Furthermore, the success of “Vol 3” in international box offices has been highlighted.
Disney’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is on track to have one of the greatest second weekends holds for a Marvel Cinematic Universe film in the post-pandemic period following an opening weekend haul that was generally regarded as lacking. The superhero trilogy’s concluding film made $15.7 million on its second Friday and is projected to earn $58 million domestically over its second weekend. By Sunday, this will raise the movie’s overall domestic gross to more than $200 million.
Compared to the weekend debuts of other Marvel movies like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Thor: Love and Thunder, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Guardians of the Galaxy 3 debuted to a so-so $118 million, which was on par with expectations. With a dip of just 51% from the first weekend, Guardians of the Galaxy 3 will have the strongest second weekend hold for an MCU property in the post-pandemic era.
In contrast, Doctor Strange 2 experienced a 67% weekend decline, and Spider-Man: No Way Home experienced a 68% decline. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings in 2021 was the previous MCU film to record a hold this healthy. Guardians of the Galaxy 3 received positive reviews and an outstanding A CinemaScore from first-day viewers, much like its two predecessors. It appears to be working.
The underperformance of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which finished with $475 million worldwide — a smaller gross than both of its predecessors, which only served to fuel the conversation about “superhero fatigue,” should offer as some much-needed comfort to Marvel. Every new MCU film receives tremendous fan criticism and claims that people are tired of superhero movies. To be fair, the release of Shazam! and Ant-Man 3 this year has been fairly disappointing for the genre. rage against the gods for not providing what was promised. In case you forgot, the infamous Black Adam, which failed to gross $400 million worldwide throughout its theatrical run, marked the end of last year.
