North American box office | The new film in the Thor saga continues to thunder at the top

(Washington) The heroes of the fourth part of the saga Thor, Love and Thundercontinue to thunder at the top of the North American box office this weekend, according to estimates on Sunday by the specialized firm Exhibitor Relations.

Between Friday and Sunday, the film directed by New Zealander Taika Waititi collected $ 46 million in cinemas in the United States and Canada, down sharply from the 144 million garnered the week of its release.

Chris Hemsworth again and again lends his features to the Norse God of Thunder, who faces this time alongside Natalie Portman and Tessa Thompson an intergalactic killer of deities, camped by Christian Bale.

Marvel blockbuster supplants again Minions: The Rise of Gruwhich ranks second with $26 million in revenue, for a total of $263 million since its release.

The animated film explores the origins of the franchise’s main character, the endearing failed villain Gru.

In third place slips Where the Crawdads Singadaptation of the book by American zoologist Delia Owens about a young girl who grew up in the heart of a North Carolina coastal swamp in the 1950s. The teenage thriller rakes in $17 million for its release.

“It’s a very good start for a film that mixes teenage romance and detective suspense,” commented expert David Gross, from the Franchise Entertainment Research center, despite “weak reviews”.

Solid, the blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick maintains very good performances by placing fourth with 12 million dollars accumulated for its eighth week on the screens.

Since its release, Tom Cruise’s return to the US Army’s elite fighter pilot has generated $618 million.

Elvisthe baroque and extravagant biopic of Baz Luhrmann devoted to the king of rock and roll, falls to him in fifth position with 7.6 million dollars since Friday.