Black Widow was undeniably one of the most anticipated films of 2021. After the COVID-19 pandemic delayed its release for more than a year, Kevin Feige’s Marvel Studios and The Walt Disney Company finally made the decision to launch Scarlett Johansson MCU prequel simultaneously in theaters and on the Disney + Premier Access tier for an additional $ 29.99.
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Black Widow opened on July 9, 2021, and the opening weekend went well. Audiences flocked to see the origin story behind Johansson’s Avenger Natasha Romanoff. Now, however, the Marvel movie has broken an unfortunate record, achieving the biggest box office plunge in Marvel Cinematic Universe history.
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Through Variety:
On July 9, “Black Widow” opened for $ 80 million in the United States and Canada, setting a box office record in the COVID era. Disney completed the tally for the film’s final weekend by reporting that the Scarlett Johansson-led comic book adventure raised an additional $ 60 million worldwide on Disney Plus. This has pushed its global loot to surpass $ 200 million … And while the film has skyrocketed past the opening weekends of recent releases like “A Quiet Place 2” and “F9”, its sales banknotes quickly fell. On its second release, “Black Widow” raised $ 26 million, a whopping 69% drop. Or, like NATO [National Association of Theatre Owners] in other words, a “superb collapse in movie theater revenues the second weekend”.
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It should be noted that while some Marvel fans have been disappointed with Black WidowWith the seemingly low-stakes storyline, the film set up Yelena Belova’s (Florence Pugh) future in the MCU. The new fan favorite character could play a leading role, as teased in the Black Widow scene after the credits.
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It also helped clarify what happened to certain characters in the Avengers – Natasha, of course, in particular – between the events of Captain America: Civil War (2016) and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).
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The official description of the film reads as follows:
In Marvel Studios’ action-packed spy thriller “Black Widow,” Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow takes on the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy linked to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring it down [Taskmaster and Dreykov (Ray Winstone)]Natasha must come to terms with her spy story and the broken relationships left in its wake long before she becomes an Avenger.
Scarlett Johansson is reprising her role as Natasha / Black Widow, Florence Pugh as Yelena, David Harbor as Alexei / The Red Guardian and Rachel Weisz as Melina. “Black Widow” – the first film in Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – is directed by Cate Shortland and produced by Kevin Feige.
What do you think Black Widow crash and burn at the box office?
