THE MARVELS Debuts With $110M Worldwide; Best Opening Weekend For A Movie By A Black Female Director

THE MARVELS Debuts With $110M Worldwide; Best Opening Weekend For A Movie By A Black Female Director

The Marvels has failed to take off on its theaterical debut, with a disappointing $110.3 million global haul. However, this still marks the best opening weekend for a film by a Black female director.

By MarkCassidy - Nov 13, 2023 09:11 AM EST
Filed Under: The Marvels

The Marvels arrived in theaters on Friday, and, as predicted, Marvel Studios' 33rd movie failed to go higher, further, faster at the box office.

The Captain Marvel sequel, which also serves as a follow-up to Disney+ shows WandaVision, Ms. Marvel and (to a lesser extent) Secret Invasion, earned a 3-day domestic total of $47 million and a worldwide total of $110 million. This is officially the worst opening weekend for any MCU movie ever.

What went wrong? We can debate the contributing factors back and forth all day, but the "superhero fatigue" theory gains more supporters every time one of these movies underperforms. Reviews have also been mixed, though the film's Rotten Tomatoes score has risen to a "Fresh" 62% since its green splat debut.

Some are attempting to cite the fact that the strikes prevented the cast from doing any promotion, but that doesn't really hold up when you consider the movies that did very well under the same circumstances (most recently, Five Nights at Freddy's).

Whatever the reasons, it's clear that The Multiverse Saga simply hasn't resonated with audiences the same way the Infinity Saga did.

Putting a more positive spin on things, The Marvels does mark the best opening weekend of all time for a movie helmed by a Black female director, 34-year-old Nia DaCosta (Little Woods, Candyman).

"The Marvels is far from the best Marvel Studios has to offer, but it's difficult not to get swept up in its infectious energy... to a point," we said in our review. "A disjointed third act lets it down, but a game cast and plenty of fun/funny moments elevate it above more lacklustre MCU fare (we're looking at you, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumnia)."

"In Marvel Studios’ The Marvels, Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol’s estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team up and learn to work in concert to save the universe as The Marvels.”

The film also stars Zawe Ashton and Park Seo-joon. Nia DaCosta directs, and Kevin Feige is the producer. Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Mary Livanos and Matthew Jenkins serve as executive producers. The screenplay is by Megan McDonnell, Nia DaCosta, Elissa Karasik and Zeb Wells.

The Marvels will begin its international rollout on November 8, and was recently granted a China release on November 10, day-and-date with North America.

Do you plan on seeing The Marvels in theaters? Drop us a comment down below.

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MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 11/13/2023, 8:57 AM
I know what people are gonna say about that headline, but I figured this movie could use SOME positivity around it.
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 11/13/2023, 9:01 AM
@MarkCassidy - look at you, turning lemons into lemonade!
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 11/13/2023, 9:05 AM
@MarkCassidy -

This could go one of two ways: either people are gonna dismiss the title's positivity as made-up (a'la Disney RT), or they're gonna dismiss it as entirely inconsequential and meaningless in order to fit their already established predetermined narrative.

Either way, true colours are about to shine again, so thank you for placing the bait, even if it wasn't originally intended as such.
marvel72
marvel72 - 11/13/2023, 9:17 AM
@MarkCassidy - Box Office Mojo are claiming that the worldwide gross in $88,500,000

Who is correct on this?
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 11/13/2023, 9:24 AM
@marvel72 - Updated 3-day total is $110M according to all the trades.
philinterrupted
philinterrupted - 11/13/2023, 9:24 AM
@MarkCassidy - I think it’s refreshing. Instead of the multiple articles we typically get seemingly celebrating comic book movie failures, I’d like to see people at least try to acknowledge good things.

I’m not saying we need to ignore the bad, but, constantly piling on is unnecessary.

If you don’t like something, move on.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 11/13/2023, 9:28 AM
@DrReedRichards - "already established predetermined narrative" dude it's still the worst opening for an MCU movie, what you on about? It is inconsequential for Marvel Studios. Like how many major blockbusters had black female directors? It was a very low threshold to pass.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 11/13/2023, 9:29 AM
@MarkCassidy - did we have this positivity in The Flash? I liked that movie more tbh
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 11/13/2023, 9:30 AM
@MarkCassidy - here's a positive one, China didnt like it as well
AllsGood
AllsGood - 11/13/2023, 9:33 AM
@MarkCassidy - Marvel Studios, The Marvels also beat Martin Scorsese Killers of the Flower Moon opening weekend. Which also had a 200 million plus advertising Production cost.

