I saw the headline and was momentarily confused “Marvel’s Ant-Man tracking $55-$60 million domestic opening weekend”. “Hold on,” I thought, “The movie hasn’t been released yet.” Then I realised it referred to its predicted, rather than actual opening box office. As Flickering Myth reported, that would make it one of Marvel’s lowest grossing films, down at the bottom of the list with The Incredible Hulk from 2008 and some way behind the next lowest grossing films from the Marvel stable, Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger, who both had a $65 million dollar opening weekend in 2011.
It may be getting a late start, compared with streaming services from Amazon and Netflix, but today Google Play Movies & TV is adding 4K movies to its content library. Google says there are now over 125 movies in 4K resolution, using VP9, available for purchase via itsweb or mobile storefront. Read more...
