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05-08-2023, 08:10 AM
Box Office: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Kicks Off Summer Movie Season with $114 Million Debut
by Rebecca Rubin
May 7, 2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, the conclusion to Marvel’s trilogy about an extraterrestrial crew of misfits, kicked off with $114 million in its domestic box office debut.
Those ticket sales rank as the second-biggest opening weekend of the year, behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie with $146 million. Despite the towering figure, the film ever-so-slightly missed expectations of $120 million and arrived considerably behind its predecessor, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which debuted to $146 million in 2017.
It’s a jump on the first Guardians of the Galaxy, which introduced the world to Chris Pratt’s Star Lord and his friends and opened to $94 million in 2014. At the international box office, the film added $168 million from 52 markets, bringing its global tally to $282 million.
Elsewhere at the domestic box office, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 ended the four-week box office reign of Universal, Illumination and Nintendo’s animated The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which slid to second place with $18.6 million from 3,909 theaters.
It’s the highest-grossing film of the year with $518 million domestically and $1.15 billion globally.
Evil Dead Rise, a supernatural horror sequel from Warner Bros. and New Line, took third place with $5.7 million from 3,036 theaters in its third weekend of release. It’s been a solid box office performer with $54 million in North America and $110 million globally.
Making those returns even sweeter, the $15 million-budgeted film was originally intended to release on HBO Max before getting a traditional theatrical release.
At No. 4, Lionsgate’s adaptation of Judy Blume’s seminal novel added $3.38 million in its second weekend of release.
Unfortunately for the $30 million-budgeted film, its great reviews didn’t translate into ticket sales. It’s generated just $12.6 million to date.
Sony’s romantic comedy Love Again, majorly flopped with $2.4 million from 2,703 venues.
The film, starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and set against a backdrop of Celine Dion’s discography, earned a “B” CinemaScore and holds a 13% on Rotten Tomatoes, which doesn’t point to a long life in theaters. Luckily, it only cost $9 million to produce.
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/box-office-guardians-of-the-galaxy-3-opening-weekend-1235605486/
May 5-7, 2023 Weekend Studio Estimates:
1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 $114,000,000
2. The Super Mario Bros. Movie $18,600,000 / $518,127,705
3. Evil Dead Rise $5,730,000 / $54,101,490
4. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. $3,380,000 / $12,647,414
5. John Wick: Chapter 4 $2,359,000 / $180,056,266
6. Love Again $2,425,000
7. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves $1,515,000 / $1,515,000
8. Air $1,396,169 / $50,246,910
9. The Covenant $1,222,129 / $14,779,681
10. Sisu $1,083,000 / $5,548,199
by Rebecca Rubin
May 7, 2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, the conclusion to Marvel’s trilogy about an extraterrestrial crew of misfits, kicked off with $114 million in its domestic box office debut.
Those ticket sales rank as the second-biggest opening weekend of the year, behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie with $146 million. Despite the towering figure, the film ever-so-slightly missed expectations of $120 million and arrived considerably behind its predecessor, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which debuted to $146 million in 2017.
It’s a jump on the first Guardians of the Galaxy, which introduced the world to Chris Pratt’s Star Lord and his friends and opened to $94 million in 2014. At the international box office, the film added $168 million from 52 markets, bringing its global tally to $282 million.
Elsewhere at the domestic box office, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 ended the four-week box office reign of Universal, Illumination and Nintendo’s animated The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which slid to second place with $18.6 million from 3,909 theaters.
It’s the highest-grossing film of the year with $518 million domestically and $1.15 billion globally.
Evil Dead Rise, a supernatural horror sequel from Warner Bros. and New Line, took third place with $5.7 million from 3,036 theaters in its third weekend of release. It’s been a solid box office performer with $54 million in North America and $110 million globally.
Making those returns even sweeter, the $15 million-budgeted film was originally intended to release on HBO Max before getting a traditional theatrical release.
At No. 4, Lionsgate’s adaptation of Judy Blume’s seminal novel added $3.38 million in its second weekend of release.
Unfortunately for the $30 million-budgeted film, its great reviews didn’t translate into ticket sales. It’s generated just $12.6 million to date.
Sony’s romantic comedy Love Again, majorly flopped with $2.4 million from 2,703 venues.
The film, starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and set against a backdrop of Celine Dion’s discography, earned a “B” CinemaScore and holds a 13% on Rotten Tomatoes, which doesn’t point to a long life in theaters. Luckily, it only cost $9 million to produce.
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/box-office-guardians-of-the-galaxy-3-opening-weekend-1235605486/
May 5-7, 2023 Weekend Studio Estimates:
1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 $114,000,000
2. The Super Mario Bros. Movie $18,600,000 / $518,127,705
3. Evil Dead Rise $5,730,000 / $54,101,490
4. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. $3,380,000 / $12,647,414
5. John Wick: Chapter 4 $2,359,000 / $180,056,266
6. Love Again $2,425,000
7. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves $1,515,000 / $1,515,000
8. Air $1,396,169 / $50,246,910
9. The Covenant $1,222,129 / $14,779,681
10. Sisu $1,083,000 / $5,548,199