Ant-Man and the Wasp

Ant-Man and the Wasp is a 2012 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics characters of the same name, and a sequel to Ant-Man. The film was directed by Peyton Reed and written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers. It is the ninth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and was released in the United States on August 17, 2012.

The film stars Paul Rudd, Jennifer Connelly, Justin Hartley, Martin Donovan, Millie Bobby Brown, Corey Stoll, and Laurence Fishburne. It received mixed reviews. It received praise for the performances of Rudd and Connelly, visual effects, and action sequences, but was criticized for its generic villain and lack of depth.

Cast

 * Paul Rudd as Hank Pym/Ant-Man
 * Jennifer Connelly as Janet van Dyne/Wasp
 * Justin Hartley as Scott Lang
 * Martin Donovan as Mitchell Carson
 * Millie Bobby Brown as Cassie Lang
 * Corey Stoll as Darren Cross/Yellowjacket
 * Laurence Fishburne as Bill Foster/Goliath

Box office
The film topped the box office in its opening weekend, grossing $64.2 million, but still lower than some analysts had been expecting. In its second weekend, the film retreated 44%, grossing $35.8 million. It managed to stay atop the box office for its first four weeks, before being dethroned by Resident Evil: Retribution in its fifth weekend. Overall, it grossing $229.7 million in the United States and Canada and $443.9 million overseas for a worldwide total of $673.7 million.

Critical reception
The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 66%, with an average score of 6.2/10, based on 285 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "It may not be the finest film to come from the Marvel Universe, but Ant-Man and the Wasp still offers plenty of the humor and high-stakes action that fans have come to expect." It is currently the lowest-rated MCU film on Rotten Tomatoes. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 54 out of 100 based on 44 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an "A−" average, based on a grading scale ranging from A+ to F.