(Los Angeles) The fourth episode of the saga Thor, Love and Thunder (Thor: Love and Thunder) hit theaters across North America this weekend, knocking the Minions out of the box office lead, according to estimates from Exhibitor Relations.
Posted at 2:31 p.m.
The Nordic superhero with a hammer, embodied for the fourth time on the big screen with Marvel and fighting here against an intergalactic killer, is played by Chris Hemsworth, accompanied by Natalie Portman and Christian Bale.
The film directed by New Zealander Taika Waititi has racked up US$143 million since its release on Friday in cinemas in the United States and Canada, a big number, up from the last installment.
An “excellent” start for Marvel and a 4e opus that works much better than other superhero films at the same stage, notes expert David Gross, of Franchise Entertainment Research.
It greatly exceeds Minions 2: Once Upon a Time Gruin the lead the previous weekend and which reaps for this one 45.5 million dollars, that is to say a total since its release of 210 million receipts.
In third position, the blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick is maintaining a very strong showing for its seventh week in theaters, pulling in an estimated $15.5 million since Friday.
Since its release, Tom Cruise’s return to the US Army’s elite fighter pilot has now generated $597 million.
For its third week, Elvisthe baroque and extravagant biographical film dedicated to the king of rock and rollfalls to fourth position with 11 million, again according to Exhibitor Relations.
Jurassic World: The World Afterthe sixth installment in the cult dinosaur saga, came in fifth with $8.4 million in revenue.
The rest of the North American box office top 10
6 – Black Phone : 7.6 million
7 – Buzz Lightning : 2.9 million
8 – Marcel The Shell With Shoes On : 340,000
9 – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness : 262,000
10 – Mr. Malcolm’s List : 245,000