Captain Marvel Expected to Have a Big Debut
by EG
Brie Larson's Captain Marvel is likely to be the first big movie debut of 2019, as the year has gotten off to a dismal start for Hollywood. The new Marvel movie, though, is expected to be greeted with big ticket sales. Read on for details.
Captain Marvel is tracking to open to a marvelous $100 million-plus in North America, the biggest box-office debut since Jurassic World: The Hidden World stomped to $148 million in summer 2018.
Marvel and Disney's first female-fronted superhero pic stars Brie Larson as Carol Danvers, an Air Force pilot who is infused with special powers before finding herself at the center of battle between two alien worlds that threatens earth.
Captain Marvel opens three weeks from now on March 8. Rival studis with access to tracking say metrics for the film are "giant," including unaided awareness and definite interest.
Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the tentpole is the 21st film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and hopes to match the success of DC's Wonder Woman, directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot.
Wonder Woman opened to $103.3 million domestically in June 2017 on its way to amassing $821.8 million globally, including $412.6 million in North America.
The last Marvel MCU movie, Ant-Man and the Wasp, opened domestically to $75.8 million in July 2018. That was preceded by Avengers: Endgame with a massive $257.7 in late April of last year, and Black Panther with $202 million two months before in February.
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