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“Thor: Love and Thunder” Sunday earned $143 million in its opening weekend in North America, according to studio estimates. It is the best franchise for God of Thunder and another success story of the summer of 2022 box office season. Also read- Kapil Sharma in legal trouble! Comedian booked for breach of contract during North America tour
The second Thor film, directed by Taika Waititi, opened to 4,375 screens this weekend, starting with previews on Thursday. It easily topped the box office, pushing “Minions: The Rise of Gru” to second place. Including international performances, where “Love and Thunder” opened in 47 territories over the middle of last week, it already has a global total of $302 million. Also Read – Ranbir Kapoor’s Latest Hollywood Crush Zendaya Is Breaking The Internet With Her Fabulous Photoshoot – See Photos
“It’s another home run for Marvel,” said comScore senior media analyst Paul Dergarbadian. “It’s unheard of for a Marvel movie not to open at No. 1.”
The Thor franchise has grown with each subsequent film, which is rare in franchise filmmaking in general, but also not uncommon for people of the Marvel variety. The first film opened for $65.7 million in 2011, followed by “The Dark World” in 2013 for $85.7 million and 2017’s “Ragnarok” for $122.7 million. Waititi, who also directed “Ragnarok”, is widely credited with revitalizing the series, leaning into humor, irreverence and larger-than-life metal aesthetics.
Critics skewed mostly positive and Rotten Tomatoes’ score currently stands at 68% fresh. According to exit polls, viewers who gave the film a B+ CinemaScore were heavily male (60%) and 53% between the ages of 18 and 34. IMAX reported that $23 million of the global total came from their screens.
“Love and Thunder” brings back Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson and Natalie Portman, whose Jane Foster becomes the mighty Thor. Russell Crowe also co-stars as Zeus and Christian Bale plays the villainous Gore the God Butcher. It also boasts the largest production budget of the Thor films, with a reported $250 million.
And yet, it’s worth mentioning that “Thor: Love and Thunder” isn’t even the biggest Marvel opening of the year. The title is held by “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”, which opened to $185 million in early May on the heels of the box office event “Spider-Man: No Way Home”.
The Minions finished second on the second weekend with $45.6 million, bringing its domestic total to $210.1 million and its worldwide gross to $399.9 million.
Summer’s workhorse “Top Gun: Maverick” took third place in theaters with $15.5 million in its seventh weekend. The Tom Cruise film’s total domestic total currently stands at $597.4 million, with the Tom Cruise film on track to cross $600 million as of Monday – one of only 12 films to do so.
In limited release, the documentary “Fire of Love” launched this weekend in three locations and earned an estimated $22,328, while Claire Dennis’s “Both Sides of the Blade” earned $25,000 from four locations.
The weekend should net a total of $236.1 million, which Dergarbadian said is “really impressive.”
“Every week, the market becomes more epidemic than before,” he said. “It feels like a traditional summer movie season weekend. It’s a huge difference compared to a year ago.”
The Summer 2022 box office is looking bright for both Hollywood and theater owners, up 217% from last summer. Overall this year crossed the $4 billion mark last week, a 233% increase over last year, but still 30% behind the previous pre-pandemic box office year, 2019.
“Audiences are accepting the movie theater experience with greater enthusiasm,” said Dergarabedian. “As of now, every demographic is interested in going back to theatres. The challenge ahead is just enough new movies for theaters. ,
Estimated ticket sales in theaters in the US and Canada from Friday to Sunday, according to comScore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
- “Thor: Love and Thunder,” $143 million.
- “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” $45.6 million.
- “Top Gun: Maverick,” $15.5 million.
- “Elvis,” $11 million.
- “Jurassic World: Dominion,” $8.4 million.
- “The Black Phone,” $7.7 million.
- “Lightyear,” $2.9 million.
- “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,” $340,000.
- “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” $262,000.
- “Mr. Malcolm’s List,” $245,416.
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