Carol Danvers flew into theaters everywhere this past weekend, as Marvel Studios' Captain Marvel finally hit the big screen. And to the surprise of no one -- well, with minor exceptions, of course -- the film is an immediate hit. While it fell short of the astounding $200 million domestic opening of Black Panther last year, it did amass an impressive $153 million stateside and $455 million worldwide in its opening weekend.
Despite a group of individuals that tried to defeat Captain Marvel ahead of its release by review bombing it on Rotten Tomatoes, and then IMDB, Captain Marvel was always going to be successful for the mere fact that it was a Marvel Studios product. Add in the fact that it's the first Marvel Studios film led by a female hero, and, well, the $140 million opening predicted by Box Office Pro months out from its release seemed pretty reasonable. But now that the film has crossed $500 million at the worldwide box office, experts are saying $1 billion is all but a lock.
So, when can we expect to see the Marvel Studios flick accomplish the stunning feat? Judging by its predecessors and fellow comic book films to hit the $1 billion mark, Captain Marvel seems likely to cross the major milestone in approximately four weeks.
For comparisons sake, Black Panther opened to $404 million worldwide last year, with $200 million of that coming from the domestic box office alone. It went on to pass $1 billion at the worldwide box office in just 26 days, or approximately four weeks. That film, of course, was an "event" in the sense that it launched an entire online movement with the #BlackPantherChallenge, which helped to send underprivileged children and their parents and/or guardians to see the film. And as word of mouth continued to grow, so did its box office, leading to Black Panther becoming one of a handful of films to cross $700 million at the domestic box office, along with earning an impressive $646.8 million at the international box office.
It remains to be seen whether Captain Marvel will do the same level of business, as most of its gains are coming from international markets thus far. Still, it's safe to assume it'll fare better than DC and Warner Bros. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. That film had an impressive start, and still holds a March opening title to this day thanks to its $166 million stateside and $422 million worldwide launch. While impressive, Batman v Superman quickly died out due to poor word of mouth, and so the film finished its theatrical run with $873 million. Given that Captain Marvel has plenty of positive buzz behind it, with its opening weekend numbers actually continuing to grow over the course of the weekend, it seems likely that Carol Danvers' MCU debut will repeat as the box office champion this weekend, bringing in at least another $65-$80 million in the process.
Those numbers, along with the film's box office pull throughout the week, should easily bring Captain Marvel near $300 million at the domestic box office by Sunday. By then, the film should also be well on its way past $600 million at the worldwide box office as the movie is tracking to continue to outperform other MCU titles in foreign markets.
Matthew Stewart
>pretending this shit making 1 billion wasn't surprising yeah maybe if you're in on the fraud
Nicholas Roberts
But why does the international box office matter so much? Because that is where films such as Venom and Aquaman have done stellar business. In fact, the latter, which only earned a meager $67.8 million domestically over it's first weekend of release, has since gone on to take in $1 billion at the worldwide box office thanks to an international haul of $809.6 million. It's interesting to note that Aquaman not only had a smaller domestic debut than Captain Marvel, but also a smaller international opening -- and yet the DC film still managed to earn $1 billion worldwide after four weeks in release.
Let's look at Captain Marvel's Monday box office for a better idea of what to expect in the coming weeks. After a massive $153 million weekend stateside, Captain Marvel took in another $10.9 million on Monday. That, of course, is well below Black Panther's first Monday. However, it is on par with Aquaman's, a movie that also had the benefit of an extended holiday weekend to help propel it further. Should Captain Marvel continue to take in at least $8 million daily over the course of the week, that'll bring it to nearly $200 million heading into the weekend. With little to no competition until Dumbo hits theaters later this month, Captain Marvel should easily retain its number one spot and take in at least $65 million in its second weekend to take it to a bit under $300 million by Sunday. This should also be when we see the film near $700 million -- again, this is all mere speculation. But it would seem that, should these numbers prove true, it's more than likely Captain Marvel will hit the $1 billion mark two weeks later courtesy of its international pull.
