Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbor, Wyatt Russell and Hannah John-Kamen Star in “Thunderbolts *” by Disney and Marvel and Marvel
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A group of unconventional anti-hero has jumped the summer box office.
Disney And “Thunderbolts *” from Marvel collected around $ 76 million during its national opening weekend, the third first beginning of 2025.
Including international ticket sales, the latest film from Marvel cinematographic universe has taken some of $ 162.1 million worldwide.
“With the beginnings of ‘Thunderbolts *’, May promises to be the best ever recorded,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore.
Last year, the summer box office – which starts the first weekend in May and crosses the Labor Day – had trouble at the start, with Universal “The Fall Guy” is only $ 28 million in his first three days. It was the first year since 2009 that a Marvel film was not on the slate to start the season.
Marvel’s films have been struggling in recent years to live up to the record achievements of “Avengers: Endgame” in 2019. For each success at the box office, there was a major scale, and the public deplored the quality inconsistencies of the studio. Even last year, “The Marvels” and “Captain America: Brave New World” were disappointed, while “Deadpool & Wolverine” outperforma.
“Each franchise film faces its share of rear and opposite winds, inherent and external factors that dictate what the public’s anticipation and response will be,” said Shawn Robbins, director of analysis at Fandango and founder of Box Office Theory. “But there is no doubt that ‘Thunderbolts *’ is a moment that is worth a victory tour for Marvel after several years of extremely variable feeling towards several films and series of streaming.”
While $ 76 million is in the middle of the MCU pack, it is a strong performance for “Thunderbolts *”, told CNBC box office analysts.
“Launching a set of unknown junior university characters to a lot from the basic fans base, and do it with some of the best word of mouth that the MCU has seen criticism and the public for years, is a new reminder of what Marvel is capable when the creative engine draws on all cylinders,” said Robbins.
“Thunderbolts *” currently has a “fresh” note of 88% on rotten tomatoes the Revision Aggregator, from 257 reviews and a 94% note from the public.
“The performance of the opening weekend of ‘Thunderbolts *’ is only the beginning of this well-revised crowd pleasure,” said Dergarabedian de Comscore. “”[It] This seems to follow in the tradition of “a film minecraft” and “sinners”, with long -term playability “.
In recent weeks, Warner Bros.“” A Minecraft Movie “and” Sinners “have always attracted moviegoers, with weekly cuts smaller than the average. Hope is that” Thunderbolts *”will continue this trend.
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