BOX OFFICE: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Passes $700 Million Worldwide

BOX OFFICE: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Passes $700 Million Worldwide

Thanks to a hugely successful first week in China, James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy has passed $700 million worldwide and is already closing in on this year's comic book movies featuring far more recognisable characters like Captain America and Spider-Man! Read on for details...

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By JoshWilding - Oct 16, 2014 10:10 AM EST

Guardians of the Galaxy has officially been a hit for a number of weeks (months?) now, but as expected, its Chinese opening has added even more to the movie's already impressive box office haul. With $326.7 million in North America and $387.4 million internationally, the James Gunn helmed release has a current worldwide total of $705.1 million. That puts it on track to top The Amazing Spider-Man 2's $707.9 million and it should also beat Captain America: The Winter Soldier's $713.9 million at this rate! It will likely just fall short of topped the $747.9 million brought in by X-Men: Days of Future Past, but Guardians of the Galaxy has by far outperformed initial expectations and it's not hard to see why Marvel gave a sequel the green light for 2017 before the first instalment even reached theaters. How many times did you guys watch the movie?  
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JoJo1982
JoJo1982 - 10/16/2014, 10:22 AM
HELL YEAH!!!!!
JoJo1982
JoJo1982 - 10/16/2014, 10:22 AM
Highest grossing Cbm of the year very soon
rockerdude22
rockerdude22 - 10/16/2014, 10:23 AM
Wow, and many of us (myself included) thought it would be the lowest grossing CBM this year!
YeezusWept
YeezusWept - 10/16/2014, 10:23 AM
Pretty damn good for Marvel's first "flop."
YeezusWept
YeezusWept - 10/16/2014, 10:25 AM
JoJo1982
JoJo1982 - 10/16/2014, 10:25 AM
JoshWilding forgot that this movie has yet to open in Italy and Switzerland (October 22)
SuperCat
SuperCat - 10/16/2014, 10:26 AM
Oh sh*t!!
yossarian
yossarian - 10/16/2014, 10:26 AM
If I had known this dog was a chick magnet I wouldn't have gotten her. Temptations!
rockerdude22
rockerdude22 - 10/16/2014, 10:26 AM
But seriously, four based on Marvel properties have passed $700 million worldwide in one year! That's amazing (and shows that CBMs aren't going anywhere anytime soon)!!
SuperCat
SuperCat - 10/16/2014, 10:27 AM
MarkyMarkRises
MarkyMarkRises - 10/16/2014, 10:27 AM
Unbiased article by Josh....I like it :) Still, I wanna get some heat up in this thread
rockerdude22
rockerdude22 - 10/16/2014, 10:27 AM
*four movies based on Marvel properties
SuperCat
SuperCat - 10/16/2014, 10:27 AM
SuperCat
SuperCat - 10/16/2014, 10:28 AM
rockerdude22
rockerdude22 - 10/16/2014, 10:30 AM
I have a good feeling that this movie will convince studios to take chances on more obscure properties!
SuperCat
SuperCat - 10/16/2014, 10:30 AM
<<<<<<<<
MarkyMarkRises
MarkyMarkRises - 10/16/2014, 10:30 AM
This might've been my favorite scene
JamesMan
JamesMan - 10/16/2014, 10:31 AM
Neato, China is giving the movie a sizable boost in box office.
rockerdude22
rockerdude22 - 10/16/2014, 10:32 AM
Who wants to bet we'll see a lot of people dressing as GOTG characters on Halloween this year? I'll be among that crowd, since I'm dressing as Star-Lord lol
Trickwil
Trickwil - 10/16/2014, 10:33 AM
This shows that marvel+good writing + word of mouth will always= success.
JamesMan
JamesMan - 10/16/2014, 10:33 AM
Stop reaching for the Guardians of the Galaxy=Suicide Squad comparisons.

Literally the ONE similarity is a that they're a team and as we know there are quite a few of those in comics.
yossarian
yossarian - 10/16/2014, 10:33 AM
Gusto hasn't seen it?

Well, I know @Nomis loved it so you should check it out.
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 10/16/2014, 10:34 AM
China is the new U.S.!!!!!!!!
KamenRiderJ
KamenRiderJ - 10/16/2014, 10:35 AM
It made how much?



Wow! Gunn is going have a freaking field day on his next Marvel project!! Good job cast and crew!!

Now @Supercat and @Yoss gifs makin me wanna dance!!
LeonNova
LeonNova - 10/16/2014, 10:35 AM
Phase 3 is going to have at least 3 one billion dollar films with Cap 3, GOTG2, and Avengers 3 (Possibly Thor 3, although it may just make around 800 million). Marvel is unstoppable at this point.
JamesMan
JamesMan - 10/16/2014, 10:35 AM
Thanks to the BIG market in China its gonna be hard for there to be many blockbuster flops soon.
rockerdude22
rockerdude22 - 10/16/2014, 10:35 AM
Gunn recently said in a Facebook post that, for the sequel, he doesn't just want to replicate what worked in the first film. That's a good way to go because, IMO, a lot of sequels suffer from just trying to repeat what worked in the first installment.
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