Doctor Strange at one point seemed like Marvel Studios’ first film that could fail at the box office.
“I really liked those scenes and I think everyone did a good job on them, but they weren’t hard to cut.
Doctor Strange, meanwhile, just debuted at #1 in Japan, upping its global box office sales to $660 million and making it the 96th highest earner of all time.
The intrusion of those scenes was breaking up the soul of the movie in a way that just wasn’t necessary.