Wakanda Forever opened in Asia and it's not as well received as the first movie. The American opening might bring seethe.

Firstly, the numbers:

https://old.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/yqniu2/blackpantherwakandaforever_started_international/

https://old.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/yqjx0w/blackpantherwakandaforever_few_early_od_indonesia/

Edit, found another thread for Korea: https://old.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/yqms1u/wakandaforever_s_14m_opening_day_came_lower_than/

The /r/boxoffice threads have links to the important data. Apparently, it has the second lowest Marvel opening in South Korea since the pandemic and has a mixed word of mouth. Most common complaints from what I've seen: too long, not enough action scenes, some scenes drag too much, and the shitty vfx. Pretty standard from the last few Marvel movies, and considering the quality of the last few Marvel movies it's not exactly a good sign.

Yep. The opening day attendance of Black Panthers is miserable in Hong Kong. Like 30% lower than Thor 4. (both are normal Wednesday). This market has historically been very supportive of Marvel, but clearly Disney is weakening its grip here. Honestly I haven't seen a Marvel movie starting so bad for a decade.

I checked the local figures and the last time figures went so bad was Ant man, but it was Antman and 2015 was a very crowded summer. Perhaps it's a good thing for local releases though haha.

If this is true, then we might get some more nerd cope in a few days

The movie might get boycotted by some black males for turning Black Panther into a woman and it apparently also falls in some other yass qween traps, with Namor only surviving because Shuri spares him, and other male characters like M'Baku used as comic relief. Also, Shuri and the other black chick who has a mecha suit might be lesbian lovers. So these might be another avenue for drama.

But more importantly, is the movie underperforming because Koreans are racist?

Knowing how racist south korea is, it did quite well.

Aren’t Koreans notoriously racist? Genuine question that I would love to know the answer to.

In the city where I grew up this was in fact the case. Korean grocery stores where a no-go for people of color, but this could be an “American Korean” thing and not a fact about Koreans from Korea.

Hopefully, the next week will start some more capeshit slapfight