BOX OFFICE: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 Crosses $600M WW; ALIEN: COVENANT Opens To $42M

BOX OFFICE: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 Crosses $600M WW; ALIEN: COVENANT Opens To $42M

It was a wonderful weekend at the box office for sci-fi from outer space; Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has continued its box office sweep while Alien: Covenant has begun picking up steam.

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By MattBellissimo - May 15, 2017 08:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Vol. 2
Source: Deadline

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continued its box office sweep this weekend, with no signs of slowing down. The James Gunn-directed film opened in its final market (Japan) this past Friday, leading to a weekend haul of $52.5 million (according to analysis from Deadline), with its total worldwide now gross sitting at $630 million. It seems pretty likely at this point that Vol. 2 willl surpass its predecessor's total intake of $773.3 million soon enough.

In other spacefaring news, Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant also began its international run ahead of its domestic release this Friday, taking in $42 million overseas, finishing as the No. 2 international film of the weekend. Back on Earth, Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword continued to struggle with a $29 million intake. 

Alien: Covenant releases this Friday, May 19th. 

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TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 5/15/2017, 8:29 AM
Guardians making bank. Good, good. Long live superhero movies.

14.7 opening weekend on a 175 million dollar budget? That's got to be historically bad. Maybe next make your King Arthur movie actually look like a King Arthur movie.

So looking forward to Alien: Covenant. Watching the old movies this week.
chewie
chewie - 5/15/2017, 12:47 PM
@TheUnworthyThor - Alien, Aliens and if I'm in the mood, Alien 3. I have to be in a rare mood for that one. Makes me sad that it was the end of ripley, newt and Hicks. On a side note, I dated Michael Biehn's niece in high school. Never met the guy but they had pictures of them together and all that. Kinda cool I guess.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 5/15/2017, 1:10 PM
@chewie - I've always said as a movie I really like Alien 3 but as a sequel to Alien and Aliens I despise it.
chewie
chewie - 5/15/2017, 1:21 PM
@TheUnworthyThor - I can agree with that.
WatchTower616
WatchTower616 - 5/15/2017, 8:29 AM
I loved King Arthur. I suggest everyone give it a chance despite what the critics say.
Pathogen
Pathogen - 5/15/2017, 9:18 AM
@WatchTower616 - Nah. I love Arthurian legend, and will watch any movie even moderately based on it...but I'd never pay for what the trailers showed. It just looks ridiculously stupid
TheGoat
TheGoat - 5/15/2017, 9:56 AM
@Pathogen - Couldn't have said it better myself.

Movie does not interest me at all. I'll stick to watching Excalibur this week instead.
Clundgren
Clundgren - 5/15/2017, 10:19 AM
@WatchTower616 - I'm glad you loved it, but I have to say that the marketing for it has not sold me at all. It looks like it doesn't know what it wants to be. And Guy Ritchie is just not very good. Maybe I'll watch it on Netflix. But I doubt it.
MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 5/15/2017, 11:03 AM
@WatchTower616 - Guy Ritchie movies always deserve a go in my book.
Lizardking310
Lizardking310 - 5/15/2017, 11:26 AM
@WatchTower616 - I saw the movie and liked it. But Guy Ritchies directing style doesn't fit the fantasy world
leethario
leethario - 5/15/2017, 11:57 AM
@TheGoat - the early 80's one? I haven't seen that in years, might have a look online for it.
TheGoat
TheGoat - 5/16/2017, 4:45 PM
@leethario - Yes! Great version of the tale and very true to the legend. Also, amazing music!
leethario
leethario - 5/16/2017, 11:15 PM
@TheGoat - £4 on Amazon, worth a go just for young Patrick Stewart.
Kozmik
Kozmik - 5/15/2017, 8:30 AM
Baby Groot is Marvel Studios' Billion Dollar Baby!
Spider2YBanana
Spider2YBanana - 5/15/2017, 8:34 AM
Saw king Arthur this past weekend, went in with low expectations and walked out with it being one of my favorite movies so far this year. Too bad we won't be getting any sequels.

Also, the ost is some of the best stuff in the past couple years
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 5/15/2017, 8:39 AM
I haven't seen any movies in a theater this year.
XelCorp
XelCorp - 5/15/2017, 8:40 AM
Damn hold on it seems every week it's up a mil World Wide? Lol
XelCorp
XelCorp - 5/15/2017, 8:41 AM
And it derserves it
SuperCat
SuperCat - 5/15/2017, 8:44 AM
XelCorp
XelCorp - 5/15/2017, 8:45 AM


I wonder if we'll get this Groot come Infinity War
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