LOS ANGELES – New superhero film “The Marvels” is making history, and not in a good way: its estimated $47 million North American take over the weekend marks the lowest debut ever for a movie from Disney’s normally money-cranking Marvel Cinematic Universe.
“This opening is an unprecedented Marvel box office collapse,” said analyst David A. Gross. Second superhero episodes normally outperform the originals, he said, but this one is down 67 percent from its predecessor, “Captain Marvel,” and has a long way to go to recoup its $220 million production cost.
It’s unclear, analysts said, whether this is a clear signal of moviegoers’ superhero fatigue after so many successful blockbusters.
But Gross said several factors are hurting such films in the theaters, including the growth of streaming services and the recently ended actors’ strike (“Marvels” stars led by Brie Larson…
