Tag: Avengers: Age of Ultron
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The Russo Brothers Explain Why Scarlet Witch Lost Her Accent for ‘Infinity War’
There were a lot of questions we had after watching Avengers: Infinity War. Most were big-picture quandaries about Thanos’ Snap, the Soul Stone, what happened to those who were dusted, what happened to those who died by other means, etc. But the first question I personally had was small and yet significant: what happened to…
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‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Should Drop More Than 50% This Weekend — and That’s Great News
In its first week, “Avengers: Infinity War” grossed $338.4 million in North America. By comparison, “Black Panther” was at $292 million after its first week; “The Avengers” in May 2012 reached $304 million adjusted. “Avengers: Age of Ultron” made $251 million adjusted.High-end grossing films (particularly sequels) tend to have steeper drops, so here’s a rundown…
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Avengers: Infinity War goes cosmic with huge £29m opening at UK box office
Spectacular mashup of characters from across the Marvel universe boosts market by a sizeable 451% in best ever debut weekend for a superhero movieThe last weekend in April has served Disney and Marvel splendidly in the past three years with Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016) and Guardians of the Galaxy…
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‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Opens with Record Shattering $250M Domestically & $630M Worldwide
Audiences assembled worldwide as Disney and Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War broke both the domestic opening weekend box office record and worldwide opening record with a massive $250 million domestically and $630 million worldwide. In its wake, the majority of films on the weekend box office chart fell dramatically, though fellow Marvel Cinematic Universe release Black…
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‘Avengers: Infinity War’: What Did You Think?
Spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War follow in the post below. At long last, Avengers: Infinity War is finally here. Back in October 2014, seven months before the highly anticipated Avengers: Age of Ultron hit theaters, Marvel Studios announced that Infinity War would be the third Avengers sequel arriving in 2018, followed by Avengers 4 in…
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‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Invades Thursday With Marvel Record $39M In Previews
Updated, Friday Am with studio number: And so summer begins early in late April. Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War scored $39 million Thursday night, making it easily the best Marvel preview number ever stepping over Avengers: Age of Ultron ($27.6M), and the fourth-best ever behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ first night ($57M), Star Wars: The…
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The Unpopular Opinion: ‘Age of Ultron’ is the Best and Most Interesting ‘Avengers’ Film
(Welcome to The Unpopular Opinion, a series where a writer goes to the defense of a much-maligned film or sets their sights on a movie seemingly beloved by all. In this edition: why Avengers: Age of Ultron is actually superior to the other Avengers films.) What do we want from the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Do…
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‘Black Panther’ Passes ‘Jurassic World’ to Become #4 Movie of All Time at Domestic Box Office
Avengers: Infinity War may be hitting theaters in a matter of weeks, but the Black Panther train is still rolling. February’s Marvel Studios release surpassed expectations in its first weekend to record-breaking box office, and “surpassing expectations” was the name of the game as the film continued to have a strong hold week after week.…
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‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Has Hawkeye “on His Own Journey”
Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), by his own admission, seemed out of his depth in Avengers: Age of Ultron. “The city is flying … we’re fighting an army of robots … and I have a bow and arrow,” he says. “None of this makes sense.” After getting locked up for fighting alongside Captain America in Captain America:…
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AMC is Hosting a 31-Hour McU Marathon Ahead of the Release of ‘Avengers: Infinity War’
AMC’s McU marathon is back. And it’s 31 hours long. The movie theater chain first introduced the insane endeavor in 2015 ahead of the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron. That Marvel marathon cost the lives of no one and the sanity of many, but it seems like a cake walk compared to the 31-hour…