‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Hits Theaters With a Thunderclap
- 7 years ago
‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Hits Theaters With a Thunderclap
In early September, an informal moviegoer poll conducted by Fandango, the online ticket seller, found
that Mr. Waititi’s film was the most anticipated offering of the fall — a surprise to Hollywood, which had expected “Justice League,” produced by Warner Bros. and set for Nov. 17 release, to easily dominate.
Directed by Taika Waititi, an eccentric New Zealand filmmaker whose previous three movies played in art houses
and collected a grand total of $9.5 million, “Thor: Ragnarok” has taken in an additional $306 million overseas, Disney said on Sunday.
That total was colossal even by superhero standards — about 42 percent higher than opening-weekend results for “Doctor Strange,” released last fall,
and 3 percent higher than what “Spider-Man: Homecoming” initially managed over the summer.
LOS ANGELES — After a four-month absence from theaters, Walt Disney Studios returned over the weekend, releasing “Thor: Ragnarok” to blockbuster results
and teaching rival studios a lesson about how to approach sequels to sequels.
“Thor: Ragnarok,” the latest film from Disney-owned Marvel Studios, took in an
estimated $121 million on 4,080 screens in North America over the weekend.
In early September, an informal moviegoer poll conducted by Fandango, the online ticket seller, found
that Mr. Waititi’s film was the most anticipated offering of the fall — a surprise to Hollywood, which had expected “Justice League,” produced by Warner Bros. and set for Nov. 17 release, to easily dominate.
Directed by Taika Waititi, an eccentric New Zealand filmmaker whose previous three movies played in art houses
and collected a grand total of $9.5 million, “Thor: Ragnarok” has taken in an additional $306 million overseas, Disney said on Sunday.
That total was colossal even by superhero standards — about 42 percent higher than opening-weekend results for “Doctor Strange,” released last fall,
and 3 percent higher than what “Spider-Man: Homecoming” initially managed over the summer.
LOS ANGELES — After a four-month absence from theaters, Walt Disney Studios returned over the weekend, releasing “Thor: Ragnarok” to blockbuster results
and teaching rival studios a lesson about how to approach sequels to sequels.
“Thor: Ragnarok,” the latest film from Disney-owned Marvel Studios, took in an
estimated $121 million on 4,080 screens in North America over the weekend.