5 reasons why ‘Captain Marvel’ will beat ‘Wonder Woman’ at the box office
Expectations are high for the superhero film with Brie Larson in the leading role, which is playing at cinemas now ... so will it pack a punch?
When actress Gal Godot’s film Wonder Woman exploded onto screens in the summer of 2017, its success redefined the superhero film genre.
It raked in more than US$100 million at the United States box office during its opening weekend – a figure higher than the eponymous film offerings of mighty male superheroes such as Thor (US$65.7 million), Iron Man (US$98.6 million) and Doctor Strange (US$85 million).
It also proved that a female-led superhero flick could succeed in the same world that smeared 2016’s Ghostbusters – a reboot with women in the leads – whose trailer became the most disliked in YouTube history.
Expectations are suitably high then for Brie Larson’s turn as Captain Marvel, a.k.a. US Air Force pilot Carol Danvers, who discovers she has superpowers to rival anyone in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Can Captain Marvel live up to the hype surrounding Marvel’s first female-fronted superhero film? She can.
In fact, we think she can do even better than Wonder Woman, so check out why.
Presale tickets have been doing huge numbers
Even before the film’s worldwide opening this week – since Wednesday in some parts of the world, including Indonesia, and in Hong Kong from today – Captain Marvel is on track to be a mammoth success.
Advance ticket sales have it pegged as Marvel’s third biggest preseller, behind only Oscar-winning Black Panther and Avengers: Endgame – and ahead of Wonder Woman.