Four movies in,
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The second
“It’s another home run for Marvel,” said
The
Critics skewed mostly positive and the Rotten Tomatoes score is currently sitting at 68% fresh. Audiences, who gave the film a B+ CinemaScore, were heavily male (60%) and 53% were between the ages of 18 and 34, according to exit polls. IMAX reported that
“Love and Thunder” brings back
And yet, it’s noteworthy that “Thor: Love and Thunder” isn’t even the biggest Marvel opening of the year. That title is held by “ Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, ” which debuted to
The Minions carved out a second-place spot with
The summer’s workhorse “Top Gun: Maverick” placed third in its seventh weekend in theaters with
In limited release, the documentary “ Fire of Love ” launched this weekend in three locations and made an estimated
The weekend should net out with around
“Every week, the marketplace becomes more pre-pandemic like,” he said. “This feels like a traditional summer movie season weekend. It's a huge difference from a year ago.”
The summer 2022 box office continues to look bright for both
"Audiences are embracing the movie theater experience with a greater enthusiasm," Dergarabedian said. “By now, every demographic is interested in going back to theaters. The challenge for theaters going forward is just having enough new movies.”
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at
1. “Thor: Love and Thunder,”
2. “Minions: The Rise of Gru,”
3. “Top Gun: Maverick,”
4. “Elvis,”
5. “Jurassic World: Dominion,”
6. “The Black Phone,”
7. “Lightyear,”
8. “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,”
9. “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,”
10. “Mr. Malcolm’s List,”
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