Thor: Ragnarok collects more than $10m in earnings at first weekend box office, while Suburbicon struggles
New Marvel film Thor: Ragnarok soared to number one at the weekend box office, collecting more than $10m in earnings across 781 screens.
The latest film produced by Marvel Studios is the sequel to 2011’s Thor and 2013’s Thor: The Dark World, and stars Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Mark Ruffalo, Idris Elba and Jeff Goldblum.
Viewers return to see Thor caught in a deadly gladiatorial contest that pits him against The Hulk. In an attempt to survive, Thor must prevent Hela from destroying his home and the Asgardian civilisation.
The film collected more than $107m at the international box office on its opening weekend while locally it has made a total of $10.931m.
Locally, it was the only film to make more than $1m, with second place going to Sony’s Blade Runner 2049, which made $557,788 over 264 screens.
Since its premiere, the film had made $11.556m.
Geostorm fell from first place to third over the weekend, raking in $497,339. The result was a massive fall from its opening weekend, when it grossed $1.539m.
In fourth place was Fox’s The Mountain Between Us making $447,200 over the weekend, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia.
New to the top five was Roadshow’s Suburbicon, which achieved $372,446 on its opening weekend across 223 screens.
The film, directed by George Clooney, is set in 1959 in a peaceful community known as Suburbicon.
Starring Matt Damon and Julianne Moore, the film is based around husband and father Gardner Lodge, who must navigate the town’s underbelly of betrayal, deceit and violence.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thor: Ragnarok (Disney) | $10,135,906 | 781 | $10,931,710 |
| Blade Runner 2049 (Sony) | $557,788 | 264 | $11,556,735 |
| Geostorm (Wb) | $497,339 | 245 | $2,427,283 |
| The Mountain Between Us (Fox) | $447,200 | 288 | $4,157,678 |
| Suburbicon (Roadshow) | $372,446 | 223 | $372,446 |
| Happy Death Day (Universal) | $332,204 | 205 | $3,112,576 |
| Home Again (Eone) | $310,260 | 233 | $1,313,694 |
| The Snowman (Universal) | $253,076 | 238 | $1,345,572 |
| Kingsman: The Golden Circle (Fox) | $178,435 | 164 | $18,827,123 |
| The Son Of Bigfoot (Studiocanal) | $145,572 | 198 | $385,887 |
| My Little Pony: The Movie (Madman) | $136,563 | 157 | $136,563 |
| Golmaal Again (Mindblowing Films) | $110,801 | 34 | $494,266 |
| Victoria And Abdul (Universal) | $107,525 | 138 | $8,198,160 |
| The Midwife (Palace) | $84,703 | 18 | $221,488 |
| The Foreigner (english) (Roadshow) | $82,054 | 49 | $348,982 |
| Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (Fox) | $71,001 | 135 | $9,508,956 |
| The Emoji Movie (Sony) | $66,535 | 128 | $13,531,545 |
| Secret Superstar (Zee Studios) | $60,208 | 14 | $237,436 |
| Mersal (Mks Retail) | $47,337 | 14 | $484,956 |
| The Lego Ninjago Movie (Wb) | $37,787 | 86 | $5,361,480 |
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Mr Clooney certainly picked his time to have the den of iniquity moralise to the rest of America.
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