Good news for Marvel Studios as Ant-Man and the Wasp opens big at the Thursday night box office with $11.5 million, which is nearly double that of its previous $6.4 million Thursday haul.
The number is also bigger than the $9.4 million Doctor Strange brought in for its own Thursday night preview night, and that film went on to bring in $85 million.
Likewise, Guardians of the Galaxy had an $11.2 Thursday opening and finished with around $94 million for its weekend.
If the high numbers continue throughout the weekend for Ant-Man and the Wasp, it could easily beat industry estimates of $75 million. Maybe even $100 million could be possible?
The first Ant-Man brought in $57.2 million back in 2015.
Ant-Man and the Wasp is also doing well at Rotten Tomatoes as it has an 86% Fresh rating, with 79% of the audience stating they liked the movie (the first movie finished with an 82% rating, with 86% of the audience liking it).
Ant-Man and the Wasp opens July 6, 2018 directed by Peyton Reed starring Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man, Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne/Wasp, Michael Douglas as Hank Pym, Michelle Pfeiffer as Janet Van Dyne, Michael Peña as Luis, Laurence Fishburne as Doctor Bill Foster, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, Randall Park as Sgent Jimmy Woo, Judy Greer as Maggie Lange and Walter Goggins as Sonny Burch.
From the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes a new chapter featuring heroes with the astonishing ability to shrink: Ant-Man and The Wasp. In the aftermath of Captain America: Civil War, Scott Lang (Rudd) grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a Super Hero and a father. As he struggles to rebalance his home life with his responsibilities as Ant-Man, he’s confronted by Hope van Dyne (Lilly) and Dr. Hank Pym (Douglas) with an urgent new mission. Scott must once again put on the suit and learn to fight alongside The Wasp as the team works together to uncover secrets from their past.
