The Wasp and Ant-Man (film)

The Wasp and Ant-Man is a 2011 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics characters of the same name. The film is the tenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the fourth film in Volume Two. The Wasp and Ant-Man was directed by Peyton Reed and written by Paul Haggis and Courtney Hunt. Evangeline Lilly and Andrew Garfield star as Janet van Dyne/Wasp and Scott Lang/Ant-Man, alongside Mahershala Ali as Bill Foster, Paul Bettany as Vision, Andra Day as Rita DeMara/Yellowjacket, Natalie Alyn Lind as Cassie Lang, James Spader as Ultron, and Ben Affleck as Hank Pym.

The film was released on May 6, 2011.

Cast

 * Evangeline Lilly as Janet van Dyne/Wasp
 * Andrew Garfield as Scott Lang/Ant-Man
 * Mahershala Ali as Bill Foster
 * Paul Bettany as Vision
 * Andra Day as Rita DeMara/Yellowjacket
 * Natalie Alyn Lind as Cassie Lang
 * James Spader as Ultron
 * Ben Affleck as Hank Pym

Box office
The Wasp grossed $344.2 million domestically and $559.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $903.9 million. The film had a domestic opening weekend of $138.2 million, debuting at number one at the box office.

Critical reception
The Wasp and Ant-Man received positive reviews, with praise aimed at the acting, action, and story. The review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 85% of critics gave the film a positive review, based on 344 reviews with an average score of 7.5/10. The website's consensus states: "Tightly scripted, solidly acted, and impressively ambitious, The Wasp and Ant-Man is bigger and better than its predecessor—and a benchmark for comic sequels in general." Metacritic calculated a weighted average score of 68/100 based on reviews from 37 critics, indicating generally favorable reviews. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "A" on scale of A to F.