2.19.23

Evening! As promise…Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is the top runner with $104.0M. That’s pretty good don’t you think? Avatar: The Way of Water is clinging to number two with $6.1M with a total gross of $657.1M

Even though the latest Marvel film has been panned by critics, people came to see it anyway to get their own view on the film.

Both Critic and Audience-Proof? No One Loves ‘Ant-Man,’ but It Opens Huge Anyway

The critics, and audiences according to CinemaScore, have panned the latest Marvel installment hard. It didn’t matter for the grosses.

By Tom Brueggemann

Credit source: IMDb and Box Office Mojo

Top Box Office (US)

Weekend of February 17 – 19, 2023

Title	Weekend	Gross	Weeks
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	$104.0M	$104.0M	1
Avatar: The Way of Water	$6.1M	$657.1M	10
Magic Mike’s Last Dance	$5.4M	$18.0M	2
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	$5.3M	$166.1M	9
Knock at the Cabin	$3.9M	$30.4M	3
80 for Brady	$3.6M	$32.2M	3
Titanic	$2.3M	$12.4M	2
Marlowe	$1.9M	$2.7M	1
Missing	$1.7M	$29.7M	5
A Man Called Otto	$1.6M	$60.6M	8

See more box office results at BoxOfficeMojo.com »

Now for the global stats…

Latest International Weekends

Data as of Feb 19, 11:45 PST

Area	Weekend	Releases	#1 Release	Distributor	Weekend Gross
Weekend Ending February 19, 2023
China	Feb 17-19	1	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$19,200,000
United Kingdom	Feb 17-19	1	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$10,900,000
Mexico	Feb 17-19	1	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$8,700,000
South Korea	Feb 17-19	1	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$7,200,000
Australia	Feb 16-19	1	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$5,300,000
Indonesia	Feb 15-19	1	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$5,100,000
France	Feb 15-19	1	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$4,500,000
Germany	Feb 16-19	1	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$4,500,000
India	Feb 17-19	1	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$3,900,000
Brazil	Feb 16-19	1	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$3,900,000
Italy	Feb 16-19	1	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$3,200,000
Japan	Feb 18-19	1	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$3,100,000

Not on a domestic scale, but a global one too.

Can Ant-Man hold on to the spot for next week? We’ll have to see. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday evening and your Monday, be safe, healthy, happy, and blessed.

I will be back Tuesday for a Fashion catch-up.

Featured image: Marvel/Disney