'Thor: Ragnarok' On Track to Open to a $90 Million to $100 Million

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Marvel Studios and Disney's 'Thor: Ragnarok' is tracking to open to a thunderous $90 million-$100 million in its North American debut over the Nov. 3-5 weekend.

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00:00Did I win?

00:05No, I won, easily.

00:06This didn't sound right.

00:07Well, that's true.

00:09Thor Ragnarok is tracking for a thunderous opening weekend. The Marvel Studios and Disney movie is

00:14expected to bring in $90 to $100 million in its North American debut over the November 3rd to 5th weekend.

00:21If tracking is correct, the third Thor installment will open ahead of the first Thor, which brought in $65.7 million

00:27debut weekend, and Thor The Dark World, which opened to $85.7 million. And that is no small feat at a time

00:33when many franchise installments are struggling. Chris Hemsworth returns to the title role in the movie directed

00:38by acclaimed New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi. Thor Ragnarok sees the Asgardian god team up with his brother

00:44Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston, and his pal Hulk, aka Mark Ruffalo. Together, they must fight the goddess

00:50of death, Hela, played by Cate Blanchett. Idris Elba and Anthony Hopkins also star. And with Waititi at the helm,

00:57the Marvel series takes a lighter, more comedic tone than the previous Thor movies. At the film's world premiere in

01:02Los Angeles earlier this week, Hemsworth opened up to The Hollywood Reporter about the first time he met

01:07Waititi over lunch at a cafe. According to the God of Thunder actor, it felt like a first date. It was pretty awkward.

01:13When THR asked Waititi how the date went on his end, he said,

01:17Well, I don't get awkward. He was probably just very nervous to meet me. You know what they say?

01:22Don't meet your heroes and all. Hemsworth wanted to meet the director after he saw Waititi's

01:262010 movie Boy. The actor remembers, I was like, I'm such a fan. And he was like, yeah, cool.

01:32I haven't seen Thor, but I probably will be a fan. Or maybe I won't. I don't know.

01:36Waititi contends, Well, it all worked out for him, didn't it? I got him in the movie and changed his life.

01:41Thor Ragnarok is the 17th title in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. You can catch the film when it hammers into theaters November 3rd.

01:48For everything you need to know about Thor Ragnarok, head to THR.com's comic book movie destination Heat Vision.

01:53And be sure to let me know in the comments if you plan on seeing it opening weekend.

01:57For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

'Thor: Ragnarok' On Track to Open to a $90 Million to $100 Million | THR News

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