Throughout the year of 2022, we have had 5 movies open to $100 million or more which is amazing for the moviegoing marketplace. In March, Warner Bros. The Batman opened to $134 million while May had Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick debut to $187 million and $126 million respectively. A month later, Universal’s Jurassic World: Dominion began with $145 million and now this past weekend, Universal and Illumination’s (Better than expected) Minions: The Rise of Gru did the unthinkable and avoided franchise fatigue with $107 million in its first three days.
Now the question is: Will Thor: Love and Thunder make it six? According to Disney, the answer is expected to be yes as they are expecting $140 million-$167 million this coming weekend. Now the most likely case scenario is $150 million or more. I’m expecting $158 million for opening weekend but more on that later this week. Now let’s say the movie actually gets better reviews than Multiverse of Madness at 85% fresh or higher (Which could be possible), opens bigger than that film and makes $200 million or more on opening weekend. That would shock me.
After Pixar’s (halfway decent) Lightyear bellyflopped, Disney is hoping Thor: Love and Thunder marks their second big hit this year after Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. And no. This was not a box office prediction post. I will post a box office prediction post sometime this week.
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