Box Office: ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Flies to $36M in Thursday Previews | THR News - video Dailymotion

The Marvel superhero pic, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, scored one of the top preview grosses of all time.

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00:01Your desecration of reality will not go unpunished.

00:07Doctor Strange is set to stir up some madness at the box office this weekend.

00:11Marvel Studios and Disney's latest film, Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness,

00:15earned a sizable $36 million in Thursday evening previews in North America.

00:20This marks the eighth best preview gross ever behind Avengers Infinity War in 2018, not adjusted for inflation.

00:26What have you done?

00:30I never meant for this to happen.

00:32Fracking suggests the movie, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Stephen Strange,

00:35will gross anywhere from $160 to $180 million in its domestic debut and more than $300 million globally.

00:43Some pundits believe weekend numbers could come in even higher.

00:46Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness sees Elizabeth Olsen return as Wanda Maximoff, a.k.a. the Scarlet Witch.

00:52You break the rules and become a hero.

00:55I do it and I become the enemy.

01:00That doesn't seem fair.

01:03Olsen told The Hollywood Reporter at the movie's star-studded Hollywood premiere earlier this week,

01:07I think it's going to be a very surprising film.

01:09I'm curious how people are going to talk about it without ruining it for others because there are lots of surprises.

01:15For the latest box office news and numbers, head to THR.com.

01:18For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.