Black Widow underperforms - is TV to blame?

We've kinda had our fill of Marvel stuff, have we not?

The big Hollywood news story as we head into the new week is that Marvel's Black Widow tanked it at the box office in it's second weekend. The narrative being that Disney ate into it's potential for a second weekend by selling the film direct to consumers last weekend via Disney+ (and an up-charge of US$30/AUS$35).

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