“Thor: Love and Thunder” had the best national debut in the series with Chris Hemsworth, opening with $ 143 million in the US and Canada this weekend.
The figure is still the fourth-highest-grossing debut of the pandemic, behind two other Marvel productions, “Spider-Man: Far From Home” ($ 260 million) and “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” ($ 187.4 million). ) and “Jurassic World: Dominion” ($ 145 million).
The success spread to all countries, beating another $ 159 million at the international box office, which resulted in the fourth “Thor” reaching a global start of $ 302 million.
South Korea was the largest foreign market with $ 15.3 million, followed by the United Kingdom ($ 14.8 million), Australia ($ 13.8 million), Mexico ($ 11.8 million) and India ($ 10.3 million). However, as was the rule for Disney after the “Mulan” fiasco, the studio’s films remain vetoed in China, the country with the most screens in the world.
What draws the most attention in these numbers is that Thor’s releases often compete with the titles of “Ant-Man”, Marvel’s lowest box office. The exception was “Thor: Ragnarok”, which opened with $ 122.7 million in North America in 2017. The first “Thor” opened with $ 65.7 million in the US in 2011, while the second, ” Thor: The Dark World, “earned $ 85.7 million in 2013.
But audiences and critics alike didn’t appreciate the new sequel as much as the previous film, directed by the same director, Taika Waititi. “Love and Thunder” scored 68% on Rotten Tomatoes (critical rating) and a B + score on CinemaScore (audience survey), while “Ragnarok” scored 93% on Rotten Tomatoes and A- on CinemaScore .
This difference could be a hindrance to the production’s future performance, but the competition has decided to help Marvel and only schedule limited releases next weekend.
Hardness was the debut, taken literally. The film was released in theaters at a time when several blockbusters are scheduled, showing a clear recovery in the market.
“Minions 2: Rise of Gru” ranked # 2 in North America with $ 45.6 million. Huge success, the animation already counts 210.1 million dollars at home and practically 400 million dollars in the world, consecrated in two weekends as the largest box office for children since the advent of covid-19.
“Top Gun: Maverick” continued to fly close to the top with $ 15.5 million. In third place, the Tom Cruise film has a nationwide total of $ 597.4 million and $ 1.1 billion worldwide.
In 4th place, the biopic “Elvis” added another $ 11 million to reach a nationwide total of $ 91.2 million and $ 155.1 million worldwide this Sunday (7/10). The musical drama will debut in Brazil on Thursday (7/14).
“Jurassic World: Dominion” closes the Top 5 with $ 8.1 million and another strong performance: $ 350.3 million in North America and $ 826.5 million worldwide.
With so many blockbusters on display, weekend national admissions are expected to reach $ 235 million in the US and Canada, a 217% increase over the same period last year when “Black Widow” hit theaters. . But the comparison that really reveals the current state of market remission is with the pre-pandemic era. And the value is only 12% lower than the healthy earnings of 2019, before any quarantine.
Source: Terra
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