BOX OFFICE: THOR: THE DARK WORLD To Stay At #1 This Weekend; Passes $400M Worldwide
The Best Man Holiday exceeded everyone's expectations by opening at #1 in North America yesterday, but Marvel's superhero sequel Thor: The Dark World is still set to keep the top spot for the weekend itself. Read on for details on that and its current worldwide cume!
According to The Wrap, African-American comedy The Best Man Holiday looks set to earn a whopping $35 million in North America this weekend after opening with $10.7 million yesterday. That's well ahead of initial projections, but with Thor: The Dark World not too far behind with $10.4 million, the Marvel Studios blockbuster is still on track to take the #1 spot for the second weekend in a row with a total of somewhere around $40 million. Facing little competition overseas before The Hunger Games: Catching Fire opens next week, the Alan Taylor helmed sequel has now passed $400 million worldwide. Gravity meanwhile will earn an additional $6 million over the next couple of days for a domestic total of $235 million, and more than $477 million worldwide.
Marvel’s "Thor: The Dark World" continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s "Thor" and "Marvel’s The Avengers," Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.
STARRING:
Chris Hemsworth as Thor
Tom Hiddleston as Loki
Anthony Hopkins as Odin
Natalie Portman as Jane Foster
Zachary Levi as Fandral
Ray Stevenson as Volstagg
Tadanobu Asano as Hogun
Jaimie Alexander as Sif
Idris Elba as Heimdall
Christopher Eccleston as Malekith
RELEASE DATE: November 8th, 2013
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