The Marvels: Captain Marvel Sequel Likely Headed for Lowest MCU Opening Weekend Box Office Ever

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Brie Larson, Iman Vellani, and Park Seo-Joon is headed for the lowest MCU opening at the box office this weekend. As of Friday, the movie is expected to garner around $21.5 million, with a projected weekend opening between $47 million and $52 million. As a result, this makes Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe's lowest opening for a weekend. Also, in the post-pandemic era, The Marvels received one of several B CinemaScore from audiences.
Meanwhile, the other MCU movies received the following scores: Multiverse of Madness (B+), Thor Love & Thunder (B+), Eternals (B), and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (B).

The Comscore/Screen Engine PostTrak exits have a 73% positive rating and 3 1/2 stars, which is worse. Further, the storyline of the movie witnesses Captain Marvel's powers becoming entangled with two others. As a result, Captain Marvel has to work with astronaut Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) and Avengers fangirl Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani).
This is not the first time Marvel movies have failed to gather an audience on the big screens, earlier in 2008, the Incredible Hulk starring Edward Norton also turned out to be a misfire for the franchise and had an opening gross of $55.4 million.

What are the factors that have contributed to the grim opening of The Marvels?

There are various factors due to which the movie could not keep its audience hooked to the screen. One of the major factors is that the film was released just one day after the end of the Screen Actors Guild strike, which lasted for 118 days. This means that the movie's pre-release rollout could not have the movie promoted by the cast as actors fought for fair pay. Hence, this reason is considered to play a major role in the collapse of the movie at the