Since the box office success of "Avengers 4" in 2019, the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" has officially gone downhill.
The former "Marvel Cinematic Universe" can be said to be the most successful series of movies in the world. The cumulative global box office of more than 20 movies is nearly 20 billion yuan. "Avengers 4", released in 2019, briefly topped the box office in global film history with a box office of nearly 2.8 billion U.S. dollars. If "Avatar" had not been re-released, it would still be the world's top box office hit until now. The box office champion in film history.
The great success of "Avengers 4" directly brought the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" to its peak. But I never thought that this film would become the final glory of the "Marvel Cinematic Universe".
After this film, the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" has not released a superhero movie that satisfies global audiences for many years. Not only that, but the performance of Marvel superhero blockbusters in recent years at the box office is completely incomparable to previous ones.
By 2023, the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" has hit its lowest point. One "Ant-Man 3" and one "Captain Marvel 2" directly made audiences around the world begin to doubt Marvel and suspect that they have reached the end of their skills. We can no longer make a photo that satisfies us.
However, Marvel does not want to give up. They have placed their hopes for the re-emergence of the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" on the highly anticipated "Deadpool and Wolverine" (hereinafter referred to as " Deadpool 3").
"Deadpool 3" is the only movie launched by the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" this year, and this film, like the original " Spider-Man: No Homecoming ", also opened the "multiverse" . In this movie, we may see many unexpected characters. The most important thing is that the most classic Wolverine actor Hugh Jackman also appeared in "Deadpool 3", and he is also one of the starring roles.
In this way, "Deadpool 3" has become one of the most watched and anticipated movies of the year. It may be able to achieve a box office hit and re-emerge the "Marvel Cinematic Universe".
However, not long ago, the media reputation of "Deadpool 3" was lifted, and the Rotten Tomatoes freshness score was only 79%.
Some media said: "Deadpool 3" is not like a movie, but a collection of jokes about assassinations, a bit shamelessly smug, and the action scenes rely heavily on slow-motion shots.
Due to poor word-of-mouth, the box office performance of "Deadpool 3" on the first day was not very good. In the two markets of Japan and South Korea, the film was released in advance on July 24 this year. In the Japanese market, the first-day box office of "Deadpool 3" was only US$1.3 million, and in the Korean market, its first-day box office was only US$1.7 million. The total box office in the two markets adds up to just 3 million US dollars, which is 21 million yuan when converted into RMB.
The media reputation is average, and the box office performance in South Korea and Japan is also average. "Deadpool 3" can be considered a failure this time.
It seems that in addition to Chinese audiences, audiences in other markets are no longer as enthusiastic about Hollywood movies as before, especially Marvel's superhero blockbusters.
