Marvel VFX Workers Break Down ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( anonymous in hollywood [Marvel VFX Workers Break Down ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’]( “Honestly, I equate it to human greed.” Photo: Marvel Studios Over Presidents’ Day weekend, [Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania]( stung with unexpected venom at the box office, surpassing financial expectations to arrive as 2023’s first blockbuster movie. The superhero threequel pulled in $120 million in North America — a franchise high and 37 percent improvement on the opening tally for 2018’s [Ant-Man and the Wasp]( — grossing $241.3 million worldwide to become the third most lucrative title (behind Black Panther and 2016’s Deadpool) to drop during the three-day, late-February release frame. Arguably more shocking, though, the $200 million Paul Rudd–Evangeline Lilly two-hander (which also stars [Jonathan Majors]( as subatomic megalomaniac Kang the Conqueror) managed to put all of those butts in seats despite emerging from a hive of some of the most negative buzz ever generated by a Marvel Studios property. Quantumania now stands as one of just two titles in the 31-movie MCU canon to rank “rotten” on the [Tomatometer]( (the other is 2021’s [Eternals](). The film also earned a rare “B” [CinemaScore]( from audiences (“B’s generally are shaky,” CinemaScore’s founder has [explained](). [Read More]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now]( for unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • The Real Housewives of New Jersey: [Should-ing the Bed]( • The Bad Batch: [The One With the Dickensian Nightmare]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [Don’t Invite Madison McFerrin to Your Bad Party The 30-year-old vocalist on turning up, changing her tone, and releasing her first album.]( By Tirhakah Love [Cardi B and Offset’s McDonald’s Meal Made Me Glad to Be Single From the top, make it drop, that’s some dry-ass burger.]( [MoMA’s Glorified Lava Lamp Refik Anadol’s Unsupervised is a crowd-pleasing, like-generating mediocrity.]( [A24 Is Selling Raccacoonie to the Highest Bidder Hibachi skills not included.]( By Jason P. Frank [Paul McCartney Recorded With ‘Blues Cover Band’ the Rolling Stones And so did Ringo Starr, for a possible new album.]( By Justin Curto [Clay Pigeon Is Happy to Be Awake and on the Air at 6 A.M. “Without my wife, I might not work at WFMU. I realized there’s tons of other guys with the same story in New York. Wives are the ones making bread.”]( By Emily Gould [What’s the Goss About Cost(ner)? To see the Yellowstone star again, you may have to look to the Horizon.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 1-Across, Six Letters: Superhero featured in the newest MCU film. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty Images Vulture Recommends We consume it all so you don’t have to. Five years ago, Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle released Victory Lap, his only full-length album. It was the high point of a career stretching back to the mid 2000s, when Hussle started releasing mixtapes on his own record label — mixtapes that brought him respect from artists like Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar but were not widely heard. Victory Lap brought Hussle both the critical acclaim and commercial success he deserved. It hit No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rap Album. But only a little over a year after its release, Hussle was shot to death outside of his clothing store and community center in Crenshaw. In some ways, Hussle’s tragic end has overshadowed his incredible life as a musician and community activist. In this conversation with Justin Tinsley, host of the podcast King of Crenshaw, we take a deep listen to Victory Lap to hear Hussle’s identity as an artist and consider the legacy of his debut album on its fifth anniversary. [Read more from Vulture]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](link.nymag.com/manage/588/optout-vulture?email={EMAIL}&hash=39357a76f6d08b16239fd2ffa65e9c6f¶m=vulture-daily) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved