Really strong Tuesday at the domestic box office - $7.5 m after a $5m Monday. If it holds that level of interest on Wed/Thur it will hit $100m before the second weekend.

I saw it on Tuesday at 1045am. Theater was half full. Usually there are maybe 2-3 of us there.

I'm glad everyone liked this movie - and I did as well - but I think the main feeling I have upon leaving the theater is that I wanted a little more. I'm not sure what, but more. More time with these characters? More meat to the story? Something.

It feels like they took too long to get to the vault, and after that they go to the Watchtower and then the street out front. And that's it. There are really only 6 characters (plus Val), but I'd say Ghost, Bucky and Alexei were all underserved.

It's just strange. It's sort of like a phase 1 origin film in that you get 2, 2 1/2 action sequences and leave the theater wanting more adventures with these characters. And we will, soon, which is great. But I also wonder where the time went. Maybe too much time wasted with "Mel" and a weird Bucky congressman subplot, or too much Red Guardian humor, and not enough legitimate bonding and development for anyone outside of Yelena and Bob?

I'm probably forgetting a lot of good stuff but that's kinda how I feel after. And this director is rumored to be getting X-Men. I hope it's not a "Wolverine and friends" repeat like X1-3.

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I'm glad everyone liked this movie - and I did as well - but I think the main feeling I have upon leaving the theater is that I wanted a little more. I'm not sure what, but more. More time with these characters? More meat to the story? Something.

It feels like they took too long to get to the vault, and after that they go to the Watchtower and then the street out front. And that's it. There are really only 6 characters (plus Val), but I'd say Ghost, Bucky and Alexei were all underserved.

It's just strange. It's sort of like a phase 1 origin film in that you get 2, 2 1/2 action sequences and leave the theater wanting more adventures with these characters. And we will, soon, which is great. But I also wonder where the time went. Maybe too much time wasted with "Mel" and a weird Bucky congressman subplot, or too much Red Guardian humor, and not enough legitimate bonding and development for anyone outside of Yelena and Bob?

I'm probably forgetting a lot of good stuff but that's kinda how I feel after. And this director is rumored to be getting X-Men. I hope it's not a "Wolverine and friends" repeat like X1-3.

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I thought Bucky was going to be the lead of the movie up until about a month ago. Now it just feels like they saw him in the building while they were filming and decided to put a costume on him. He's too cool of a character to just have the random 5-10 appearances in movies. I would have taken a 10-minute "waiting or whatever" scene of him, Hopper and John Walker comparing powers and side effects.

A successful X-Men needs to be the polar opposite of the last one, and sideline Wolverine to being some sort of berzerker that only shows up once in a while; They need to figure out whose story it is and find really great actor/actresses to play it. Patrick Stewart was a great actor but he got sidelined/killed in all 3 of the first gen X-Men movies. Cyclops is lame AF in every iteration except the cartoon. My gut instinct would be to pick one male and one female that we haven't had stuffed down our throats and have it tell their stories of joining the X-Men and becoming leaders. No idea who that would be. Storm would be my gut reaction for the female - Halle Berry was hot, but nothing like the comic book Storm. For the guys? Dunno, my favorites as a kid were always Iceman and Colossus, but not sure either of them is a big enough character in the lore to be the lead.

The Original Houston 1836 said:

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rhutton125 said:

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I'm glad everyone liked this movie - and I did as well - but I think the main feeling I have upon leaving the theater is that I wanted a little more. I'm not sure what, but more. More time with these characters? More meat to the story? Something.

It feels like they took too long to get to the vault, and after that they go to the Watchtower and then the street out front. And that's it. There are really only 6 characters (plus Val), but I'd say Ghost, Bucky and Alexei were all underserved.

It's just strange. It's sort of like a phase 1 origin film in that you get 2, 2 1/2 action sequences and leave the theater wanting more adventures with these characters. And we will, soon, which is great. But I also wonder where the time went. Maybe too much time wasted with "Mel" and a weird Bucky congressman subplot, or too much Red Guardian humor, and not enough legitimate bonding and development for anyone outside of Yelena and Bob?

