MARVEL’s Thunderbolts Eternal Speed ​​Size at the box office

The summer movie season is almost on us and cannot come soon enough. The first part of 2025 was very harsh at the box office. Even after “Minecraft” recorded a global opening of $ 314 millionThe local box office falls around 5 % behind 2024. We are also miles away from prenatal levels. So, can Marvel Cinematic University help us in returning us to the right track with “Thunderbolts” in May? Early, it seems that the answer may be yes, but it will rely on Marvel and it is the delivery of a group of old crowds, rather than something more exciting to the dispute.

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Early tracking indicates that “Thunderbolts” by director Jake Schreier will open between $ 63 and $ 77 million locally, for each. Hollywood Observer. So we look at more than $ 70 million, which will definitely be at the lower end for the summer MCU title. However, this is also a new franchise without many list A menu (outside Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes, also known as The Winter Soldier). For the larger part, this is a group of characters B that leads a team without admitting almost name like Avengers. So we should not expect to open the “Avengers” level here. The tracking suggests something closer to “eternity”.

2021 The “eternity” was opened to 71.2 million dollars and ended with more than $ 400 million All over the world. However, the ambitious team film Chloe Zao was met with an exciting cold and came at a time when the epidemic was hindering the cinema. This is not a problem now. What is the issue is the unpleasant MCU menu during the multiple epic. We have received high levels of highlands such as “Spider-Man: No Way Home” ($ 1.9 billion worldwide/260.1 million dollars) and low reduction such as “The Marvels” ($ 206.1 million worldwide/46.1 million dollars).

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In recent years, the average Marvel Blockbuster costs approximately $ 200 million for $ 150 million for its production. Therefore, in the case of “Thunderbolts”, Disney really needs this movie to do more than $ 400 million of business. This is a lot in cards, assuming that cinema pioneers are like the movie enough.

“Thunderbolts” focuses on a group of unintended nonsense, who find themselves on a dangerous mission. The basic group consists of Yeena Belova (Florence PGH), Bucky Barnes (Stan), Red Guardian (David Harbor), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) and John Walker (Wyatt Russell). Luis Polman (“Top Gun: MAVERICK”) on board As a new character to MCU from Marvel Comics, Sentry.

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McU has struggled to keep consistency in recent years, and the pattern is amazing. Poels such as “Deadpool & Wolverine” ($ 1.33 billion worldwide/$ 211.4 million) can rise above noise and make huge visits, while films dealing with “Meh” such as “Captain America: Brave New World” ($ 413.1 million worldwide/$ 88.8 million) fails To enjoy expectations. All this is due to the response from the public masses.

Although there was a time when McU’s movies were more or less box office, but the days of a movie are like “Thor: The Dark World” the ability to get $ 644 million worldwide They went. For this reason he loves a movie “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” ended with $ 476 million in disappointment Globally, after opening up to $ 106.1 million. The convincing tape of the masses was raised to leave the house, and the mentality of “Waiting for Broadcasting” has been established for anything less than the greatness in the world of super films.

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In short, if the audience loves “Thunderbolts”, there is no reason that “Doctor Strange” ($ 677.7 million worldwide/$ 85 million). It can put $ 70 million or more completely this movie for success. These numbers are still early. Add positive reviews from critics alongside this movie, and these numbers can easily rise in May.

“Thunderbolts” strikes theaters on May 2, 2025.