2015’s Ant-Man opened with $57.2 million en route to a domestic tally of $180.2 million and $519.3 million worldwide.
Ant-Man and the Wasp won’t have too much competition either, with only Universal’s The First Purge opening on July 4, two days ahead of its July 6 opening.
Early tracking data suggests that Ant-Man and the Wasp will pull in $75 million in its opening weekend, a solid jump over the $57.2 million earned by 2015’s Ant-Man in its debut.
Given that the original Ant-Man is still near the bottom in every MCU box office category, any improvement would be welcomed.