Disney and Marvel Studios’ “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” is charting slightly ahead of expectations at the box-office.
As of today, the film is on track for a global debut of over $260 million, with international markets coming in higher than expected, whereas domestic is on track for the $110 million that was projected earlier this week.
As of the end of Friday, the film had taken in $71.5 million overseas, which is expected to jump to over $150 million by the end of Sunday. It’s also seemingly going well in both China and Korea which have been soft on some recent Marvel fare.
Meanwhile, in North America the film pulled in $48.2 million on its opening day. That number includes $17.5 million in Thursday previews. It’s now very much on track to rack up the second-highest opening of the year, behind only the $146 million debut of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” in its Friday-Sunday first weekend.
Despite the softer critical reviews, the film also landed an A CinemaScore with audiences, bringing it in line with the other two films in the franchise. It’s a welcome shift for Marvel, whose more recent fare have often been scoring in the B’s.
“Super Mario” will come in second with $18.5 million – down 55% in its first major week-to-week drop. “Evil Dead Rise” will be third with somewhere around $4 million, followed by “Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret” in fourth with $3.2 million and “Love Again” debuting in fifth with $2.6 million.
Source: Box-Office Mojo
