‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Box Office Heads for 135M-145M Opening

The hammer is back in action.Marvel’s latest superhero offering, Thor-Love-and-Thunder-2022-movie-posters/”>Thor: Love and Thunder, started off its North American box office run with a Friday haul of 69.5 million, including a mighty 29.6 million in Thursday previews.Most pundits believe Thor 4 will earn 140 million to 145 million for the weekend.

Disney is being more cautious and saying 135 million to 145 million.

Either way, that is ahead of the 122 million opening of Thor: Ragnarok.The movie is also making a major push overseas, where it began rolling out midweek and earned 48.6 million through Friday from its first 42 markets.The Disney and Marvel movie is a direct sequel to Thor: Ragnarok — both were directed by the maverick filmmaker Taika Waititi — and is the fourth entry in the Thor standalone franchise.

It’s also the 29th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe empire of titles.The movie reunites Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman,

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