How Marfel’s rescue ended with a disaster, and he may now find redemption

by Joshua Tyler
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Marvel Cinematic University 2025 entered the brink of collapse. Its TV shows failed, and her films, regardless of those supported by Deadpool, were subjected to protection. Marvel needed to change the direction to continue, fortunately, he was planning it.

marvel Thunderbolt* He appeared for the first time in May 2025 with strong actors, a reliable word in the mouth, and the development of marketing. A little star that turned into a great revelation. Unfortunately, its timing was not worse, and it declined at the box office.

Now it is on Running Request request, and until now it works. Thunderbolt* The number one was broadcast on Disney+ because it reached the platform last week, and it appears to be there.

Maybe it will make the flow Thunderbolt* Classic worship, but to do so, it will be seen as failure. That is why Thunderbolt* to fail.

Thunderbolts* is the great MARVEL movie for a long time

The film opens with six ethical distorted clients: Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster, and Us Agent. Also with them, for reasons they do not fully understand, is a man named Bob. They decide to call themselves Thunderbolt. Well, the Red Guardian (David Harbor) Do; In the end, others agree with it out of fatigue.

The group was organized in a fatal scheme published by the Director of the CIA Valentina Alegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis Drifos). While they are struggling to escape the trap, they are forced to task with high risks that require cooperation and forcing each member to face their emotional shocks and past.

This is really what Thunderbolt* It is about. Dealing with shock. The shock is not something that you can solve by kicking or punching, and returning it, Thunderbolt* He knows it. The film contains some wild movement scenes, but the height of everything? Thing This saves the world? A full set hug.

If you don’t have seen the movie, you are likely to be affected by the Hugfest concept to solve the problems of the world. This is not what is happening at all. It is an emotional and satisfactory experience. The film gains this hugs, and when it happens, it means everything. It is a bold option in the world of films that are placed as a series of films that work with a maximum.

Thunderbolt* It revolves around the most damaged characters, a man named Bob Reynolds. It has been presented as a strong new supernatural known as the guard by unleashing the devastating, which is the void. It has out of control The capabilities swallow New York City in the literal and psychological darkness.

To save the city, yeena (Florence BogThe other adventure in the void to face the pent -up shock. She and the rest of the team are fighting the manifestations of the internal shame of Bob while searching for a way to save them. Through emotional solidarity, they withdraw Bob again from the edge of the abyss and dispel the void that consumes the city.

In the aftermath, De Fontaine publicly repeats the new team as the new AvengersIt is a step they resist silently with the pointed yelena note: “We have you now.

Another preparation marvel The movie may be at the end of the movie was the only mistake of the movie. It increases the central hypothesis to deal with shock and loss. Outside that, it is safe to say that Thunderbolt* It is one of the best things that Marvel has produced very long ago. It is a wild swing, a completely different type of movies from what they have done in the past, and it works completely.

This can be, it must be, it is the movie that saved a marvel. They made it too late. More about it in a minute.

The box office disappears, takes over the strength of the thunderbolt*

My glowing review of Thunderbolt* Not unique. The consensus was among those who saw it. Critics fell 88 % on Spoiled tomatoes; The masses in the nineties; Cinemascore in A-. This mixture usually predicts longer legs.

This did not happen here. At least not in theaters.

The film was opened first with 74.3 million local dollars and 162 million dollars worldwide via the opening weekend, respectable in the context and better than some of them. Mcu Entry. This is where these longer legs come and you should push them to greater altitudes. Instead, the opposite happened.

After that beginning, the trend line went wrong. Thunderbolt* 56 % decreased on the weekend and eventually ended in the amount of $ 190.3 million and 382.4 million dollars worldwide. For a $ 180 million production budget and additional marketing costs, profitability will always be narrow. Commercial coverage in the period close to $ 425 million has linked all over the world, a threshold that the film has not reached.

The movie was the first weekend in May to a large extent, but soon faced a crowded corridor. I kept the number 1 on the weekend with about $ 32 million while Ryan Kogler was sleeping Singer It remained strength, and it has been accumulated with new wide versions to reduce the distinctive screens. By late summer, the Fantastic Four: The first steps It exceeded it to become the title of the highest miracle for 2025.

Why Thunderbolts* failed in theaters

Thunderbolt* It was delayed by strikes 2023 wga/sag-Aftra, which prompted the scales of photography and reinforcement. Stephen Yun out; Louis Polman interfered in the role of Sentry, a marveling change later in the correspondence. Wonderful Pullman like the character, so it was a great choice. None of this movie has drowned, but the amazing timeline is likely to be momentum and pre -release.

What no one in Disney wants to confront is that the failure of the film had nothing to do with it Thunderbolt* And everything related to everything that happened before that. Disney launched Marvel and bad TV products for years, and lost the audience’s confidence. By the time Thunderbolts reached theaters, Marvel burned many fans for a long time they were ready to hate. So I hate it.

Once you lose the confidence of the audience, there is no restoration. The combination of this with general supernatural fatigue, which was inevitably looking for this type and Thunderbolt* She had no chance.

To be fair, there is no super film with a chance in this environment. The release of the other great super heroes in Disneyand Fantastic Four: First Steps, It was a little better when released in the summer. The only superhero films are able to make profit are the largest brand-Cape name tools like Superman and Batman. We have reached a point where anyone else is, regardless of how quality of their movie, may need a smaller budget and low expectations for success.

Thunderbolt* It was replaced at home

The fans in Disney may not trust enough to waste time going to the cinema theater and pay outrageous ticket prices, but the good oral word will make them run their TV and strike the button. This is especially true if doing this does not cost them anything.

Moment Thunderbolt* The broadcast on Disney+was hit, this is exactly what the fans did. People were seized to see if all positive reviews were correct, and discovered that they were, and told their friends.

From the moment of digital He was released on August 27, and the movie Disney+is the most watched in the United States, confirming the character -based tone and the band clicked as soon as the cost barrier decreased. This is a reputation victory, even if the theatrical professor’s notebook is not rewritten.

We hope that is also sufficient to persuade Marvel that he should continue to move in Thunderbolt* direction. Making movies may be more than just action serials and CGI to find out who can play the most terrifying villain is the only possible way to succeed. Thunderbolt* The road only indicates to take it.

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