Comparing Captain Marvel's box office power to the likes of Black Panther and Aquaman, $1 billion seems to be a likely outcome within four weeks, maybe five weeks, max. Now... when can we expect a sequel to be officially announced?
Dylan Ramirez
>Those numbers, along with the film's box office pull throughout the week, should easily bring Captain Marvel near $300 million at the domestic box office by Sunday That's retarded. It's crossing 200 million today (friday) and it will only bring about 60 million this weekend.
Bentley Stewart
Nah, you're missing the big landscape, Disney will buy the entire population of China to make artificially boost it's number to 1billion.
Andrew Harris
Gonna lose the 1st place to 'Us' next weekend lol
Blake Howard
Simmer down, incels.
Noah Harris
This is a screenshot 10minutes before the showing 30minutes ago. Literally nobody cares anymore lmao
Don't know how it works in burgerland but almost everybody would have bought a ticket 10 min before the showing starts here. And yes, blue is free, red are taken
Easton Howard
>HAHA I'LL CALL HIM AN INCEL AGAIN THAT'LL SHOW HIM
Ayden Morgan
SeeDisney will make it hit a billion. Plus Japan will save it.
Kayden Baker
Cope
Cope, incel.
Carter Murphy
>cope you upset that they're deleting your other go to response?
Xavier Gonzalez
After seeing these news, I went to box office mojo and saw that a ton of Marvel movies, including Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, Thor Ragnarok, Ant-Man 2, GotG 2 etc. didn’t cross $1B.
Why do the press always talk like those movies do?
Logan Parker
Disney buying tickets was probably only for the opening weekend to get it over 100 million. They aren't gonna constantly do it
Ryan Campbell
It's not just hitting a Billion it's going to make more than Aquaman
Go ahead and screencap this
Jeremiah Brooks
Do you guys not have something like this where people can buy tickets in person?
>box office doesn't work the same as online when it comes to reserved seating most box offices use the same system that you use when you buy online to book your seats. and nobody is showing up to a movie in droves at 10 minutes before showing
Evan Myers
I've only ever seen your side use that "response", so I'm not sure why my side gets blamed for it. I'm actually happy they're deleting it because it means my side is winning, and I'm happy because it also means they're listening to me. In conclusion, cope, incel.
Benjamin Ramirez
Because Disney pays them to hype up those movie. Even if one only makes 622M, they will hype it up like it made 3 billion dollars across the globe.
Gavin Mitchell
We used to have them but they started to replace them with machines where you can order your tickets. I don't think you can still buy them at an actual person anymore in my local kinoplex. This caused most people to arrive well on time and not right before showing.
Ryan Howard
>"""""""my"""""""""" side
and no, it's you specifically who has been saying that
Jordan Nguyen
The absolute paranoia of this coping incel.
Ethan Hughes
Wait, that's everything you have?
Repeating that again and again, like if you don't have any other dialogue programmed on your bra... Ohh, I see. Nvm.
Ryan Wright
You're not even the same person. Frankly, who cares what you have to say? You are worthless and you will never amount to anything.
Christian Hernandez
Well done my dear grasshopper, you break your code. Now only the sky is your limit!
>10 mins to start >theater is empty its not gonna get packed between then and start time. if people give a shit about a movie they get in there early a take a good seat
Xavier Ortiz
Nah. That would allow them to hide their shame.
It must remain up, so we can mock the incels forever.
Nolan Ward
Confirmed for having no fucking clue how theaters work. Most people don't show up until the very last minute, especially these days now that seating is reserved.
Carter Diaz
>implying empty seat matter Disney fills them up anyway
I don't know where you live, but when i look online on the site of my local cinema 10 minutes before a show starts, i can see the seats that have been reserved AND bought. You can't reserve a seat that has been bought by some dude walking in.
Jason Sullivan
Audit Disney Corporation
Eli Watson
>cope >incel Throw a yikes in there as well just so we can confirm you're a faggot.