I'm probably forgetting a lot of good stuff but that's kinda how I feel after. And this director is rumored to be getting X-Men. I hope it's not a "Wolverine and friends" repeat like X1-3.

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I thought Bucky was going to be the lead of the movie up until about a month ago. Now it just feels like they saw him in the building while they were filming and decided to put a costume on him. He's too cool of a character to just have the random 5-10 appearances in movies. I would have taken a 10-minute "waiting or whatever" scene of him, Hopper and John Walker comparing powers and side effects.

A successful X-Men needs to be the polar opposite of the last one, and sideline Wolverine to being some sort of berzerker that only shows up once in a while; They need to figure out whose story it is and find really great actor/actresses to play it. Patrick Stewart was a great actor but he got sidelined/killed in all 3 of the first gen X-Men movies. Cyclops is lame AF in every iteration except the cartoon. My gut instinct would be to pick one male and one female that we haven't had stuffed down our throats and have it tell their stories of joining the X-Men and becoming leaders. No idea who that would be. Storm would be my gut reaction for the female - Halle Berry was hot, but nothing like the comic book Storm. For the guys? Dunno, my favorites as a kid were always Iceman and Colossus, but not sure either of them is a big enough character in the lore to be the lead.

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We've never gotten a depiction of Rogue, shockingly. I have to think she finally gets her due.

(I'm not counting Anna Paquin).

I love how the limo driver drove cross country overnight. I know that we are supposed to suspend disbelief in these movies, but really?

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I love how the limo driver drove cross country overnight. I know that we are supposed to suspend disbelief in these movies, but really?

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he is a super soldier, though

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The Original Houston 1836 said:

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rhutton125 said:

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I'm glad everyone liked this movie - and I did as well - but I think the main feeling I have upon leaving the theater is that I wanted a little more. I'm not sure what, but more. More time with these characters? More meat to the story? Something.

It feels like they took too long to get to the vault, and after that they go to the Watchtower and then the street out front. And that's it. There are really only 6 characters (plus Val), but I'd say Ghost, Bucky and Alexei were all underserved.

It's just strange. It's sort of like a phase 1 origin film in that you get 2, 2 1/2 action sequences and leave the theater wanting more adventures with these characters. And we will, soon, which is great. But I also wonder where the time went. Maybe too much time wasted with "Mel" and a weird Bucky congressman subplot, or too much Red Guardian humor, and not enough legitimate bonding and development for anyone outside of Yelena and Bob?

I'm probably forgetting a lot of good stuff but that's kinda how I feel after. And this director is rumored to be getting X-Men. I hope it's not a "Wolverine and friends" repeat like X1-3.

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I thought Bucky was going to be the lead of the movie up until about a month ago. Now it just feels like they saw him in the building while they were filming and decided to put a costume on him. He's too cool of a character to just have the random 5-10 appearances in movies. I would have taken a 10-minute "waiting or whatever" scene of him, Hopper and John Walker comparing powers and side effects.

A successful X-Men needs to be the polar opposite of the last one, and sideline Wolverine to being some sort of berzerker that only shows up once in a while; They need to figure out whose story it is and find really great actor/actresses to play it. Patrick Stewart was a great actor but he got sidelined/killed in all 3 of the first gen X-Men movies. Cyclops is lame AF in every iteration except the cartoon. My gut instinct would be to pick one male and one female that we haven't had stuffed down our throats and have it tell their stories of joining the X-Men and becoming leaders. No idea who that would be. Storm would be my gut reaction for the female - Halle Berry was hot, but nothing like the comic book Storm. For the guys? Dunno, my favorites as a kid were always Iceman and Colossus, but not sure either of them is a big enough character in the lore to be the lead.

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We've never gotten a depiction of Rogue, shockingly. I have to think she finally gets her due.

(I'm not counting Anna Paquin).

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Concur.

