People hated the story. They hated the characters. They were disgusted by the CGI. Some complained that it was humorless; others said there were too many jokes.
And the story is not even that good. You can feel the lack of great characters from previous movies. They were setting the tone of story and we don't even know what happened to them after previous movie. It's hard to believe that the director is the same person who made two prior movies.
Commercially, Quantumania was just as disappointing. While the latest Ant-Man title earned $476 million at the global box office, the film became the first non-pandemic MCU movie to lose money, falling well short of the $600 million it needed to break even.
Without this stupid stupid trope, the movie would've been much better. The problem with Quantumania is that there's no heist and they forgot to include half the cast in the movie. So basically, it wasn't an Ant-Man movie. It was just a weird sci-fi thing that they threw some existing characters into.
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.
Everyone HATES Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania, Here's Why..
Why did Ant-Man 3 fail?
Not only did the third installment in the Ant-Man franchise reject the same light tone of its predecessors, but the narrative was jumbled, its CGI was some of Marvel's dodgiest in years, and it somehow managed to waste one of the studio's most charming talents, Paul Rudd.
“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.
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.
A report exploring the behind-the-scenes drama behind Victoria Alonso's untimely exit from Marvel Studios has revealed that Disney chose to remove gay imagery from Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania ahead of its theatrical debut to avoid a ban.
In addition to the violent scenes and scary visual images mentioned above, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania has some scenes that could scare or disturb children aged 8-13 years. For example: Janet is confronted by a huge spider which splits in 2 and then 4.
It's a failure on all accounts. It didn't do as as well as both Ant-Man 1 and Ant-Man 2, showing a declining trajectory. There won't be an Ant-Man 4, tons of changes occurred after this result, and it's set any MCU film going forward to have a challenging run.
Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania is running out of steam at the box office. With $470 million globally, it's not even close to matching the first two movies — which earned $519 million and $622 million, respectively.
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.
To introduce Kang, really, is all Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania exists to do. In and of itself, it's a boring story devoid of meaningful stakes. The post-Endgame era of Marvel has been crying out for some kindling, something to throw the afterburners on; this is just more ugly cement.
At this rate, “Ant-Man 3” may become one of the rare Marvel movies to either fall short of (or barely surpass) the $500 million mark at the global box office. At this point, it's earned just $470 million globally after six weeks of release.
MODOK is a very “comic booky” character, beloved by fans, but reduced to a weak punchline in the film, while Kang is intended to be the next Thanos, the big bad, integral to the structure of the Marvel Cinematic Universe going forward.
Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania has two end-credits scenes, both of which have major implications for Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The Council of Kangs, having deemed Kang too dangerous, chose to banish him into the Quantum Realm in an attempt to prevent a new war, since Kang was still seeking to conquer the Multiverse.
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.
One of the most common complaints about Quantumania lies in the VFX work. Many feel the whole package is simply lackluster, with most of it looking rubbery and cheap—anything but convincing. It doesn't help that one key character is an odd-looking floating head.
Once a household entertainment staple, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has lost its way. The MCU is a series of superhero movies and TV shows, carefully interconnected in one overarching universe. Featuring iconic characters like Captain American and Spider-Man, the MCU began in 2008 when it released Iron Man.
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.
Whilst Quantumania made a $38 million loss on its box office revenue, Marvel's team-up movies Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame made $1.2 billion of profits as we revealed.
