The new Thor film, produced for the fourth time on the big screen by Marvel and fighting here against an intergalactic assassin, is played by Chris Hemsworth, accompanied by Natalie Portman and Christian Bale.
The film directed by New Zealander Taika Waititi accumulates since its premiere, on Friday, 143 million dollars in revenues in theaters in the United States and Canada, a considerable figure, above the previous installment.
An “excellent” start for Marvel that works much better than other superhero sagas when they reach their fourth film, said expert David Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.
Thor far surpassed Minions 2: Once Upon a Time Gruwhich topped the box office the previous weekend and that this grossed 45.5 million dollars, for which it accumulates 210 million revenues since its premiere.
In third place was the box office success Top Gun: Maverickwhich maintained a very strong performance in its seventh week in theaters, grossing around $15.5 million as of Friday.
Since its release, the return of Tom Cruise as America’s elite fighter pilot has grossed $597 million.
For the third week, Elvisthe extravagant and baroque biopic dedicated to the king of rock and roll, falls in fourth position with 11 million dollars, according to Exhibitor Relations.
Jurassic World: The World After, the sixth installment in the cult dinosaur saga, ranked fifth with $8.4 million in revenue.