The box office data for the first weekend of “Thor: Love and Thunder” is here and, as expected, is another blockbuster for Marvel. As reported by Deadline, in its first three days on the bill, The fourth solo installment of God of Thunder grossed $ 143 million in the United Statesa figure that corresponds to the latest forecasts, which placed it between 135-145 million.
Taika Waititi’s film thus obtains the third best national premiere so far this year, behind only “Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness”, which grossed 187.4 million in its home country, and “Jurassic World: Dominion”, which amassed 145 million in the first three days at the US box office . That is, in the absence of adjusted data for Monday, “Thor: Love and Thunder” would remain hot on his heels at the end of the Jurassic trilogy for just two million.
Compared to the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, “Love and Thunder” reaches the twelfth best home release for Marvel Studios, remaining between “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (146.5 million) and “Iron Man 2” (128.1 million). As for the “Thor” franchise, the new movie easily ranks first, beating ‘Thor: Ragnarok’which grossed $ 122.7 million in the United States in 2017.
Globally, ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ debuted with $ 302 million, an obviously impressive number, but well below the sequel to ‘Doctor Strange’, which in its first weekend grossed $ 450 million worldwide. The film starring Chris Hemsworth hasn’t convinced critics as much as other Marvel episodes (it has a decent 68% on Rotten Tomatoes) and is dividing the audience quite a lot, with a B + in Cinemas Corewhich tends to have a shorter stroke than those that get an A.
The Minion-mania continues
‘Minions: The rise of Gru’ drops to second place with $ 45.55 million more in its second week in the US. The animated film Illumination and Universal already has a nationwide total of 143 million and the saga (made up of five films so far) has just surpassed 4,000 million in total. It is followed by “Top Gun: Maverick” at number 3 with 15.5 million more (567.5 in total in North America alone), “Elvis” in fourth place with 11 million (91.1 in total) and “Jurassic World “at 5 with 8.4 million more in its fifth week, adding 350.3 million in its country.
Source: E Cartelera
