), Evangeline Lilly (Hope van Dyne/The Wasp), Michael Douglas (Hank Pym/Ant-Man), Michelle Pfeiffer (Janet van Dyne/The Wasp), Kathryn Newton (Cassie Lang) and Jonathan Majors (Nathaniel Richards/Kang the Conqueror).