David Flores
I'm yet to see pics of full cinemas
James Adams
I explained this in another thread
Remember when Avengers first came out and Disney said >We want 100% of the opening weekend take And they forced theaters to agree?
Well guess what, Disney can now dump money back into the theaters, which will just be laundered back to them, and they will still claim the money spent as a tax write off as being a part of the marketing expense, so they get it all back
They would invest money back into a movie to save face, get more publicity which builds up hype for the movies second weekend
Carter Wright
Based
Jeremiah Robinson
who cares about captain gayshit kino just happend in NZ
I genuinely hope this is true. I want to see the Mouse audited and caught in one of the biggest fraud scandals in years. I desperately need this. I fucking hate Disney.
Liam Roberts
They could hit 2 billion if they buy enough tickets. still a loss though.
Checked two popular cinemas in my area, for the 7:50 and 8:50pm showings,... All four screenings had less than 10 seats filled, and that is 10min before playtime.
Austin Phillips
I'd be shocked as hell if it did well, no matter how good it is. Normies don't know who the fuck he is or why they should care, and Shazam! is one of those old-school words that people just shake their heads and laught at now. From the trailers, I'm not even sure if it's supposed to be kid-ok(I would've made it a G-rated superhero family thing) or a fucked up Superhero Nu-Vacation type film.
Nathaniel Barnes
Thats criminal. why is this allowed?
Ryan Thompson
Think what it would do to their STOCK price, if a Marvel movie off all things BOMBED.
With the FOX merger they need stock prices UP, since they are mostly paying with stocks.
Parker Jones
>>We want 100% of the opening weekend take Is this true? Thought it was 50% or little more. But 100%? Thats suicide in rates for the cinema. Thats where most movies make bank. They cant just hope to get enough money trough food and drinks.
Alexander Diaz
Is there literally any proof of this that isn't from Twitter randoms posting pictures of empty theaters?
Aiden Sanchez
How will it make a billy if its already doing worse than WW? This makes no sense. Is it a holly-day week or something?
With Fox bein Disney now, is there any movie that makes this much money or draw that many people into seats? Maybe Sony and Warner can, but still their movie are gambling at the moment.
Angel Kelly
Pucker your asshole for me
Jayden Walker
Considering that most of them who post the empty seats are fans of Marvel regarding their timeline, some are from instagramm an there are 2 theater employess that said ir was awkward with the release weekend.
John Wilson
Thursday is in, its 9,248 mil
Jacob Bell
But it's not doing worse
And something you should probably take into account is how much it has already if it performs the same as Wonder Woman it will be well over a billion when it's done
>Is this true? Thought it was 50% or little more. >But 100%? Originally the numbers use to be 80-90% opening weekend, then it declines each week
Studios get about 60-80% from domestic and 15% from foreign
I use to follow all this stuff a decade ago
When Avengers 1 first came out their were articles saying Marvel wanted 100% of the ticket sales for opening weekend
Eli Allen
Depends on the cinema culture. Here it's very rare for someone to be late. Also, we viewers don't make obnoxious amounts of noise. Phones are not illuminating everyone, and no phone calls. Rather old fashioned really.
Christian Edwards
Alright.
Yikes, incel. Cope.
Thomas Sullivan
>hurr too big to fail
Wont always be there to save you, shill. What people like you do is literally tie yourselves to a shallow pop culture phenomenon, so when it I inevitably becomes old hat, you look like a dinosaur and a constant reminder if what's been played the fuck out.
Ayden Evans
Either way, the ticket sales are legit. Reality doesn't care about conspiracy theories.
Brayden Bennett
Disgusting edgelord. You will never get laid.
Jose Clark
>Normies don't know who the fuck he is or why they should care but they totally did with Captain Marvel
You could also use Guardians of the Galaxy for this example.
Joseph Murphy
Disney is the biggest brand in movie making business. When you hear the name Disney you already know the movie will be good despite not knowing anything about it.
