Box Office: ‘Thor 4’ Brings The ‘Love And Thunder’ With $29 Million Thursday
Marvel and Walt Disney’s
Thor: Love and Thunder
got off to a, uh, thunderous start at
the domestic box office, pulling down $29 million in Thursday previews. That’s the
second-best preview gross of the year behind the $36 million preview haul for
Doctor
Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
. That Sam Raimi-directed MCU sequel captured
$90 million on Friday (including the Thursday previews) for a $187 million Fri-Sun
domestic debut. If Taika Waititi’s
Thor 4
plays likewise, we can expect a $73 million
Friday and a $151 million opening weekend. While the mixed (for Marvel) reviews
(69% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and (thus far) word
of mouth may make the opening even more frontloaded, that would slightly surprise me.