After a typically strong opening, Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania suffered the biggest second-week drop in the history of the MCU, and the Peyton Reed-directed threequel never managed to recover.
In its fourth week on general release, Quantumania grossed an estimated $9.8M internationally, for an overseas total of $249.6M. Worldwide, the movie now sits at $447.6M.
As things stand, Marvel's first Phase 5 film is expected to finish its box office run with around $475M - $490M, making it the lowest earner of the Ant-Man franchise.
Some analysts have been attempting to put a positive spin on this ("it's just an Ant-Man movie, not an Avengers-level event!"), but there's no getting away from how disappointing this performance is.
Many major studio blockbusters tend to be critic proof, but that hasn't proven to be the case for the MCU (Eternals also underperformed), with negative reviews and poor word-of-mouth clearly impacting ticket sales.
Much better news for Paramount and Spyglass's Scream VI, which scared up a franchise-best $44.5 million opening weekend (you can check out our review here).
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In Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Super-Hero partners Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and the Wasp. Together, with Hope’s parents Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and Scott’s daughter Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton), the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought possible.
Directed by Peyton Reed and produced by Kevin Feige and Stephen Broussard, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania also stars Jonathan Majors as Kang, David Dastmalchian as Veb, Katy O'Brian as Jentorra, William Jackson Harper as Quaz and Bill Murray as Lord Krylar.