Captain Marvel' Passes 'Aquaman,' 'Wonder Woman' in Ticket Presales

[RandySF]

Advance ticket sales for Captain Marvel are the third biggest for any title in the Marvel Cinematic Universe behind Avengers: Infinity War and Black Panther, according to Fandango.

To boot, Marvel and Disney's first female-fronted superhero pic is pacing ahead of DC's Aquaman and Wonder Woman in terms of presales at the same point in the cycle, according to the online ticketing company.

The tentpole, which is set to hit theaters March 8, is tracking to open to a huge $100 million to $120 million. Forecasts could easily be revised upwards as Disney makes its final marketing push.



https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/captain-marvel-passes-up-aquaman-wonder-woman-presales-1188788

[OneBro]

1. I googled "tent-pole" so you don't have to. ;-)

In the movie business, tent-poles are sometimes widely released initial offerings in a string of releases and are expected by studios to turn a profit in a short period of time. Such programming is often accompanied by larger budgets and heavy promotion. A tentpole movie, for example, is a film that is expected to support a wide range of ancillary tie-in products such as toys and games. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent-pole_(entertainment)

[NewJeffCT]

2. I had thought

it was a movie that "holds up" the tent of what is expected to be a wide offering of related movies to be released afterwards?

Iron Man and Captain America: The First Avenger were the tentpoles that held up the big tent of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) - which then gave us Thor and The Avengers, the pinnacle of the first phase of the MCU.

Captain Marvel and Spider Man are the tentpoles of the next phase of the MCU, I think.

Not sure where Dr Strange and Guardians of the Galaxy fit in?

[gratuitous]

3. So much for the incels bad-mouthing the movie at Rotten Tomatoes

They're a lot less powerful than the hype makes them seem.

I'm not much of one for going to the movies anymore, but having caught up with the MCU multi-movie storyline with Black Panther and Infinity War, I'm going to see Captain Marvel in the theater, and I'll probably see Endgame that way, too. Then, when they come to Netflix, I'll watch them each a few more times.