Ant-Man 3 Confirmed - Peyton Reed to Direct!

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DCBaker

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"Disney/Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania arrived on tracking today with a projected 4-day $120M opening per industry sources. The threequel arrives in theaters on Feb. 17 and is the first in an avalanche of largely weekly tentpole fare which has been absent from the marketplace since the summer.

That result for Quantumania will land among the top three openings for the Presidents Day weekend after Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther in 2018 ($242.1M) and Deadpool ($152.1M)."

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‘Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania‘ Hits Tracking With $120M Projected U.S. Debut: It’s All About Kang

Disney/Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania arrived on tracking today with a projected 4-day $120M opening per industry sources. The threequel arrives in theaters on Feb. 17 and …
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Jedijax719

Jedijax719

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Ouch! Big time ouch! Top critics 57% and all critics starting at 62% STARTING at 62%. Could this end up even lower than Eternals? Not a good look for the MCU with the main villain being the villain in the next Avengers movie.
 
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DCBaker

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"The tentpole drought, created by the pandemic’s post-production logjam, is officially over this weekend as Disney and Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania opens the flood gates on what is a consisted flow of event movies from this Friday until early September.

Early tracking four weeks ago indicated $120M in U.S./Canada over 4-days for the Presidents Day holiday. Disney is hoping for at least $95M over 3-days, $105M-$110M over four at 4,300 theaters — nonetheless a franchise record start and a great 25% surge from the 3-day opning of 2018’s Ant-Man and the Wasp‘s $75.8M. As is standard, there are no other frosh wide releases from rival studios. With the Peyton Reed-directed threequel starting its offshore start on Wednesday, overseas is around $160M for a global start of $280M (that includes $35M-$55M from China). Tracking remains slightly unpredictable for big films even as the pandemic has eased, however, with Jonathan Majors new mega-MCU villain Kang the Conqueror making his big screen debut after his variant’s introduction in the Marvel/Disney+ series Loki, that could truly create a stampede of walk-up business this coming weekend. Currently, domestic advance ticket sales for Ant-Man 3 is tracking 15% behind Thor: Love and Thunder which opened to $144.1M over 3-days. Natch, Disney has all the Imax (400 auditoriums), PLF (~900), Dbox (280) and 3D screens (2,500)."

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‘Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania’ Swelling To Franchise Best $280M Global Opening – Box Office Preview

The tentpole drought, created by the pandemic’s post-production logjam, is officially over this weekend as Disney and Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania opens the flood g…
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LSLS

LSLS

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Gotta admit, the reviews are hilarious to me, and again, are doing nothing to dissuade me from wanting to see this. Lots of complaints it's like a super hero movie.
 
Jedijax719

Jedijax719

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Disney never even put out any Antman episodes of "Legends" on D+. Yikes!

Not sure how this is going to affect the movie's box office, but I would say definitely quite a bit. And what this says about where phase 5 is going is scary.

GOTG3 will probably be pretty good. The Marvels-I'm guessing it will either be humorous or a dud. Then almost a YEAR before the next MCU film which will basically be a theatrical sequel to FATWS from D+. The MCU is facing a dark time for sure.
 
BrianLo

BrianLo

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Just need to get in to say Ant Man had a worldwide box office total of 519million and Ant Man and the Wasp 622million.

I don't think a villain who appeared in Loki meaningfully impacts that benchmark. I know we'll be looking at debates to the contrary in short order.
 
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celluloid

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It was pretty fun. A little too much exposition in some parts but fun as a comic book movie should be. Probably the most language out of any of them so far, just a notefor those who like watching PG-13 with the younger fans. This was edgier like Guardians of the Galaxy.


Aquantummania would have been a great name for a theme park attraction based on the property. A ride where the sign even changes to QuANTuMANia.

But alas, we have that crappy Hong Kong non kinetic Buzz retheme.
 
Movielover

Movielover

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Below is my non-spoiler review

Is Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania the best Marvel film? No, but it would take a lot to challenge the best like Infinity War, Winter Soldier, and Guardians of the Galaxy. What Quantumania is however, is a solid fun adventure movie that harkens back to some of the earlier Marvel productions. It does have its flaws, there are some weird editing and structure choices that feel like a result from too many reshoots, and at times the scale of the film feels a tad bit too grand for its story. Quantumania however manages to hold your attention through several clever and fun sequences while being propelled forward by an incredibly likable cast.

