Fandango’s list of most-anticipated 2024 films continues Marvel’s reign of supremacy. “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” earned the top spot for 2023, so “Deadpool 3” is in good company. Last year’s list also contains a plethora of superhero fare and sequels, but it’s intriguing to examine how that played out when it came to people actually showing up in theaters.
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” clocked in at third on that list, and it notoriously underperformed. “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” which also bombed at the box office, rounded out last year’s top five. Meanwhile, the highest-grossing film of 2023, “Barbie,” didn’t even get a mention. The same goes for its Barbenheimer cohort, “Oppenheimer,” so it just goes to show that anticipation doesn’t automatically translate to financial success. A lot can happen between now and when the films come out, such as negative responses from critics, so it’ll be fun to see how everything shakes out a year from now.
It’s also worth noting that Fandango only surveyed roughly 8,000 people — that’s not necessarily a humongous sample size to pull from. Regardless, there’s a lot riding on “Deadpool 3,” which is rumored to be a cameo-fest drawing from the Fox era of Marvel movies, so hopefully, that anticipation is maintained until it comes out on July 26, 2024.
