Could 'Ant-Man and the Wasp' Be Bigger Than 'Black Panther'?
by EG
Ant Man and the Wasp, the next project from the Marvel/Disney behemoth, is looking to beat its predecessor's opening-weekend gross, and projections say that it almost certainly will do that. It stands virtually no chance, however, of being the biggest Marvel movie of the year. That honor is solidly in the hands of Black Panther, which is still not only the biggest Marvel movie of 2018, but the biggest movie of 2018, period. Read on to find out where the Ant-Man sequel is likely to fall in the Marvel pantheon.
Disney and Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp is buzzing toward a $75 million domestic debut over the July 6-8 weekend, according to early tracking.
If prerelease surveys are correct, Ant-Man and the Wasp will open ahead of Ant-Man, which launched to $57.2 million in summer 2015 on its way to a solid global total of $519.3 million.
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— Ant-Man and The Wasp (@AntMan) May 1, 2018
Peyton Reed (The Break Up) returns to direct the sequel, reuniting with Rudd and Evangeline Lilly. Rudd reprises his role as Scott Lang/Ant-Man, while Lilly plays Hope van Dyne/Wasp (her transformation into a superhero was hinted at in the first film). The movie adds another female superhero to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Captain Marvel, starring Brie Larson, prepares for its box-office debut in March 2019.
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— Ant-Man and the Wasp (@AntMan) June 14, 2018
Ant-Man and the Wasp is the 20th film in the MCU series and flies into theaters roughly two months after Disney and Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War, the record-breaking tentpole that has become the top-grossing supehero film of all time at the global box office, as well as only one of four films that have earned $2 billion or more, not adjusted for inflation.
The follow-up, set between the events in Captain America: Civil War and Infinity War, sees Ant-Man and the Wasp embark on a new mission from van Dyne's father and SHIELD inventor Hank Pym (Michael Douglas). Hannah John-Kamen plays the villain Ghost.
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