Post by sgev1977 on Apr 5, 2022 17:54:25 GMT
Some pre-comments by Forbes,
www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2022/04/05/box-office-sucess-for-venom-batman-bond-puts-pressure-on-marvel-doctor-strange-2-to-assert-disney-strength/?sh=67c36631230b
The Benedict Cumberbatch flick is in the usual position of having to reassert the notion that Disney’s MCU movies (and Disney’s biggies in general) can still rule the box office.
Scott Derrickson’s Doctor Strange was a rock-solid hit in late 2016, earning $232 million domestic from an $88 million debut and grossing $677 million from a $165 million budget. The big question heading into the final lap of marketing is whether audiences will view the Sam Raimi-directed installment as a straight-up sequel to Doctor Strange or as the first “mythology episode” of the MCU since Avengers: Endgame.
Scott Derrickson’s Doctor Strange was a rock-solid hit in late 2016, earning $232 million domestic from an $88 million debut and grossing $677 million from a $165 million budget. The big question heading into the final lap of marketing is whether audiences will view the Sam Raimi-directed installment as a straight-up sequel to Doctor Strange or as the first “mythology episode” of the MCU since Avengers: Endgame.
Sony’s Marvel movies outperform Disney’s MCU flicks (sans any help from China) and the Disney MCU movies ended up well below a surprising number of non-Disney releases. Uncharted is going to top Black Widow, Godzilla Vs. Kong outgrossed Shang-Chi and Dune (which moved, way back in August of 2019, from November 2020 to December 2020 to get away from Eternals) ended up neck and neck with Marvel’s big-scale fantasy adventure with little critical acclaim or pop culture impact..
The last two years, for a variety of reasons, have seen Disney’s MCU movies operating like “just another franchise.” To paraphrase Iron Man 2, the last three MCU movies have shown that god can bleed. With a well-liked actor in Benedict Cumberbatch, a marquee director in Sam Raimi and the promise of “required viewing” spectacle and surprises, In the Multiverse of Madness is the first chance for Disney to ward off the sharks.
www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2022/04/05/box-office-sucess-for-venom-batman-bond-puts-pressure-on-marvel-doctor-strange-2-to-assert-disney-strength/?sh=67c36631230b