THOR: RAGNAROK Powers Its Way To A $46.8 Million Opening Day, On Pace For Massive $118 Million Weekend
Following a strong start on Thursday night, Thor: Ragnarok continued to reign supreme on Friday, powering its way to a massive $46.8 million opening day, which puts it on pace for a $118 million weekend.
Following widespread critical acclaim and an "A" CinemaScore, Thor: Ragnarok has gotten off to a spectacular start at the domestic box office, bringing in approximately $46.8 million (including $14.5 million from Thursday night previews) on its first full day of release.
The Taika Waititi-directed feature is now heading toward a massive $118 million opening weekend, which would place it right between James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($146.5M) and Jon Watts' Spider-Man: Homecoming ($117M) for Marvel Studios' second-highest opening weekend of the year.
Internationally, the latest Marvel blockbuster has taken in around $164.5 million, which takes its worldwide sum to well past $211.3 million. That figure is expected to go up exponentially over the next few days as the film begins to roll out in both China and Japan day-and-date with its North American release.
In regards to the past two films, Ragnarok will open bigger than both of its predecessors, Thor and Thor: The Dark World, which opened to $65.7M and $85.7M in 2011 and 2013, respectively. The Chris Hemsworth vehicle may actually outgross the entirety of the original Thor ($449.3M) by the end of next week and should easily surpass The Dark World ($644.5M) in the coming weeks.
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In Marvel Studios' "Thor: Ragnarok," Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe without his mighty hammer and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok - the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization - at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela. But first he must survive a deadly gladiatorial contest that pits him against his former ally and fellow Avenger - the Incredible Hulk!
Thor: Ragnarok features:
Director: Taika Waititi
Chris Hemsworth as Thor Odinson
Tom Hiddleston as Loki Laufeyson
Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk
Cate Blanchett as Hela
Idris Elba as Heimdall
Jeff Goldblum as Grandmaster
Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie
Karl Urban as Skurge, the Executioner
Sir Anthony Hopkins as Odin Borson
Karl Urban as Skurge/The Executioner
Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Stephen Strange
Taika Waititi as Korg
Rachel House as Topaz
Clancy Brown as Surtur
Tadanobu Asano as Hogun
Ray Stevenson as Volstagg
Zachary Levi as Fandral
Sam Neill in an undisclosed role
Luke Hemsworth in an undisclosed role
Matt Damon in an undisclosed role
Thor: Ragnarök hammers into theaters November 3