{"id":5355,"date":"2018-04-30T06:54:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T13:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=5355"},"modified":"2018-04-30T06:54:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T13:54:39","slug":"box-office-infinity-war-and-the-rest-of-the-mcu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=5355","title":{"rendered":"Box Office: &#8220;Infinity War&#8221; and the rest of the MCU"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you\u2019ve not seen \u201cBlack Panther\u201d prior to seeing \u201cAvengers: Infinity War\u201d you\u2019re in luck, both films are likely playing at your local metroplex.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Breaking all sorts of weekend and worldwide records, \u201cAvengers: Infinity War\u201d amassed an estimated $630 million in domestic and international receipts in its opening weekend. And that was without China, where the film will open on May 11.<\/p>\n<p>But what was impressive is the legs that \u201cBlack Panther\u201d demonstrated by climbing back into the top five last weekend while \u201cInfinity War\u201d was dominating theaters. Repeat viewing was common with \u201cPanther,\u201d but look for repeat viewing for \u201cInfinity War\u201d to be the norm. Registering an \u201cA\u201d CinemaScore, the dizzying narrative contains so much information that fans will need several viewings to log it all. Some, even the non-critics, will likely take notes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInfinity War\u201d broke records held by fellow Disney release \u201cStar Wars: The Force Awakens\u201d with an estimated $250 million domestically compared to \u201cForce\u2019s\u201d $247 million in 2015. And while that is good news for Disney, the undeniable winner all around is Marvel. Three more of its comic book properties will be released this year. And the \u201cAvengers\u201d effect is not going unnoticed even by non-Disney releases.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5357\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/43018BO2-300x223.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" \/>Leaping on the bandwagon was prolific tweeter and naturally funny human being Ryan Reynolds, who plays Deadpool for another studio in the soon to be released sequel. He tweeted a coffee-stained rejection letter allegedly penned by Disney\/MCU character Tony Stark. The linking of the two universes is clearly part of an overall marketing strategy, but reinforces what we already know: Marvel is the gift that keeps on giving.<\/p>\n<p>But while the Sony\/Columbia project \u201cVenom\u201d is teasing out secrets of its dark vision of the symbiote that once infested Spider-Man, Disney is readying its other Marvel release of the summer, \u201cAnt-Man and the Wasp.\u201d Passing references were made to the insect inspired superhero in \u201cInfinity War,\u201d but notably Paul Rudd\u2019s chatty Scott Lang aka Ant-Man did not make an actual appearance in the movie.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5358\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/43018BO3-300x168.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/43018BO3-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/43018BO3-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/43018BO3-400x224.png 400w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/43018BO3-900x505.png 900w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/43018BO3-535x300.png 535w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/43018BO3.png 1013w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Still, it is likely that \u201cAnt-Man and the Wasp\u201d will hit just at the right time on July 6 in the throws of a long 4th of July weekend. And expectations should be high as director Peyton Reed returns to continue the story of Lang\u2019s growth as a hero with new addition The Wasp, played by Evangeline Lilly.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"710\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8_rTIAOohas?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The real question is whether ending the MCU (arguably) 2018 cycle in October with \u201cVenom\u201d will strike the right tone. While the trailers for that movie look dark and troubling, and the moodiness associated with character requires such treatment, it will stand in stark contrast to the \u201cAnt-Man\u201d sequel. But the director of \u201cVenom\u201d is Ruben Fleischer, who has great comic-horror chops having given us \u201cZombieland,\u201d a movie in desperate need of a sequel. If we\u2019ve learned anything from \u201cInfinity War\u201d and, certainly, \u201cDeadpool,\u201d a little self-aware comedy goes a long way. Even though some are hoping for some Cronenberg-esque body horror elements in the film, my hope is that Fleischer will also find a way to bring some dark humor to \u201cVenom.\u201d<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5359\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/43018BO4-300x135.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does &#8220;Infinity War&#8217;s&#8221; record box office mean for Marvel in 2018?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[310,255,309,210,308,316,294,313,257,256,306,312,314,315,55,307,70,311,286,261],"class_list":["post-5355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-ant-man","tag-avengers","tag-black-panther","tag-box-office","tag-cinemascore","tag-deadpool","tag-disney","tag-evangeline-lilly","tag-infinity-war","tag-marvel","tag-mcu","tag-paul-rudd","tag-peyton-reed","tag-ruben-fleischer","tag-ryan-reynolds","tag-sony","tag-star-wars","tag-the-wasp","tag-tony-stark","tag-venom","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5360,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5355\/revisions\/5360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}