After opening worldwide with $ 302 million on opening weekend, “Thor: Love and Thunder” enters its second week posting a substantial drop at the box officeas usual with superhero movies.
The film directed by Taika Waititi remains in the top spot at the North American box office adding $ 46 million more for a national total of $ 232 million after ten days in theaters. Globally, the fourth installment of the God of Thunder is nearing $ 500 million, having already surpassed the total collection of the first ‘Thor’ in that time frame.
However, while keeping the crown, “Thor: Love and Thunder” suffered a 68% drop at the US box office, which is the biggest drop so far since Phase 4, linked to ‘Black Widow’ and ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’, and very close to ‘Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness’, which dropped 67% in its second week and ended up grossing 411.1 million dollars in the United States and 954.1 dollars worldwide. On the other hand, “Eternals” was down 61%, while “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” had a 52% drop.
‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ hasn’t quite convinced critics, scoring one of the lowest ratings in the MCU on Rotten Tomatoes, and is also dividing the audience more than usual (has a B + in CinemaScore), which is what it could mean a shorter run for the latest Marvel movie.
In Spain Thor found a strong rival who managed to oust him from first place in his second week: Santiago Segura, who with “Father there is no more than a 3” was at the top of the Spanish box officeaccording to ComScore data.
USA competition
Among this week’s discreet US releases, Sony Pictures’ ‘The Wild Girl’ managed to stand out. The adaptation of Delia Owens’ novel produced by Reese Witherspoon exceeded expectations with $ 17 million, enough to take it to third place, an encouraging result for a type of film that is increasingly streaming. “The Wild Girl” will hit Spanish theaters on August 19th.
And, of course, “Top Gun: Maverick” continues to fly high. In its eighth week on the bill, the Tom Cruise movie has already added 617.9 million in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film in Paramount Pictures historywith 1,237 million worldwide.
Source: E Cartelera
