‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Box Office Booms With $29M in Previews

The movie is also making a major push overseas, where it began rolling out midweek and earned $48.6 million

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The Disney and Marvel movie is a direct sequel to Thor: Ragnorak — both were directed by the maverick filmmaker Taika Waititi

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The movie reunites Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman, while franchise newcomers include Christian Bale.

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Tracking suggests the superhero pic will score the third- or second-best opening of the pandemic era with $150 million

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness started off with $36 million in previews

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Through July 4, 2022 domestic revenue clocked in at an estimated $3.9 billion, according to Comscore.

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Summer revenue through July 4th was $1.96 billion, up nearly 200 percent from the same period in 2021

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