Disney+ has confirmed the release date for The Marvels (2023), meaning that the box office flop can redeem itself and receive the recognition it firmly deserves.
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Directed by Nia DaCosta and written by DaCosta, Megan McDonnell, and Elissa Karasik, The Marvels is a landmark film in cinema, marking the highest-grossing and the best opening weekend for a film by a Black female director.
Add on great action sequences, fun visuals, and excellent performances from Brie Larson (Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers), Teyonah Parris (Monica Rambeau), Iman Vellani (Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan), Zawe Ashton (Dar-Benn), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), and Park Seo-Joon (Prince Yan D’Aladna) and you have the makings of one of the most purely enjoyable films from Marvel Studios.
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Months after it has left theaters, Marvel Studios has announced in a new trailer that The Marvels will be coming to Disney+ on February 7, 2023. This means it can finally establish itself as a success after becoming the worst-grossing Marvel movie in the modern era.
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While The Marvels was well-received by critics and audiences who saw the film, it drastically underperformed at the box office. The MCU film earned about $206 million at the box office, much lower than the over $1 billion made by its predecessor, Captain Marvel (2019), or the $476 million earned by the worst-reviewed MCU film of all time, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023).
This box office failure is due to a majority of factors, including the SAG-AFTRA Strike, general superhero fatigue, and overall lousy marketing from Disney. However, experts believe its release on Disney+ could serve as a redemption for the film, mainly because this pattern has been seen before.
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Multiple times, movies that flopped or underperformed in theaters for various reasons found success when they finally made their way to streaming. On Disney+, the best examples are Encanto (2021) and Elemental (2023), which are now considered classics by Disney and Pixar, respectively.
Given that success, it is very likely that Disney+ viewers will gravitate toward The Marvels and enjoy it for what it is: a fun superhero romp featuring some of the most underappreciated characters in the Marvel Universe.
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