It’s a good thing “Ant Man and the WASP: Quantumania” made a lot of money in its first weekend. In its sophomore outing, the ant and the bee were squashed like bugs.

“Quantumania” fell 70% in week 2, making $32.2 million. If this were an art house film, the execs would be having Champagne parties. But this is a Marvel movie. The US take — $167 mil — is underwhelming to say the least. That’s what an Avengers movie used to bring in on its first day!

Abroad, “Ant Man 3” (easier to type) has banked almost $200 million. So that’s good news. But if the movie drops proportionately this week, a squirt of Raid won’t be needed.

What’s the problem? Maybe just recycling old ideas over and over has finally worn out the Marvel audience. Where’s Tony Stark when you need him?

The SAG Awards have spoken and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” is the big winner. Best Ensemble, Actress, and Supporting Actress nods were handed the hottest awards of the night.

The SAG Awards were shown on the Netflix You Tube channel. The behavior of the audience in the ballroom was terrible: no one sat in their seats, so the look on TV was pretty amateurish. Lots of empty seats were kind of a production negative.

Will all these winners win again at the Oscars? I think the only lock is Ke Huy Quan. I still think Best Actor, Actress, and Supporting Actress could alternately go to Austin Butler, Cate Blanchett, and Angela Bassett.

It doesn’t seem like “Everything Everywhere” can lose Best Picture at the Oscars. I loved The Fabelmans but the campaign fell apart. “Tar” is too intellectual. “Top Gun Maverick” is too commercial. Only “Elvis” has a serious shot at this point, but I don’t see it.

James Hong spoke so beautifully tonight when “Everything” won. I remember him doing Jane Wyman’s bidding on “Falcon Crest” 40 — yes, forty — years ago! He’s been working for 70 years. He indicated that he doesn’t understand “EEAAO” either. But the movie has great spirit, and like “Parasite,” brings in a world of artists who’ve not had opportunities. So if it wins, we can appreciate the joyous part of that experience.

Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau, The Whale
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Paul Dano, The Fablemans
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Eddie Redmayne, The Good Nurse

Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture
Cate Blanchett, Tár
Viola Davis, The Woman King
Ana de Armas, Blonde
Danielle Deadwyler, Till
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once

Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture
Austin Butler, Elvis
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Billy Nighy, Living
Adam Sandler, The Hustle

Cast in a Motion Picture
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fablemans
Women Talking

Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Avatar: The Way of the Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Top Gun: Maverick
The Woman King

Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Emily Blunt, The English
Jessica Chastain, George & Tammy
Julie Garner, Inventing Anna
Niecy Nash-Betts, Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout

Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Steve Carell, The Patient
Taron Egerton, Black Bird
Sam Elliott, 1883
Paul Walter Hauser, Black Bird
Evan Peters, Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Jenna Ortega, Wednesday
Jean Smart, Hacks

Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Carrigan, Barry
Bill Hader, Barry
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary
Barry
The Bear
Hacks
Only Murders in the Building

Female Actor in a Drama Series
Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus
Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown
Julia Garner, Ozark
Laura Linney, Ozark
Zendaya, Euphoria

Male Actor in a Drama Series
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Jeff Bridges, The Old Man
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Adam Scott, Severance

Ensemble in a Drama Series
Better Call Saul
The Crown
Ozark
Severance
The White Lotus

Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
Andor
The Boys
House of the Dragon
Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Stranger Things

Elizabeth Banks is back, and it couldn’t be nicer.

The smart, attractive actress turned director had big hits with the “Pitch Perfect” trilogy. (She produced the first one, produced and directed the second and third.)

Then came the “Charlie’s Angels” reboot in 2019. It was a total bomb. I can’t even remember who was in it. The flop made just $17.8 million in its total run, $55 million worldwide.

Suddenly, Banks the director was cold as ice. And that’s a total female director thing. Male directors can have flop after flop and keep coming back. But not women. It’s a one strike ballgame.

So now comes “Cocaine Bear.” With a $23 million opening weekend, the Bear made more in one weekend than “Charlie’s Angels” did in its whole run! Not only did this Bear resurrect Banks’s directing career, it did a lot of good for all the actors involved starting with the late Ray Liotta. It’s nice that he goes out in a hit. Plus, Alden Ehrenreich, who was unfairly treated when he starred as a young Han Solo, begins his rebound campaign.

And let’s not forget the bear himself. Last time we saw a bear he was viciously humping Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Revenant.” No one liked him. Now he’s like Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard. See how you can turn things around in Hollywood?

Bravo to Elizabeth Banks! And if you want to see her act, stream a little gem called “Call Jane.” She’s terrific!

The Producers Guild Awards are droning into their fourth hour in Los Angeles.

Best Picture goes to “Everything Everywhere All at Once” like clockwork. Ridiculous, but there it is.

Many players are missing including Steven Spielberg, the “Banshees” actors, and Lizzo, who won an award.

From the pictures sent back from the ballroom, the PGA is in start contrast to the NAACP Image Awards going on at the same time. The PGA room is very white. In one picture that was posted there was one Black man sitting way in a corner. Also, a child was eating dinner at table 15. LOL.

Tom Cruise gave his usual bland speech. Tom has no anecdotes about Hollywood, and no sense of humor. His clip package is presented to the tune of “Also Sprach Zarathustra.”

Whichever movie wins Best Picture might win the Oscar and might not. Stay tuned for Sunday night’s SAG Awards, a much better indicator (but also not on TV).

Tom Cruise’s corporate speech is below. He leaves out of his many thank you’s directors Paul Thomas Anderson and Cameron Crowe, also Paul Brickman who have him his trademark hit with “Risky Business.” No one told Tom that the phrase he ends his speech with, “I am because we are,” was the title of Madonna’s self-hyping doc about Africa years ago. The movie was so much about her we called it “We Are Because I Am.”

EARLIER The PGA — not the golf group — is giving out awards in Los Angeles on a rainy night.

The Producers Guild gives two movie awards– feature film and animated. The latter was just won by “Pinocchio” and Guillermo del Toro. The feature film award won’t come for two hours. By then I will have watched “Saturday Night Live” and tried to remain awake. If “The Whale” wins, someone will spout off.

Tom Cruise will receive the David O. Selznick Award even though Jerry Bruckheimer deserves it. Cruise will give an impersonal speech recalling what movies meant to him as a child in Missouri before he was taken by a cult.

Nominees are
Avatar: The Way of Water”
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“Elvis”
“Everything Everywhere All At Once”
“The Fabelmans”
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
“TÁR”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
“The Whale”