“Captain Marvel 2” confirms all the bad predictions – very nice of the film. But this only shows that the audience does not consider the heroine Brie Larson the heiress of the same Cinematic Universe, and her two girlfriends from television series do not generate a new audience.
In short, on Thursday, the Marvel film earned $6.6 million from preview screenings, well behind the $20.7 million of the original 2019 release.
“Captain Marvel” opened to $153.4 million in North America, with a final worldwide box office total of $1.13 billion.
The sequel will try very hard to gross $60-65 million over the premiere weekend. Some are predicting even less, and pessimists, who are known to be well-informed optimists, say that the second part could set an anti-record, showing the weakest start in the history of the franchise comic book movies.
Currently, The Incredible Hulk, with $55.4 million, is considered the bottom; Towering over it is 2015’s Ant-Man with $57.2 million.
The actors’ strike is over, and Brie Larson is going to have time to run through all the evening shows to stimulate audience interest.
$60 million is expected from the start on the international stage.
