Marvel Studios' second Phase 5 film, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, blasts into theaters this weekend, and the latest box office estimates are in.
James Gunn's emotional trilogy-topper is looking set for a respectable, if not universe-shattering $120 million domestic debut. This would take it past the first GOTG's $94 million, but fall quite a bit short of Vol. 2's $146 million.
Some analysts believe Vol. 3 might fall short of those projections and land closer to $110 million - $118 million, but it should still comfortably knock The Super Mario Bros. Movie off the No. 1 spot, which it has held for the past four weeks.
Globally, Vol. 3 is expected to hit $250 million.
It's worth noting that Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania opened big before suffering a record-breaking second-week drop which it never managed to recover from. GOTG Vol. 3 does have the benefit of more positive reviews (it's holding at 78% on Rotten Tomatoes), but it's going to be very interesting to see how it performs over the next few weeks.
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"In Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 our beloved band of misfits are settling into life on Knowhere. But it isn’t long before their lives are upended by the echoes of Rocket’s turbulent past." "Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him on a dangerous mission to save Rocket’s life—a mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them."
Gunn writes and directs Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, featuring Vin Diesel as Groot, Bradley Cooper as Rocket, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji, Will Poulter, and Maria Bakalova. Kevin Feige is the producer and Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Nikolas Korda, Simon Hatt, and Sara Smith serve as executive producers.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 arrives in theaters on May 5, 2023.