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RandySF

(58,772 posts)
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 01:55 PM Sep 2015

And they said Ant Man would flop.

Ant-Man may not have been the runaway success that Guardians of the Galaxy was last year, but the final Phase 2 movie is still doing pretty damn well! Hit the jump to find out the latest box office numbers for the hero Zack Snyder called the "flavour of the month"...

It remains to be seen whether or not Disney and Marvel Studios are happy enough with Ant-Man's box office performance to give a sequel the green light, especially as they're more than likely waiting to see just how much of a boost it gets from China, Japan, and its eventual home video release. There's no denying that the movie has done well (it's outgrossed Captain America: The First Avenger, and that still got a sequel), but probably not as much as Marvel were hoping for given the success of their other movies. Will this be the case for the likes of Doctor Strange and Captain Marvel? That remains to be seen. Regardless, Ant-Man is now closing in on $400 million worldwide with a $394.741 million haul. It opens in Japan next weekend and in China on October 16th, so it's going to be interesting to see how close to $500 million it gets. With a end figure like that, you can be sure that it will indeed receive a follow-up! How many times have you seen Ant-Man?


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And they said Ant Man would flop. (Original Post) RandySF Sep 2015 OP
Don't. Stop. Him. Now.... WinkyDink Sep 2015 #1
Only saw it once... Hong Kong Cavalier Sep 2015 #2
agreed - it surprised me NewJeffCT Sep 2015 #6
I loved Ant-Man. Initech Sep 2015 #3
I'm going to see it shenmue Sep 2015 #4
I liked it. rug Sep 2015 #5

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
6. agreed - it surprised me
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 04:31 PM
Sep 2015

as well. Never really a fan of ant man in the comics back in the days I collected them, but I liked the movie. Loved Michael Pena as Luis.

Initech

(100,063 posts)
3. I loved Ant-Man.
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 03:05 PM
Sep 2015

And what I loved about it was that it did not take itself seriously. It had a lot of great humor in it and was pretty much the opposite of every DC movie made to date now. I will definitely be picking this up on iTunes / Google Play when it's out.

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