By Shaun Kitchener On November 10, 2013
Disney's Thor: The Dark World has grossed $86 million at the US box office in its opening weekend, totting up a massive global haul of $327 million in just two weeks.
The big-budget blockbuster, starring Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston, has scored the fourth-biggest opening in the USA for 2013.
Its number isn't quite up there with 'Avengers Assemble' or 'Iron Man 3', its nearest Marvel stable-mates, but it has comfortably thrased the first Thor movie, which bowed to $65 million in 2011.
Tom Hiddleston plays Loki in The Dark World (WENN)It is noted by The Wrap that The Dark World's numbers are hugely helped by IMAX and 3D screenings, which account for more than 80 percent of the 3,841 cinemas it was screened in.
With little else out there in terms of competition, the sequel was able to out-perform the rest of the US Top 10 combined this weekend, with Bad Grandpa bringing in $11.3 million to end up at No2.
Last week's No1, however, took a nosedive. Ender's Game, starring Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford, has struggled with lukewarm reviews but still managed to start at the summit last week.
Still, this weekend its gross has dropped 62% week-on-week, and it now resides a No5.
The UK box office figures won't be made available for a couple more days, but it is widely expected that Gravity - starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock - will come out on top. That film was released in the US last month and broke the record for October openings.
No comments:
Post a Comment