While many Marvel films have enjoyed openings in the hundreds of millions, The Marvels pulled in only $21.5 million dollars in ticket sales its first night in theaters.
After the last few MCU blockbusters and the fact that I did not especially like Captain Marvel, I can’t say I had the highest expectations for The Marvels, a film that showed up as the third-worst reviewed offering in MCU history, and one that is very clearly destined to fail at the box office.
After a disastrous opening reception, many are asking this question: What went wrong with The Marvels? Here are 5 reasons why the latest MCU movie flopped.