The film received mixed reviews from critics. It was a box-office disappointment, grossing $476.1 million worldwide against a gross production budget of $326.6 million, and was one of the few MCU films not to break even in its theatrical run.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania's quick decline at the box office earned the film the title of largest second-week drop-off for any project in the MCU, despite having the strongest opening weekend of any Ant-Man film and the third-best opening weekend for a February release, behind 2018's Black Panther and 2016's ...
The first movie of the MCU's Phase Five, Quantumania also became the first MCU film to lose money in the post-pandemic era, making an Ant-Man franchise-low $476 million worldwide following its release last February.
Variety reported that Ant-Man 3 has also suffered the second-biggest box office drop in MCU history, with ticket sales for Paul Rudd's small-sized hero flick going down by 69% percent from its $105 million debut.
Reportedly, 'Captain Marvel 3' and 'Ant-Man 4' Are No Longer Being Considered for Development - IMDb. In 2023, three MCU movies hit theaters: 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,' 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,' and 'The Marvels.
Kang the Conqueror did not appear in the Loki series. This episode did feature a character named He Who Remains, who is a variant of Kang but still a different character. According to the show's director, Kate Herron, He Who Remains is in the comics, but the version in our show was very different.
The actor returned in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (in theaters now) not as his Loki character, He Who Remains, but finally as the villainous Kang the Conqueror... only for Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) to seemingly kill him off by the end of the movie.
The film received mixed reviews from critics. It was a box-office disappointment, grossing $476.1 million worldwide against a gross production budget of $326.6 million, and was one of the few MCU films not to break even in its theatrical run.
The overall effect was a movie that didn't have the spirit of the previous Ant-Man movies and also wasn't breaking any new ground. It truly felt like Marvel was phoning it in, making a movie just to tease its next few movies. It's one thing to be bad while trying to do something ambitious.
Critically, the movie bombed, earning just a 46% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus calling out the film for lacking emotional depth and enjoyment. While the Ant-Man threequel attracted an 83% audience score, fans bemoaned a messy plot despite the creativity it tried to showcase throughout.
The Most-Anticipated Movies of 2024. With a production budget of $200 million and a marketing spend of at least $100 million, “Ant-Man 3” is expected to fall short of the roughly $600 million needed to break even in its theatrical run.
In fact, analysis of the 13 Marvel movies that file publicly-available financial statements shows that only two have ever ended up in the red. They were perhaps the studio's greatest gambles.
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” took a sizable hit in its sophomore outing at the box office. Ticket sales for the third Marvel movie starring Paul Rudd's subatomic hero were down 69% from its $105 million debut, resulting in the biggest second-weekend drop in the franchise's history.
However, the rest of the movie is fairly woke-free, and even paints Scott as a heroic and selfless dad who would sacrifice himself for his child without a second thought.
While Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is the official debut of Kang the Conqueror, it seems his predecessor, known as He Who Remains, is more powerful in one crucial way.
Disney CEO Bob Iger says The Marvels flopped at box office because of lack of 'supervision' on set. The studio chief also admits that Disney has made "too many" sequels. Disney CEO Robert Iger has addressed The Marvels flopping at the box office, pointing a finger at pandemic-related production restrictions.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania's reviews were very mixed after initially positive early reactions. The continued divisiveness of the MCU Phase 5 movie has resulted in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania tying a record for the lowest score of any MCU movie on Rotten Tomatoes.
Summary. Kang the Conqueror has seemingly already killed many Avengers, including Thor, in the MCU, as referenced in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Kang was trapped in the Quantum Realm with zero access to the Multiverse for a long time, and was full of vengeance and rage against Ant-Man and his family. So I guess he was really desperate and not thinking clearly.
Kang isn't physically stronger than Thanos, and if the two were to square up in a one-vs-one fight then the Titan would arguably win. However, Kang's knowledge of the multiverse means that would quite literally be several steps ahead of Thanos at all times. As a result, Kang wins this battle.
The MCU can easily explain Kang the Conqueror's absence or recasting in future films using Loki's role as God of Stories in the multiverse. Loki's control over the multiverse allows him to see and eliminate any Kang variants seeking to cause chaos.
Producers of both Loki and the third Ant-Man film have repeatedly clarified that, while He Who Remains and Kang the Conqueror are variants of the same person, their experiences have made them entirely different characters.
Kang the Conqueror was exiled to the MCU Quantum Realm by his own variants in the Council of Kangs due to his attempts to eradicate them and become the sole Kang in the multiverse.
