“Oh, Captain — my Captain!” Ms. Marvel’s (Iman Vellani) obsession with Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) is arguably the most charming aspect of the much-maligned superhero film,The Marvels. And only three months after the film started its theatrical release, the latest big-screen installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is headed to Disney+ on Wednesday, February 7. Check out the teaser for the streaming announcement below:
WhenThe Marvelsopened in cinemas on June 17, 2025, fans of the MCU couldn’t fathom the train wreck the sequel to 2019’s billion-dollar success,Captain Marvel, would become. But the early signs thatThe Marvelswas destined to fail financially were manifest during its opening-weekend numbers. The film set the record for the lowest-grossing opening (domestically) in the MCU with a paltry three-day total of $46.1 million.
The Marvelsalso became the first film in the MCU franchise not to make $100 million domestically during its theatrical run. TheCaptain Marvelsequel only managed to make $84.5 million before it limped out of theaters only eight weekends after its initial release.
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A number of Sony’sSpider-Man-related Marvel movies are scheduled for 2024. And, hopefully, they can get the bad taste left byThe Marvelsout of the mouths ofMCUdiehards.Madame Web(February 14),Kraven the Hunter(August 30) andVenom 3(November 8) are all poised to improve uponThe Marvels’poor box office numbers, but it will likely beDeadpool 3(July 26) that wins the MCU fans back who fell off the bandwagon duringThe Marvelsdebacle.
When all the smoke cleared,The Marvelsalso became the lowest-grossing film of the entire MCU (globally) with a worldwide take of only $206 million. Critics weren’t very kind to theCaptain Marvelsequel either, but the film’s Tomatometer rating of 62% is hardly the worst in the MCU. That dubious honor still goes toAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’sabysmal 46%.
Fans were more forgiving, and they gaveThe Marvelsan audience score of 82% on Rotten Tomatoes. Meanwhile,The Marvels“B” CinemaScore is identical toAquaman and the Lost Kingdom’s“B” rating. But despite all ofthe controversy surroundingAquaman 2, the last DCEU film has already made $396.2 million worldwide in just a month of theatrical release. This is just one more example that illustrates the epic failure ofThe Marvelsfinancially.
