‘The Marvels’ loses its powers with the lowest-grossing MCU opening ever

'The Marvels' finds Carol Danvers (Brie Larson), a.k.a. Captain Marvel, dealing with the fallout of an unstable and unpredictable universe that sees a revolutionary attempting to seize control. Photo: Handout

The Marvel Cinematic Universe once again finds itself at the top of the box office with Disney’s The Marvels, but it might be hard to claim that the film performed higher, further or faster than its predecessors.

The 33rd movie in the ever-expansive MCU took in US$47mil (RM221mil) in North America in its opening weekend, according to estimates from measurement firm Comscore. It also nabbed the unwanted distinction of having the worst opening box-office tally for an MCU film, finishing behind 2008’s “The Incredible Hulk,” which scored US$55.4mil with its opening.