THE MARVELS Suffers Historic Second Weekend Drop At U.S. Box Office As THE HUNGER GAMES Prequel Underwhelms

THE MARVELS Suffers Historic Second Weekend Drop At U.S. Box Office As THE HUNGER GAMES Prequel Underwhelms

We have updated second-weekend numbers for The Marvels and, unfortunately, it's not good news for the latest MCU movie. However, it wasn't the only blockbuster struggling to find an audience in the U.S.!

By JoshWilding - Nov 19, 2023 12:11 PM EST
Filed Under: The Marvels
Source: Variety

The odds weren't in the favour of any movie at the North American box office this weekend.

As we reported yesterday, The Marvels went into its second weekend in theaters facing a massive decline, bringing an end to the notion that the sequel - which drastically underperformed when it opened - might have legs thanks to positive word of mouth. Now, the latest figures point to a 78-79% decline in attendance.

Earning a mere $10.2 million from 4,032 theaters, this was not a heroic second outing for Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, and Photon. In fact, the Captain Marvel follow-up now holds the dubious record for the biggest second-weekend drop in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's 15-year history.

The previous record-holder was Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania with 69.9% (a figure which looks positively healthy in comparison). 

With a total domestic haul of $65 million, it's clear The Marvels won't reach $100 million stateside. If we were still in the pandemic, then explaining this away would be easy; as things stand, Disney executives and box office analysts alike are scratching their heads and asking, "What went wrong?" 

Overseas, the MCU blockbuster didn't fare much better. It grossed just $19.6 million, a 69.2% drop which takes it to roughly $161 million worldwide thanks to a total international haul of $96 million. As of now, we're expecting a final global total of between $210 million - $240 million.

Not helping matters, of course, was the release of The Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. It too has fallen short of early projections, earning $44 million and $98 million globally during its first weekend. 

Each of the previous movies opened to north of $100 million and with a young cast that arguably holds the same level of popularity as The Hunger Games' ensemble (Jennifer Lawrence was not yet a megastar when it opened in 2012), it simply appears interest in the franchise has waned. 

Despite an almost identical opening, the advantage The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has over The Marvels is it cost quite a bit less to produce ($175 million less, to be precise), meaning it still stands a chance of being a moderate hit for Lionsgate. 

Outside of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, nothing in recent months has taken off at the box office. All eyes will soon turn to Wonka and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom to see if they can tempt moviegoers back to theaters, but it's been a strange year overall. After all, who could have ever guessed that Barbie and The Super Mario Bros. Movie would find such success, with the latest Mission: Impossible movie bombing just a year after Tom Cruise broke records with Top Gun: Maverick?

What did you watch in theaters this weekend? Let us know in the comment sections. 

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McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/19/2023, 12:12 PM
Ant Man had Paul Rudd. Marvels has literally no one.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 11/19/2023, 12:29 PM
@McMurdo - they had.... Park Seo Joon 😅
incredibleTalk
incredibleTalk - 11/19/2023, 1:05 PM
@McMurdo - I think the MARVELS was very entertaining but haters going to hate ...that's life! The MCU version of CHARLIE'S ANGELS was pretty good!
incredibleTalk
incredibleTalk - 11/19/2023, 1:26 PM
@URCOMMENTSUCKS - ....most guys couldn't handle that much pussy in 1:47 minute time frame....just saying...
StSteven
StSteven - 11/19/2023, 3:44 PM
@incredibleTalk - And that’s why we have Viagra. And popsicle sticks with Scotch tape.
B89
B89 - 11/19/2023, 6:09 PM
@StSteven - 😂
StSteven
StSteven - 11/19/2023, 6:38 PM
@B89 - Just be wary the splinters dude. So I heard. From a friend. On the Internet. In Canada.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 11/19/2023, 12:13 PM
Oh Well! At least we have Napoleon coming up.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 11/19/2023, 12:21 PM
@ModHaterSLADE - Critics have not exactly been kind to that, doesn't mean much for some types of films at times but a one like that???

