Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is eyeing the worst second-weekend drop for a Marvel Cinematic Universe film, although as current estimates stand, the drop won’t tip over the worrisome 70% mark. The third installment in the Ant-Man series and the 31st film overall in the MCU, Ant-Man 3 is expected to generate $32 million in its second weekend, marking a 69.7% decline from its opening weekend. The film grossed $105 million in its traditional three-day debut, and $120 million across the four-day extended President’s Day weekend.
Ant-Man 3 retained the top spot on the weekend chart despite a surprise over-performance by the week’s big new release, the action-comedy Cocaine Bear. Directed by Elizabeth Banks and starring Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Alden Ehrenreich, the film is riding a wave of positive buzz on its way to a strong $23 million opening weekend. Cocaine Bear was originally supposed to gross between $15 million and $17 million in its first three days.
This marks a comeback for Banks after her failed franchise-starter Charlie’s Angels, and yet another feather in the cap for Universal, which has had a string of similar original hits. Cocaine Bear also bears the winning stamp of producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who’ve previously lent their credibility to the fabulous Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and The Mitchells vs. the Machines — beyond their work as directors, of course. The film added another $5.3 million from 50 overseas markets, for a global debut of $28 million.
