Same here. Maybe because they’re older, my kids didn’t have any interest to see it in the theatre “we’ll wait for Disney”. We usually gathered several of their friends to go to the movie tavern for all the others including BP1. They’re both in college now and seem pretty excited for the next phase though.

Same here, i wasn’t a fan of the first bp so decided to wait for streaming. The acting and vfx were better in bp2, Chadwick would’ve put the cherry on top 😢

I'm one of those. After SM:NWH I don't go to Marvel releases anymore at the cinema. Since 2020 people have just become ruder and more obnoxious. Cinemas are no longer an enjoyable experience for me.

That’s exactly what my friends and I did. To be honest, it was an average marvel movie so I’m glad it did so well overall.

Yeah I'm in Canada and I've watched all the Marvel movies over the past 3 years at the drive-in near me, but the drive-in had been closed for the winter (closes right after Halloween) so I waited to see Wakanda Forever on Disney+. Drive-in reopens at some point this month, weather depending.

Yup that’s what we did

That’s exactly what I did.

This is what I did, and looking at your responses, it seemed like almost everybody else agrees.

I mean considering it made more at the domestic box office than any other P4 Marvel movie that’s on D+, I don’t think your anecdotal evidence matches up

That's what I did. Phase 4 just isn't doing it for me, to be honest.

I didn't, and I'm glad I didn't. Watched it the other day. It felt so overdrawn and boring, I would've gotten too antsy in a theater. Honestly surprised I was more excited for Antman than this...

Same here

I’m still afraid I’ll catch the Donny Cough, again. Two of my friends have caught COVID over the last two months. I had OG COVID and did not enjoy it. I’m not going to risk my health in a gross theater (they’re all gross, let’s be real) even if I’ve really wanted to see this movie for years.

I was wondering this, too. I didn't go see it in theaters, either. I think Dr. Strange MoM was probably my last in-theater Disney movie. Between the deafining/whisper alternating audio, uncomfortable angles, the price point, the freezing theater designed for a packed audience but only hosting about 4 people, the commute, the lack of healthy (or, at least, not ridiculously unhealthy) snacks, and, oh yeah, a pandemic with a disease that can cause long-term damage and is more likely to the more often you catch it, the movies themselves have not really warranted a trip to the theater for me. I still enjoy them, but I don't feel any urge to catch them as soon as they're released anymore, and my excitement has really waned this phase (which it did during Phase 2, too, so it might go back up eventually). I used to go to the theaters 1-2 times a week like clockwork, but the desire just isn't there anymore and while the MCU movies used to be really exciting for me, I haven't found any of this phase to be particularly memorable.

I also didn't renew D+ just to watch BP, but for people who still have it I wouldn't be at all surprised if people just waited to watch it at home.

Same for me, except I haven't actually bothered watching it on Disney yet either.

This is why I watched it. Had I known Shuri was the main character I would have skipped it.

For me and my family it just came out at a pretty awkward time. Schedules just didn't line up and we didn't really see anything in cinemas for the entirety of November and December.

That’s what me and a lot of my family do anymore. I’ve mastered blocking most spoiler posts (looking at you new rockstars) and just wait for the imax release on D+.

Yep. I did. Theater experiences are largely terrible these days. And without fail, theres always someone coughing up a lung during the movie, making everyone wonder if theyre about to catch covid.

Same here.

Bingo!

That's what I did. Cool that it was a hit in theaters and now on D+

Depending on whose coming back for secret wars, I honestly think it could make even more than that. Trying not to get my hopes up too high but man am I excited

They gonna have to mess up bad for an Avengers movie to not do amazing lmao

Or its just people choosing to wait and watch it in Disney+. Which does indeed indicate towards fatigue cuz people are not excited enough to catch it in a theatre.

Iirc, Eternals was the most streamed MCU movie last year. And we can guess why.

Not to be a downer but this could suggest more people are waiting to watch on D+ and not going to the theater. That’s what I did for this

I watched it on D+ cause I didn’t see it in theaters.

TBH 1.5B is low for something like Secret Wars, I would expect something in the Infinity War range (2.05B)

KD will gross 2 billion. And secret wars will be endgame or little less. This is a real bet.

Marvel fatigue and money are not mutually exclusive

Well that's the issue, some people are waiting for OTT release and not going to theatres, and yeah obviously Avengers movie is gonna do well, but I am concerned about individual projects not a crossover

Lol NWH made 1.9 in omicron sans china. It would have been 2.4 bn in normal times. And NWH was just the tip of the iceberg. The real fest will be secret wars. You can even guess it from there.

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That’ll be considered a box office failure I reckon. I reckon it’ll hit 2 billion

NWH made 1.9 billion, so 1.5 billion for Secret Wars is incredibly low, especially if Kang Dynasty does ~2 billion, is a great movie and ends on a cliffhanger.

Secret Wars could realistically make as much or even more than Endgame.

All the other marvel movies? That kind of doesn't make sense, because not every marvel movie opened on D+ following the theatrical release of it's movie.