Killers of the Flower Moon had a $31,679,083 domestic opening and 45 million foreign = 77 million worldwide. Current box office numbers are :)

DOMESTIC = $59,937,384
INTERNATIONAL = $77,200,000

WORLDWIDE = $137,137,384

vegetaray
vegetaray - 11/13/2023, 9:33 AM
@philinterrupted - The only way the MCU gets back to Winter Soldier, Infinity War, and Endgame level quality is if films like this get called out. If piling on puts the people in charge of releasing this mess on notice, then that’s what needs to happen.
philinterrupted
philinterrupted - 11/13/2023, 9:36 AM
@vegetaray - yeah because that’s worked so far. Great plan.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 11/13/2023, 9:37 AM
@marvel72 - Box Office Mojo those have not been updated always comes a day or 2 later.
malschla
malschla - 11/13/2023, 9:39 AM
@philinterrupted - so what’s the alternative plan on how to get Marvel to fix what they have been doing?
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 11/13/2023, 9:39 AM
@Urubrodi -

You do realize that you just did EXACTLY what you quoted me accusing you of doing, right? Not to mention that other users already rushed to accidentally confirm the other half of what I said?

I mean, there's only so much irony you can fit into one comment...
philinterrupted
philinterrupted - 11/13/2023, 9:40 AM
@malschla - I assure you, outside of not buying their stuff, which is not what I’m talking about, you are not a part of the solution.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 11/13/2023, 9:43 AM
@AllsGood - that's a funny comparison. Dont give Josh or Mark ideas
marvel72
marvel72 - 11/13/2023, 9:44 AM
@vectorsigma -

Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 11/13/2023, 9:50 AM
@DrReedRichards - You can't call the truth and numbers as "already established predetermined narrative", if it's a fact that the movie has failed, as it clearly has, then how's that trying to create a narrative? The headline clearly tried to bring some "positivity" when there is none. The movie failed, simple as that. It's the lowest opening in MCU history as stated by the article itself. It's not like I wanted it to fail, as I do think there have been worse MCU movies out there (e.g. Thor 2, Thor 4, Ant-Man 3, Captain Marvel). But it's a bomb. Trying to hide that with meaningless facts is a waste of time.
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 11/13/2023, 9:54 AM
@Urubrodi -

Feel free to look into my commenting history, and you'll see that not even I expected this movie to win. But whether it'll flop or not (which it will), that's not the point here.

The point, in case that wasn't clear enough already, is that the aforementioned narrative is one of failure and ridicule for this movie, and nothing but. People just cannot fathom that there is this small, feint glimmer of a win there for DaCosta as a director.

F#ck the movie itself for one moment, and focus on what the title says. Then look at the reaction.

People, yourself clearly included, just can't fathom it.
TheyDont
TheyDont - 11/13/2023, 9:56 AM
@vegetaray - The only way the MCU gets back to Winter Soldier, Infinity War, and Endgame level quality is if they bring Russos back.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 11/13/2023, 10:06 AM
@DrReedRichards - "People like me cannot fathom it" as you say because it's not a win. Do you think she is jumping out of joy knowing that her movie has the worst opening in MCU history (over 30 movies) and has many horrible reviews. She is the black female director with biggest opening in history cause there are barely no others out there in blockbusters. If we're gonna look for a silverlining at least try to focus in one that is relevant, like the fact that the movie is not that bad and is actually decent in some aspects. But if you want a pat on the back for "seeing the bigger picture", then good for you man, keep at it.
malschla
malschla - 11/13/2023, 10:09 AM
@philinterrupted - So you don't think that companies listen to customer feedback? It's 100% numbers driven?
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 11/13/2023, 10:09 AM
@Urubrodi -

Or! Or, or, hear me out...

...maybe the fact that such an undeniable flop for the franchise is still a miniscule win on a very specific aspect proves that the brand in particular and the genre in general are far from dead, like it keeps being deliberately misinterpreted as for schadenfreude clicks?

