Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld had something to say about Marvel Studios‘ Kevin Feige after seeing the box office results of Captain America: Brave New World.
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.
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.”