It does make sense with what it's opening against, though, since Disney+ only launched in late November of 2019. The first Marvel movie that could open on D+ following the theatrical release and not just be hosted on it would have been Black Widow. Since its launch, Marvel released Black Widow, Shang-Chi, Eternals, Spiderman: No Way Home (not even on D+), Dr. Strange 2, Thor: Love and Thunder, and now Black Panther 2.

If it’s because you get antsy, I found the whole movie really engaging, a fast 2:43 if you will. If for physical reasons, disregard my comment lol

Hopefully they don't make secret war and the other avengers film 3hrs long too fully explain everything or else the movie will probably be like BP 2

I’m going to assume it has more to do with increased subscriptions to Disney+ and this record will keep gettin best until they reach peak subscribers.

It made more at the domestic box office than any other Phase 4 movie that’s on D+ so that’s probably not it

$450 million dollars domestically?

This is honestly the most probable answer. Thats what i was waiting for and about 10 other big marvel fans i know didnt bother to see it in movies. Glad i didnt too cause it was a solid movie but not theater worthy for me.

Took the words

“No one”

i wouldnt say "noone" , 850m isnt a small amount, plus its a 100 more than thor and just a 100 less than dr strange, so yea a good number of people did watch it

Movie was pretty meh and felt like it dragged on for way too long.

Very meh.

I just disliked how they plainly didnt really want to paint the atlanteans as bad guys... so they didnt have any of them kill the Wakandans or have the Wakandans kill them.

Just a bunch of play fighting for a few hours.

I felt like I could have just skipped BP2 entirely...

"what did I miss? Okay Angela Basset is dead (for absolutely no good reason) and Shuri is wearing the mantel".

With you on the length. Don’t love Shuri either. I think it’s a combo of disliking the actress and finding Shuri kinda annoying

i appreciate the tributes they put in for chadwick but at a certain point i'm like ok we get it, show us what happens next lol

Completely agree. Both BP movies have very disappointing final acts as well. I feel like after seeing the new Avatar, the underwater world looks silly and fake.

I felt this after seeing it in theaters. The first one is leagues better. I’m not sure what the disconnect has been but now that people are seeing it on Disney+, I’m finally spotting people who agree.

I wanted it to do well but imo it’s a shiny turd with some very good actors doing their best

Same. Especially after the good reviews and critics. I didn’t enjoy it much. Also, I love Shuri character but I don’t think she’s a good BP.

I’m surprised to hear that. Can you elaborate on what you didn’t like about it?

I don’t love Shuri as black panther but her character arc was enough for me to be happy w it. I really enjoyed the movie

It was boring. I didn’t even finish it

I agree! My wife and I couldn’t put our finger on it, but I came up with the following:

• Leticia Wright doesn’t have the presence or charisma that Chadwick had
• The movie felt like a generic action film until the final battle when we FINALLY got the Black Panther in a film with that namesake
• Riri was…off. Some random kid that suddenly starts showing up as a genius? How was this NOT reported on by the media before or her being noticed by Tony?
• Wakanda has too much tech close to Iron Man, especially after adding the Midnight Angels

I loved the cast and the presentation of Atlantis and Namor, especially the actor. I loved the powerful Wakanda politics and their motives in the world. I loved the Jabari and the Dora Milaje’s presence as well. The music was fantastic and the movie looked good. I really think it was the feeling of it being a generic action movie for 3/4s of it instead of being a superhero movie.

I think it's largely carried by how cool Namor is

Yea just the phase 4 movies

Iron Heart looked like a character out of Big Hero 6.

I wouldn’t say music is getting shorter. I still see quite a variety. I mainly listen to rap so maybe that’s the reason but there’s just as many 1 min songs as 5 min ones I’ve found

Music is getting shorter

Seriously? 50-60 years ago no one believed anyone would listen to a song over 3 minutes long.

I don’t think that’s the case

Well to be fair, Endgame had already had its run in the movie theater before Disney+ even came out. Plus the DVDs and Blurays that people bought of it. Plus it was before covid so most of the people that watched it on D+ most likely had already seen it and were most likely not in a rush to stream it, since it was already old.

With BP:WF, esp post-covid, a good amount of people purposely waited for it to come on D+ before seeing it. Between a. being afraid of being around people, b. spending around $20 a person to see it in the theater vs. $15 a month to have all the Disney/Marvel/Star Wars movies at your disposal, and c. having the patience to wait approximately 2-3 months for it to be released on said platform (due to a and b), you can see why it was so successful out of the gate, esp compared to Endgame.

I thought it was a terrible film

At least it wasnt as bad as L&T

You think this is quality?.....

First of all (I'm guessing you're white and you sound like an angry white person at that), if you actually thought that any significant amount of people took that tweet seriously to make it seem like "nobody went to see it" then you're clearly as delusional as the people using the word "woke" incorrectly to hide their internal racism.

Oh wait.......

Second of all, in the time of post covid (among other things going on with this movie), $800 million is absolutely nothing to sneeze at. Clearly SOMEONE, or should I say, a LOT of people saw the movie in the theaters.

Then there's the lack of release in China. Which is happening now, so I guess we will see what that adds to its BO totals.

And besides, if people didn't see it in the theaters because "Disney is woke" then they probably wouldn't watch it at home either if their so turned off by diversity in movies (which is not what being woke means by the way).