![]() ![]() The film ends with the threat defeated and the status quo mostly restored. Nor is The Multiverse of Madness a status quo-shattering event flick with (at least initially obvious) repercussions across the MCU. Have you seen Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame? You’re fine. Like most solo MCU flicks, it requires only knowledge of the actual Avengers movies, which is fair considering those mega-hits tend to be seen by anyone with even a modest interest in the MCU. ![]() My ten-year-old son had a grand time despite having only seen the first couple of WandaVision episodes. It is a Stephen Strange-centric “monster of the week” that requires little to no deep-dive MCU knowledge. ![]() Doctor Strange 2 is a courageously troll-ish repudiation of obsessive fandom and online discourse aimed at those who seemingly only care about the connective tissue and Easter Eggs along with those who are too invested in these fictional characters.Īll pre-release buzz to the contrary, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is “just” a Doctor Strange sequel. ![]() It worked, even if the B+ Cinemascore, good-but-not-great reviews (75% fresh and 6.5/10 from Rotten Tomatoes) and weekend multiplier (2.07x its $90 million Friday and only 5.2x its $36 million Thursday preview gross) leave concern about post-debut legs. Marvel and Disney sold this as more than just a Doctor Strange sequel, hinting at buzzy multiverse cameos, promising a continuation of Disney+’s WandaVision, parlaying the goodwill from Spider-Man: No Way Home and otherwise presenting Sam Raimi’s flick as the first mythology episode since Avengers: Endgame three years ago. Courtesy of Marvel Studiosĭisney is reported yesterday that Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness earned $187 million in its domestic debut, which is a whopping $102 million jump from Doctor Strange’s domestic debut ($85 million in November of 2016) and $449 million worldwide. Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff in Marvel Studios' DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS. ![]()
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