The Marvels

[BurtReynolds]

Explain the joke to me. I demand it!

[Jorge]

Haha, the actual slideshow is kind of good

[The Argonaut]

There are many jokes, of varying levels of similarity Burt

[BurtReynolds]

Sorry I'm distracted my idiot dog thinks he can still walk down the stairs.i was just getting ads and thought it was one of those headline jokes.

[Ello Sailor]

Laughing at yourself challenge [IMPOSSIBLE]

[Jorge]

Historic 79% second weekend drop, now some analysts are predicting this movie might not even make $200m GLOBALLY. Seeing how it reportedly cost $220m before marketing, this would make it one of the biggest box-office bombs of all time (much worse than even The Flash). That's pretty shocking

[The Argonaut]

Which is unfortunate, because it's really not that bad of a movie

[Ms Harmless]

people scream "cancel culture!" but it turns out (yet again) that the people with the most power to sink anything are insecure manbabies review-bombing Marvel movies

[wease]

Were going thanksgiving night to see it

[Jorge]

Were going thanksgiving night to see it

This is all your fault

[VinylGuy]

For those who saw it; do you think this one bombing hard have more to do with the lack of marketing , the overall mess that’s Marvel these days or what?

Because it seems clear the movie is a mess ( haven’t seen it and I decided I won’t )

[Jorge]

For those who saw it; do you think this one bombing hard have more to do with the lack of marketing , the overall mess that’s Marvel these days or what?

Because it seems clear the movie is a mess ( haven’t seen it and I decided I won’t )

It's a mix of things

Like I predicted WAY BACK IN MARCH

I’m convinced that The Marvels will be an honest to god bomb, even if it's the sequel to a movie that made over a billion dollars. To the point that they may do something like pivot to a simultaneous Disney+ release to bury the headlines.

- It's a movie where two of its three main characters were introduced in Disney+ shows, one of them as a tertiary character. Barrier to entry: high.
- It won't be buoyed by the anticipation generated by the films released before and after it, like Captain Marvel was by coming out in between Infinity War and Endgame.
- It's a sequel to a movie that, despite being very commercially successful, was fairly divisive in terms of audience reaction.
- It's being released in the pre-Christmas death slot.
- Bad press and negative word of mouth from people hating Ant-Man 3.
- Unlike Guardians 3 (which is increasingly feeling like the last chopper out of Saigon) this isn't being hyped as the last chapter to a saga.

I also believe that because it stars three women (two of which are women of color) and since it will likely espouse some ham-handed liberal politics, it will be victim of review bombing by the absolute biggest losers on Earth, but that will be canceled out by the "it sounds like we're upsetting the RIGHT PEOPLE!" #Resist crowd who will buy multiple tickets because they believe stanning a superhero movie will advance us towards a fairer world.

It used to be insane to bet against Marvel but I honestly believe this will underperform significantly.

Add to this:

- Increasing bad feelings about Marvel after projects such as Thor: Love and Thunder, Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, as well as probably the worst-received Marvel project of all time Secret Invasion (I don't know anyone who liked it)

- General superhero fatigue

- Marvel's bizarre invisible marketing around this film

- The actors' strike which kept the three leads from promoting it

- Lukewarm-to-negative professional reviews

- Stories about extensive reshoots based on negative responses to test screenings

It's just a perfect mix of badness, resulting in one of the biggest box office failures of all time.

[VinylGuy]

Yes , it’s not surprising at all

[spike]

Will this all but end Brie Larson’s movie career, or is she okay cuz of the Oscar?

[Jorge]

I hope this shakes her free of the Marvel spell and she goes on to have the career her talent deserves

[Ms Harmless]

I just hope Iman Vellani goes on to bigger and better things

[VinylGuy]

Will this all but end Brie Larson’s movie career, or is she okay cuz of the Oscar?

I think she will be ok; but she needs to get her career back really.

[BurtReynolds]

The actors probably won't be any worse off. Most people seem to be blaming the overall Disney/marvel thing. It's not like movies are really star driven these days anyway, with a few exceptions.

[VinylGuy]

True but Larson just kinda stopped doing anything else and she also was kinda in the back seat for the the one avengers movie she was in so it’s disappointing.

I just hope she can get back to more interesting projects

[Jorge]

She's on some TV show now I think