1 at the box office in its opening weekend but grossed just $47 million in domestic sales, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
In fact, “The Marvels” is only the third Marvel movie to make less than $60 million during its opening weekend, and the first since “Ant-Man” opened with $57 million in 2015.
The lackluster opening weekend numbers for “The Marvels” are also symptomatic of overarching studio challenges in recent years, say experts.
Marvel’s November offering last year, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which was also a sequel to an Infinity-Saga-era film, made nearly four times the domestic opening weekend earnings as “The Marvels” with more than $181.3 million.
However, the video-game-based movie is also available online for Peacock subscribers, and streaming may siphon off some moviegoers.
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