Ant-Man And The Wasp: QuantumaniaPhoto: Marvel Studios
While the drop isn’t quite as dire as predicted, things are definitely still not great for old Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania. It didn’t fall 72 percent in its second week, but it fell 69.7 percent to make just $32 million to $106 million after opening last week. Obviously this is the nail in the coffin for the Marvel Cinematic Universe and now they’re going to stop making superhero movies and go back to doing serious adult drama with sex scenes and real movie stars and all the other things that people liked about serious adult drama.
Then again, it’s not as if second place went to a serious adult drama: it went to Cocaine Bear (at $23 million), a film that seems well positioned to be an M3GAN-style hit which audiences like a lot more than the mixed reviews might imply. After that, we have a different kind of cocaine bear (meaning “opium of the masses”) with Jesus Revolution, a movie about hippie Christians in the ’70s that made Jesus cool that opened with $15 million — both of which are good Money and a high chart position for one of those church movies.
The rest of the top 10 isn’t very interesting, as both Avatar and Puss Boots gross over $4 million, almost every other film a little over $1 million (that’s Magic Mike’s Last Dance, Knock At The Cabin, 80 For Brady and Missing) and finally A Man Called Otto at No. 10, which only grossed $850,000. It’s $62 million total after nine weeks, which is…better than some movies, but less than some movies.
Check out the full Box Office Mojo top 10 below.