With Captain Marvel's first day of ticket sales behind only Avengers: Infinity War and Black Panther, the first long-range projections are in for its opening weekend and things are looking good for the hero.
According to Box Office Pro, the current estimate for Captain Marvel's debut is $160 million with a $140 million low and a $180 million high. That puts it on good standing leading into the summer and it could ultimately reach $465 million domestically (a number which puts it in the $1 billion worldwide range).
It's important to note that these are just projections and we won't have a real idea of how the movie might perform until much closer to March 8th.
What's going to be really interesting is seeing whether or not Captain Marvel is able to top Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice's $166 million opening; if Carol Danvers' origin story can beat the first big screen meeting between the Dark Knight and Man of Steel, that truly shows that Marvel Studios is a force to be reckoned with and by far one of the most dominant franchises in the history of cinema.
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The Tesseract May Play A Role In Proceedings
In the second trailer, eagle-eyed fans noticed that Carol Danvers appeared to be visiting a base which had something to do with Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S., the special S.H.I.E.L.D. project looking into utilising the power of the Tesseract (which finally paid off in The Avengers).
Apparently, those who visited the set saw a scene being filmed between Brie Larson and Jackson in which he encounters her cat for the first time but it's said that this is also the S.H.I.E.L.D. Director's first time laying eyes on the Infinity Stone that Howard Stark retrieved at the end of Captain America: The First Avenger.
Jackson seemingly confirms that it will play a role in Captain Marvel when he says, "Seems like the Tesseract has been the constant in all these movies." Could that be what brings the Kree and Skrulls to Earth? It would definitely come in handy to both of the invading alien races...
Nick Fury Is Wary Of Carol Danvers
Understandably, Nick Fury doesn't quite know what to make of Carol when they first cross paths and Jackson goes into detail about why the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent is initially reluctant to help the hero.
"Like most people, you meet somebody, you theoretically surmise that they’re from outer space and I guess like most of us the first thing you think about is the difference and she looks like us, yes, but she also showed up with these things that can shapeshift. So is she what she appears to be? Is she a safe individual? Is she a dangerous individual? All those things come to mind.
"Spending time with her, he discovers things about her that lead him to believe that she is something other than what she has presented herself to be or even knows herself to be. So during the course of interacting with her, they do become compatriots. They have a shared sense of humor. He’s open to the difference in what she may be and what she may not be. And he’s definitely willing to help her explore what she needs to find out to find out who she is and what and how she came to be."
Who Is Maria Rambeau?
Carol's best friend, Maria Rambeau is a fellow fighter pilot and Lynch has now shed some light on what sort of role she'll play in Captain Marvel as well as the character's reaction to Carol's transformation following her disappearance (which goes unexplained).
"She is a fighter pilot, very strong, very bold, very in control of herself. I’d say, in high demand with the industry that she’s in. Her and Brie’s [Larson] character Carol Danvers are very close friends, they’re best friends, in fact. She had to go through a lot of grief when Carol disappeared and then suddenly she’s back, and she has to kind of reverse that grief and make it work for this, picking up of a friendship, which is kind of strange but ends up really beautifully. She’s just an incredible character to play. It’s nice to see someone on the page who doesn’t yet have a fully fleshed personality and who you can then inject wherever you want to."
Captain Marvel Can Travel Through Time
Unless Jackson is just yanking our chains, it sounds like it will be Carol Danvers who helps Earth's Mightiest Heroes travel through time in Avengers: Endgame as he claims that's one of her abilities!
"She’s pretty much the strongest character -- in terms of someone with powers are able to do things -- in the Marvel universe. So, for Carol Danvers to be that person and for Brie to become that person, it's gonna be a dynamite thing. I mean, [the Avengers] are up against some really, really tough odds right now -- we saw throughout Infinity War -- so now we know that we need something that's as powerful as Thanos. And at some point, we'll find out how powerful she is and all the things that she's capable of. She's one of the few people in the Marvel universe that can time travel, so..."
The Supreme Intelligence
As expected, the Supreme Intelligence will indeed play a role in Captain Marvel and while we don't know what form it will take, Law had this to say about his character's relationship with the entity.
"It’s interesting, he has a very particular relationship – and any of you who know alot about the Kree, there’s sort of a divine element called the Supreme Intelligence – and that comes it play in this. Each of the Starforce, indeed each of the Kree warriors, has a particular relationship with the Supreme Intelligence, and my character has a very particular relationship with the Supreme Intelligence which becomes revealed and is quite complex and ultimately very revealing of what it is that motivates him. I’ve kind of based him almost on… not a religious fanatic but he’s got a sort of Divine sense of purpose because of his relationship with this greater being."