You know, food for thought.
NickScryer
NickScryer - 11/13/2023, 10:16 AM
@MarkCassidy - getting strong Shehulk script vibes here:
"I made this shitty on purpose therefore it's not shitty"
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 11/13/2023, 10:18 AM
@vegetaray - "The only way the MCU gets back to Winter Soldier, Infinity War, and Endgame level quality is if films like this get called out."

Do you think there's any merit to seeing a movie before deciding it's bad?
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 11/13/2023, 10:18 AM
@DrReedRichards - Now you are changing the subject, great. Yeah, the genre is not dead, people are just tired of bad and bland movies. The Marvels still made some money because of the Marvel Studios brand. Or did you see some unique director vision in it that makes it stand apart from the rest and that's why you are celebrating such a "win"? But if Marvel continues to underperform the brand name won't matter anymore. you keep trying to sound like you have this deep thought that only you have reached, when in fact you are just blindly defending something that shouldn't be defended. I love the MCU but when it fails it needs to be acknowledged.
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 11/13/2023, 10:22 AM
@Urubrodi -

When did I change the subject? Read again, and realize what I'm actually saying.

Did I or did I not clarify time and time again that movie is a flop? This small record mentioned in the title is not a win for Marvel. This is a win for DaCosta. But the fact alone that she and this movie are related to Marvel keeps you from acknowledging that.

In your eyes, this thing just HAS to be a failure on all aspects, along with everyone surrounding it. Hell, I've even seen a user or two refuse to accept that Iman was a breath of fresh air and one of the movie's few positives.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 11/13/2023, 10:27 AM
@DrReedRichards - That's the thing man you're the one making assumptions and not paying attention. I said several times that this is actually a decent movie and not one of Marvel's worst ones (still far from being great though). I just completely disagree that this is a win for her. Because the movie completely failed at the box office and the main reason why it made some money is because of the Marvel brand. It's probably the movie to win the most money in history having a white, a black and a Pakistani actresses as co-leads. But does it matter? No. Why? Because there are no others. It's like going on a marathon and getting a gold medal and then realizing that there were only 2 other people running and they were freaking old. So you would always win anyways. Does this mean she is a horrible director? No. But this is not gonna be the movie to prove that she is great either.
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 11/13/2023, 10:32 AM
@Urubrodi -

See, now you're just playing with semantics. Being a black female director is not as extremely specific as you present it. Sure, it's a small milestone, but a milestone nonetheless. Not a heavy rock, but not a tiny peble either.
Fogs
Fogs - 11/13/2023, 10:33 AM
@MarkCassidy - Lol, I was about to write that: gotta see the bright side of things, huh?
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 11/13/2023, 10:40 AM
@DrReedRichards - In Hollywood unfortunately is more like a peble in the realm of blockbusters. You can probably count on one hand the number of black female directors that were involved in blockbuster movies. Which is my point. Her being the first one doesn't mean much when there are almost no others to compete with. She was basically given a Ferrari while almost all the other black female directors get a scooter. If you wanna accuse someone to play with semantics do it with Mark though, he's the one that came up with this headline. Even though you have have good intentions behind what you're saying, I highly doubt Mark used that for any reason rather than triggering people. And given our discussion right now, it worked.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 11/13/2023, 10:43 AM
@DrReedRichards - lmao, what true colours? Is this some kind of marvelite purity test?
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 11/13/2023, 10:46 AM
@Ryguy88 -

Not for marvelites, that's for sure.
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 11/13/2023, 10:47 AM
@Urubrodi -

At least you recognize my intent, so thank you. Unironically.
philinterrupted
philinterrupted - 11/13/2023, 11:00 AM
@malschla - they’re not listening to people who get mad about how “woke” they are.

Get out of your bubble, you’re not that important. Your money is though.
WhateverItTakes
WhateverItTakes - 11/13/2023, 11:45 AM
@DrReedRichards - it's not positivity
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 11/13/2023, 12:13 PM
@ChocolateMousse -

It really is, though, even if only partially.
Oberlin4Prez
Oberlin4Prez - 11/13/2023, 12:42 PM
@MarkCassidy - would love to see the same sentiment applied elsewhere
Oberlin4Prez
Oberlin4Prez - 11/13/2023, 12:43 PM
@philinterrupted - don’t count on it
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