Ant-Man Heads Towards $300 Million Worldwide
By Steve Lam
This weekend’s box-office was definitely owned by the newly released Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, but Ant-Man, which has been out for a little over two weeks, isn’t doing too shabby either. Data gathered by Box Office Mojo shows that the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe installment has, so far, earned a domestic box-office total of $132,148,000 and a foreign box-office total of $159,500,000 for a combined worldwide total of $291,648,000.
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The Peyton Reed-directed film which stars Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas had a rough start during initial production. Original director/writer Edgar Wright left the project due to creative differences with producer Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios. After that, fans were worried that this could be the first Marvel Studios flop which would signal a downward trend for the movie universe that could do no wrong. With the current data, it seems that ticket sales prove that the studio still has its golden touch and can still make even the most obscure characters compelling.
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Ant-Man may see a spike again at the box-office in the middle of August through late September when it premieres in Mongolia, Italy, South Korea, Austria, Greece, China, and Japan. China is one of the biggest movie-going nations outside of the United States. In the most populous country in the world, American action films have shown to be very lucrative and successful.
Released in the United States on July 17, 2015, Ant-Man closes out Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The film is directed by Peyton Reed, written by Gabriel Ferrari, Andrew Barrer, and Adam McKay, and stars Paul Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man, Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne, Corey Stoll as Darren Cross / Yellowjacket, Bobby Cannavale as Paxton, Michael Peña as Luis, Judy Greer as Maggie, Tip “T.I.” Harris as Dave, David Dastmalchian as Kurt, Wood Harris as Gale, Jordi Mollà as Castillo, and Michael Douglas as Dr. Hank Pym / Ant-Man.
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