Movie dropped 72% Friday to Friday, we'll see what the whole weekend is, but made $9 million on Friday to get past $100m to $104m. That is however $1.7m more than Brave New World made on its second weekend. It had a very front-loaded box office because of President's Day Weekend and was at $120m after 8 days and $141m after the second weekend, but nosedived from there. Also slightly better than Ant-Man 3's second Friday ($8.3m) in February of 2023.

matinees are $11

Thunderbolts made $33m for the weekend, a 55% dropoff, but way less than the dropoffs of recent MCU stuff. Won the weekend over SInners ($21m). Up to $128m domestic. Brave New World dropped off 68% and made $28m its second weekend.

Dang, I paid $8 for a matinee and generally try to do $5 Tuesdays. Where do you live?

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Dang, I paid $8 for a matinee and generally try to do $5 Tuesdays. Where do you live?

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Beverly HIlls

May be cheaper in east LA?

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This movie wasn't good. It was pointless.

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Not sure I'd say it wasn't good. But it got a little over "meh" from my entire family. And we all went in really excited. The jokes were flat and forced imo. Interesting idea, just not what I was expecting.

That said, we all loved the F4 trailer. That movie looks cool.

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Queso1 said:

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This movie wasn't good. It was pointless.

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Not sure I'd say it wasn't good. But it got a little over "meh" from my entire family. And we all went in really excited. The jokes were flat and forced imo. Interesting idea, just not what I was expecting.

That said, we all loved the F4 trailer. That movie looks cool.

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I went in expecting it to be ok and really enjoyed it. Hope this helps you.

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Queso1 said:

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This movie wasn't good. It was pointless.

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Not sure I'd say it wasn't good. But it got a little over "meh" from my entire family. And we all went in really excited. The jokes were flat and forced imo. Interesting idea, just not what I was expecting.

That said, we all loved the F4 trailer. That movie looks cool.

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We really liked this movie and thought the F4 trailer was lame.

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Canyon Lake Agbu94 said:

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I love how the limo driver drove cross country overnight. I know that we are supposed to suspend disbelief in these movies, but really?

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We can believe Steve Rogers can pull down a helicopter, jump a motorcycle over a fighter jet, and randomly fall several hundred feet at a time without even a bruise, but a super solider driving a limo 150 miles an hour for 8 hours straight (1,200 miles) is where moviegoers draw the line

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No. I draw the line at lazy writing. You think that Robert Downey Jr or Chris Evans would have accepted lazy writing for a plot point that was sacrificed for a few cheap laughs? Maybe so, but to me it signifies that if Marvel will try to pass off lazy writing for the new direction of the studio, then there isn't much hope for the future of the company.

If you really think that scene was set 1200 miles from Balitmore, Md (which would put it in Lincoln, Nebraska), then I have a ski chalet in Kansas available for purchase.

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Canyon Lake Agbu94 said:

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The Original Houston 1836 said:

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PatAg said:

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Canyon Lake Agbu94 said:

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I love how the limo driver drove cross country overnight. I know that we are supposed to suspend disbelief in these movies, but really?

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he is a super soldier, though

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We can believe Steve Rogers can pull down a helicopter, jump a motorcycle over a fighter jet, and randomly fall several hundred feet at a time without even a bruise, but a super solider driving a limo 150 miles an hour for 8 hours straight (1,200 miles) is where moviegoers draw the line

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No. I draw the line at lazy writing. You think that Robert Downey Jr or Chris Evans would have accepted lazy writing for a plot point that was sacrificed for a few cheap laughs? Maybe so, but to me it signifies that if Marvel will try to pass off lazy writing for the new direction of the studio, then there isn't much hope for the future of the company.

If you really think that scene was set 1200 miles from Balitmore, Md (which would put it in Lincoln, Nebraska), then I have a ski chalet in Kansas available for purchase.

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You're taking comic book movies way too seriously.

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You know, you are right. I have invested way too much time into discussing the egregious continuity errors present in a mid to lower level marvel super hero movie. The $5.41 that I paid to go watch this was on par with what I would have spent to see The Naked Gun 2 1/2.

Strangely, we didn't get the FF trailer when we saw this movie.