Marvel’s scrappiest group of misfits is carving out an underdog story more endearing than anything it’s put out in the movies in years. After a disappointing opening weekend, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 had mostly been written off as another Marvel underperformer, perhaps even a bomb. It was ...
Read MoreGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 may not be lighting up the box office, but it did set a record. According to a fascinating piece in Variety, the film has more prosthetics than any other movie ever made. Guardians 3 used “22,500 prosthetics, 500 wigs and 130 facial hairpieces,” unseating the previ...
Read MoreThe opening weekend results are in, and it looks like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is going to be another Marvel disappointment at the box office. The last of James Gunn’s spacefaring MCU trilogy took in $118.4 million, which the entertainment media is complimenting as being above predictions, b...
Read MoreAfter the last few years of Marvel duds, disappointments, and flat-out disasters, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 feels like a miracle. I’ll stop short of declaring it as such, but it’s an oasis in the desert made up of the remains of what the Marvel Cinematic Universe used to be. It feels like a...
Read MoreThe Guardians’ last ride may have some trouble taking off. According to Deadline, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, the final installment in the series and the next Marvel Cinematic Universe release, is tracking for a $130 million domestic opening weekend. On the surface, that may not look bad (and ...
Read MoreAnt-Man and the Wasp are being squashed like bugs. In its second weekend, Marvel’s latest superhero outing, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, dropped from its $106 million domestic opening to just under $32 million, according to The Numbers. This is a 70% drop, the worst in the MCU’s history. I...
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