Make yourself comfortable, as we’re about to witness Marvel Studios’ first major box office flop… At 2 PM box office openings, “The Marvels” drew in just 884 moviegoers in Paris, a staggering 83.6% drop compared to “Captain Marvel,” which saw 5,380 attendees and had been buoyed by the “Avengers: Endgame” excitement and spring holiday period.
This is a crash of almost unbelievable magnitude, marking the worst opening for a film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, trailing far behind “The Incredible Hulk,” which had 1,824 attendees. Even “Morbius” fared better with 1,030 attendees!
In a mega-franchise that has been shattering records for over a decade, we are seeing, for the first time, a decline from a debut film to its sequel, as well as the sharpest drop for a follow-up film, surpassing the “Thor: The Dark World/Thor: Ragnarok” combo, which fell by 32.8%.
Paris 2 PM Box Office Opening (Since 2000):
- Spider-Man 3: 27,995 (all-time record)
- Avengers – Endgame: 18,021
- Spider-Man 2: 16,141
- Avengers – Infinity War: 10,667
- Spider-Man: 10,645
- Spider-Man – No Way Home: 9,775
- The Dark Knight Rises: 7,771
- Spider-Man – Far From Home: 7,625
- X-Men 2: 7,621
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness: 7,305
- Captain America – Civil War: 6,950
- Avengers – Age of Ultron: 6,586
- Joker: 6,083
- Avengers: 5,922
- Iron Man 2: 5,715
- Batman v Superman – Dawn of Justice: 5,602
- Captain Marvel: 5,380
- X-Men – The Last Stand: 5,367
- The Dark Knight: 4,877
- Man of Steel: 4,850
- Hulk: 4,719
- Suicide Squad: 4,704
- Iron Man 3: 4,634
- The Batman: 4,418
- Iron Man: 4,331
- Thor – The Dark World: 4,310
- Spider-Man – Homecoming: 4,224
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: 4,214
- Superman Returns: 4,157
- Deadpool: 4,054
- The Amazing Spider-Man: 3,942
- X-Men – Days of Future Past: 3,860
- X-Men: 3,712
- Doctor Strange: 3,662
- Batman Begins: 3,631
- Deadpool 2: 3,558
- X-Men Origins – Wolverine: 3,433
- Justice League: 3,327
- The Eternals: 3,293
- The Fantastic Four (2005): 3,242
- Black Panther: 3,236
- X-Men – First Class: 3,126
- Thor – Love and Thunder: 3,112
- Thor: 2,979
- The Wolverine: 2,955
- Daredevil: 2,907
- Thor – Ragnarok: 2,895
- Wonder Woman: 2,883
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: 2,882
- X-Men – Apocalypse: 2,874
- Constantine: 2,866
- Logan: 2,846
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2: 2,843
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: 2,835
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: 2,819
- Guardians of the Galaxy: 2,819
- Black Widow: 2,805
- Spider-Man – Across the Spider-Verse: 2,661
- Captain America – The Winter Soldier: 2,610
- The Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer: 2,582
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: 2,493
- Blade II: 2,312
- X-Men – Dark Phoenix: 2,302
- The Fantastic Four (2015): 2,157
- Venom: 2,126
- Watchmen: 2,107
- Ant-Man and the Wasp – Quantumania: 1,976
- Aquaman: 1,942
- Captain America – The First Avenger: 1,826
- The Incredible Hulk: 1,824
- The LEGO Batman Movie: 1,809
- The Flash: 1,622
- Blade – Trinity: 1,585
- Ghost Rider: 1,497
- Catwoman: 1,473
- Shazam: 1,468
- Black Adam: 1,415
- Elektra: 1,284
- Green Lantern: 1,247
- Birds of Prey: 1,174
- Big Hero 6: 1,137
- Spider-Man – Into the Spider-Verse: 1,109
- Morbius: 1,030
- DC League of Super-Pets: 1,000
- THE MARVELS: 884
- Venom – Let There Be Carnage: 830
- The Suicide Squad: 715
- Ghost Rider – Spirit of Vengeance: 627
- Blue Beetle: 600
- The Punisher (2004): 592
- Shazam – Fury of the Gods: 563
- The New Mutants: 520
Source: Les Toiles Heroiques
