“Thor: Love and Thunder” earned $143 million at the box office in its opening weekend in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. It’s a franchise best for the God of Thunder.
This image released by Marvel Studios shows Natalie Portman, left, and Chris Hemsworth in a scene from"Thor: Love and Thunder."“Thor: Love and Thunder” earned $143 million in its opening weekend in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. It’s a franchise best for the God of Thunder and another success story of the summer 2022 box office season.The second Thor movie directed by Taika Waititi opened on 4,375 screens this weekend, starting with Thursday previews.
Critics skewed mostly positive and the Rotten Tomatoes score is currently sitting at 68% fresh. Audiences, who gave the film a B+ CinemaScore, were heavily male and 53% were between the ages of 18 and 34, according to exit polls. IMAX reported that $23 million of the global total came from their screens.
And yet, it’s noteworthy that “Thor: Love and Thunder” isn’t even the biggest Marvel opening of the year. That title is held by “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” which debuted to $185 million in early May on the heels of the box office phenomenon that was “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” The summer’s workhorse “Top Gun: Maverick” placed third in its seventh weekend in theaters with $15.5 million. With its domestic total currently at $597.4 million, the Tom Cruise film is poised to cross $600 million by Monday — one of only 12 films ever to do so.
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