‘Deadpool' Creator Calls For Marvel's Kevin Feige To 'Get Off The Mound' After ‘Captain America: Brave New World's Box Office Crash: 'He's Spent'
The post-Avengers: Endgame era at the box office has been challenging for Marvel, with only a few exceptions like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Deadpool & Wolverine.
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Box office results for the second weekend of Captain America: Brave New World showed a 68% drop week-to-week, positioning it as the third most significant drop in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The two films that fared worse were The Marvels, with a 78% dropoff, and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, with a 68% dropoff.
Following the report of Brave New World's results, Liefeld took to X (the microblogging platform formerly known as Twitter) and posted, 'Get Feige off the mound. He's spent.'
Liefeld quoted all the Marvel films that have dropped more than 60% at the box office in its second weekend, saying in another X post that the 'MCU is on an extended downside.'
'This is beyond a trend, it's become the norm,' Liefeld said. 'If this was sports, Feige would be removed. Marvel brand is like Dodgers, Lakers, Yankees, Celtics, coaches that win championships are removed a year later when the results are disappointing.'
In another X post he added, '8 movies crash over the last 3 years. Don't we want better movies? You get the curiosity crowd then plunge.'
Earlier this year, Liefeld opened up about feeling snubbed by Marvel at the Deadpool & Wolverine premiere in 2024.
Liefeld said on the Robservations podcast that he was ignored by Marvel head Kevin Feige on the red carpet and found out his family was not invited to the after party. The comic book creator also said that he posed for pictures on the red carpet with Deadpool & Wolverine creatives but found out they were ultimately deleted and were only taken to appease him.
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