I’ve always enjoyed the Ant-Man films, especially the character of Scott Lang, once again played by Paul Rudd. Rudd continues to bring his everyman wide-eye charm to the role. The strength of the character continues to be his love for his daughter Cassie, this time played by Kathryn Newton. Here Cassie gets a larger role, bringing her into the Ant-Man family with Evangeline Lilly and the always incredible Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfeiffer. However the true standout of the film is Kang played by Jonathan Majors. After a minor appearance in Loki, I was looking forward to seeing his performance in this and he did not disappoint. His Kang is very intimidating, bringing a lot of presence through surprising subtle motions. Which just contrasts nicely when he does go off the rails later in the film.

The visuals of the Quantum Realm are fantastic, truly immersing us as the viewer in this “alien” world even if a shot or two looks a little flat from the CGI. What I think the film suffers from is a sense of doubt in the editing. It feels like many scenes were either moved around or parts deleted. A great example of this happens when 2 characters walk offscreen together, then the film cuts to the next scene where one of those characters is now sitting in a room alone as the second walks in. There's no connective tissue between the scenes to help connect continuity wise. Which either means a scene was deleted or a different scene was supposed to occur in between the two. While it's not a major issue, it does leave the film, especially the second act, feeling a bit disjointed.

This also impacts the third act as well during the big fight at the end. The “all is lost” moment, which in a film is where all of our characters are at their lowest points usually in a confrontation to then be saved by a larger event typically by the arrival of another character. It's a big moment for any film, for example in Endgame this occurs when all the heroes arrive to Captain America’s aid, or when Cap himself picks up Thor's hammer, both big moments that the crowd can cheer at. Here there are two such moments but both of them are hampered by this disjointed editing and as such come off as weaker moments than they should.

Overall though I had a good time watching the film although I still prefer the first Ant-Man film above this one. Quantumania while entertaining lacks the wit and style left over from Edgar Wright's concepts present in the first film.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania final score: 7.5/10
 
Disney Analyst

Disney Analyst

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SATURDAY AM: Marvel Studios once again is putting the weekend box office back at pre-pandemic levels, with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumaniaminting $46M Friday (including Thursday’s $17.5M) — the third-highest opening day in February after Black Panther ($75.9M, 2018) and Deadpool ($47.3M, 2016) — for what is still shaping up to be a $100M weekend, with 4-day at $115M.

Rivals have the Peyton Reed-directed sequel much higher, with a 4-day in the $125M-$134M range, Sunday business always being a swing factor. As we figured, very strong walk-up business here, with 62% of the audience either buying their ticket the day before or the day-of. The third-best opening ever for February and Presidents Day weekend and the best debut ever for the Ant-Man franchise — who can complain about that?

All of this spells a 4-day weekend where all films are estimated to make $172.6M, which is an amazing 13% ahead of 2019’s pre-pandemic Presidents Day weekend and 55% ahead of last year’s February holiday, when Sony opened Uncharted.

Essentially, dollars are beating audience exits (B CinemaScore here for Ant-Man 3, Comscore/Screen Engine PostTrak still at 3.5 stars and 75%) and critical scores of 47% — similar to the lows that Eternals hit in 2021. The difference here for fans: Ant-Man 3 has the new MCU villain Kang the Conqueror, while Eternals was impossible to understand. In PostTrak exits, 25% audience said they came out for Jonathan Majors’ Kang, while 54% said it’s part of a franchise they love and 41% because it’s a Marvel movie.
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‘Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania’ Supersizing To $100M 3-day, $115M 4-day – Box Office Saturday Update

SATURDAY AM: Marvel Studios once again is putting the weekend box office back at pre-pandemic levels, with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania minting $46M Friday (including Thursday’s $17.5M) …
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vikescaper

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Despite the reviews, I quite enjoyed this movie. For the first time in a while, I went in having avoided spoilers and I think the reviews lowered my expectations. IMHO, definitely not the best MCU movie and not the worst.
 
Disney Irish

Disney Irish

Premium Member
I had seen it on Thursday night, like I do most MCU films, I liked it over all. Slow in some parts, but overall good story that sets up the rest of Phase 5.

MCU fans who are invested in the overall story of Phase 4, 5, and 6 are propping up these films, and it shows when compared to critic scores. Which indicates the MCU has a lot more fans than what most critics like to admit.

For me (and it appears many fans) its full speed ahead to Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars.
 

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