Marvel Studios event film directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, bringing heroes from three distinct universes into conflict with Robert Downey Jr.'s Victor von Doom.
Avengers: Doomsday does not reach Australian cinemas until December 17, but Disney already has its first seven-figure talking point. More than A$1 million in tickets were sold during the first 24 hours of the latest presale launch. It is a notable measure of committed demand. It is not, however, a miniature version of the final box office.
Avengers: Doomsday does not have an opening weekend yet. It does have $50 million in ticket sales. Disney disclosed the figure roughly three months before Marvel's next Avengers movie reaches theaters on December 18.
Avengers: Doomsday is pulling characters from several different corners of Marvel history into one movie. That sounds like a request for an MCU marathon. It is not. Marvel's confirmed cast and its own comments about the film give us a much shorter route to December 18.
Marvel is not simply putting Avengers: Endgame back in theaters to celebrate one of its biggest hits. Joe Russo says the Encore version is required viewing for Avengers: Doomsday, giving the rerelease a much more specific job: reconnecting a 2019 ending to the MCU’s next giant crossover.
The MCU has accumulated enough movies and Disney+ shows to make “what should I watch first?” a genuine logistical question. Marvel’s new Countdown to Avengers: Doomsday Official Podcast answers it with an unexpectedly small syllabus: five films, one episode per week and a straight line from the original Avengers team to Endgame.
Sebastian Stan is definitely in Avengers: Doomsday. He is apparently a considerably less useful source on what Avengers: Doomsday actually does. Asked about the movie by Le Journal du Dimanche, Stan said he never received the full screenplay and instead shot disconnected pieces of it. For Marvel, ignorance has one extremely convenient production benefit: it is difficult to leak a plot connection nobody told you about.
David Harbour was offered an almost irresponsible interview prompt: give Variety one line from Avengers: Doomsday with absolutely no context. He pointed, slipped into Red Guardian's Russian accent and said, “You… are Tony Stark.” That is a magnificent spoiler if it is a spoiler. It is also an extremely efficient joke if Harbour knew exactly which four words would cause Marvel fans to dismantle the internet for parts.
Avengers: Doomsday has never had a shortage of superheroes. Its harder problem was making that enormous cast look like one movie rather than several reunion specials arriving at the same time. Marvel's new D23 footage offers a surprisingly straightforward answer. Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom is becoming the point around which everyone else has to move.
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