Have doubts it will fair well at the BO even by the standards of that genre of film and I'm one who tends to want all films to do at least half decent BO as helps fund the good stuff they may not risk money on otherwise, and keep theatres open too.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 11/19/2023, 12:22 PM
@Apophis71 - It's been getting plenty of good reviews...
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 11/19/2023, 12:42 PM
@ModHaterSLADE - it’s 67 out of 81 reviews on RT so far

Still a lot to go but so far it’s mixed to positive.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 11/19/2023, 1:07 PM
@ModHaterSLADE - Define plenty, and good, as every one I've read doesn't make it sound great even if 3/5 sort of range and for what they are worth the aggregates are pegging it the same sort of % of the Marvels, The new Hunger games prequel and the new Trolls film. Well a tad higher thus far but not by much but still WAY below what Priscilla got and I would have thought another Elvis based biopic film would do better than a middling Napoleon one. For the record I wanted the film to be epic, beyond just good and do well but looks doubtfull on either sadly. Hoping the critics are wrong still but doesn't make for a positive early sign for BO success after how Killers of the Flower Moon has been doing and that is a great film.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 11/19/2023, 1:18 PM
@Apophis71 - It has a 67% on Rotten Tomatoes. Last I checked that's more positive than negative.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 11/19/2023, 1:35 PM
@ModHaterSLADE - Didn't say it was net negative or outright bad, initial words were 'Critics have not exactly been kind to that' which aptly to my mind fits 67% suggesting a middling but not bad film, not a good let alone great one.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 11/19/2023, 1:43 PM
@Apophis71 - To each their own. To me it just looks like a minority just had issues with it, some whining about the accuracy of a movie that's for pure entertainment among other issues, but that's their problem.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 11/19/2023, 1:53 PM
@ModHaterSLADE - That's fair, ones I read were more critical along the lines of it being a greatest hits playlist, disjointed in other words or that there was too much time on the personal drama and at least one that Pheonic's erratic performance held it back. Inaccuracies tbh does not bother me at all, frick historians if creative licence helps create an epic :D

Sure the cinematography will be great and all that so if the main draw is visceral battle scenes and not worried as much on other stuff I'm sure it will likely be enjoyable for whatever flaws it does (or doesn't) have.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 11/19/2023, 1:57 PM
@Apophis71 - On that note I'll agree.
Origame
Origame - 11/19/2023, 5:53 PM
@ModHaterSLADE - hey if you're excited for napoleon then just go see it. Critics have lost all respect. And it's got a lot more passion than the marvels.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 11/19/2023, 6:48 PM
@Origame - Damn right
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 11/19/2023, 7:29 PM
@ModHaterSLADE - For sure, if something sparks your interest and have the time and money always go see it, critics be damned. Only time if any critics views should be taken into account is if on the fence about something or deciding if to wait to watch at home (and of course if short on time and money and other options of interest).
Typhoon20
Typhoon20 - 11/19/2023, 12:17 PM
I think the problem is lack of female lead characters. 3 wasn't enough.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 11/19/2023, 12:30 PM
@Typhoon20 - the cat was female and ive heard flerkens are all females
LMAO
LMAO - 11/19/2023, 12:39 PM
@Typhoon20 -





Toonstrack
Toonstrack - 11/19/2023, 7:01 PM
@Typhoon20 - the highest grossing film of the year had more.

Soooo
EZBeast
EZBeast - 11/19/2023, 12:20 PM
But the real question @JoshWilding is will it make more than paw patrol?
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 11/19/2023, 12:24 PM
Now imagine if it was fighting f*cking Dune 2...

But yeah, let's be "le positive" y'all.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 11/19/2023, 12:36 PM
@Doomsday8888 -


I'm really curious to see what Dune 2 does with this post pandemic audience. Seems like we are in upside down world in terms of boxoffice 👮
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 11/19/2023, 12:29 PM
I don't think we realize what a historic failure this is. If we did, the schadenfreude from certain folks here would have been inescapable.

Oh, well. Good to see there's at least some sense of shame.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 11/19/2023, 12:33 PM
@DrReedRichards - why do you have the say it in a way that i have to google 😅
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 11/19/2023, 12:35 PM
@vectorsigma -

I don't know, sadism sounds a lot more physical.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 11/19/2023, 12:30 PM
Disaster.


No way to spin it.



Feige gonna cancel a bunch of shit.



The benefits with planning ahead like feige always does are obvious but now that seems to be detrimental because then you're stuck with a bunch of product nobody wants💁
TheShellyMan
TheShellyMan - 11/19/2023, 12:33 PM
This is no one's fault but Kevin Feige, his team, and Disney. There's no way to spin this. I've said this before, and I might hate for it. But, I think it's time for Kevin Feige to go.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 11/19/2023, 12:36 PM
@TheShellyMan - who is a good replacement?

I agree btw
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