The past weekend saw Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s “Minions: The Rise of Gru” snag a stellar worldwide box-office opening weekend of just over $200 million.
This Friday sees Disney and Marvel’s “Thor: Love and Thunder” arrive in cinemas and early projections are it will go even higher – the film is on track for domestic and overseas hauls of $150 million each which would mean a global total of around $300 million by end of Sunday.
That would be the second-highest worldwide launch of 2022, behind only “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” which snagged $432 million.
Taika Waititi helms this fourth “Thor” film which, “Nope” and “Bullet Train” aside, marks the latest big-budget tentpole of the Summer. Reviews have run soft for the film, but soft reviews didn’t hurt revenues on titles like the “Doctor Strange” and “Jurassic World” sequels this year.
Source: Deadline
