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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsBlack Widow' Pulls in $13.2 Million on Thursday for a Pandemic-Best Preview Night Box Office
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is coming back to theaters with Black Widow, and early estimate numbers tell us that the pandemic didnt affect the popularity of the MCU. Even if all theaters aren't operating at full capacity yet, the solo adventure of Scarlett Johanssons super-spy is on track to be the most successful release since the beginning of the pandemic.
With Black Widow estimates putting preview night U.S. box office at $13.2 million, the new MCU dethrones the already impressive results of F9, which got $7.1 million on its first Thursday. The numbers are not only high for pandemic metrics but also in comparison to other MCU movies. As an example, Ant-Man and the Wasp hauled $11.5 million on preview night, while Guardians of the Galaxy only reached $11.2 million. Early predictions also project a box office between $80 million and $90 million for a 3-day start. That doesnt take into consideration 41 international markets where the movie is already available, including France, Russia, Australia, Japan, and Brazil.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/collider.com/black-widow-thursday-box-office/amp/
underpants
(182,928 posts)Wall to wall kick ass
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,631 posts)We've still got a way to go before female-lead movies - in a franchise or not - can bomb, and they're treated the same way as when male-lead movies bomb. I suspect there was a lot of incel chatter like there was with Captain Marvel.
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