‘Ant-Man’ to the Rescue: Marvel Will Mean a Strong February Box Office

February is poised to maintain the healthy box-office pace with the impending release of the first Marvel title in more than three months. “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” (Disney) begins shows on February 16, and its initial performance could represent nearly half of the month’s gross.

January’s U.S./Canada box office was up by just under 50 percent from 2022. That’s impressive. If we could maintain that course,  the 2023 box-office total would be $11 million — less than a half-million...