As reported by Variety, Thor: Love and Thunder brought in $143 million in North America and another $159 million internationally. While the latest MCU film’s opening was slightly behind domestic estimates of $150 million, it still performed very well, earning more than Thor: Ragnarok’s $123 million in 2017. It’s also just behind Jurassic World: Dominion’s $145 million and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ $185 million for the biggest opening weekend of 2022. Thor: Love and Thunder cost $250 million to produce, and Marvel has spent around $100 million to promote it, so those numbers should be promising for the studio. Finally, Thor: Love and Thunder had the 12th best opening of any MCU film, of which there were 28 before it. In our review of Thor: Love and Thunder, we said it was “held back by a cookie-cutter plot and a mishandling of the supporting characters, but succeeds as the MCU’s first romantic comedy thanks to Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman’s chemistry.” . Minions: The Rise of Gru took second place earning $45.5 million in its second weekend. As it stands, the fifth entry in the Despicable Me franchise has grossed $210 million domestically and $399.8 million worldwide. Top Gun: Maverick took third place adding another $15.5 million to its total in its seventh weekend of release. The second Top Gun movie has earned $597.4 million domestically and over $1.18 billion worldwide. Elvis took fourth place with $11 million, down 40% from its opening weekend. Elvis has earned $91.1 million in North America so far. Jurassic World: Dominion rounded out the top five with $8.4 million in domestic ticket sales. That was enough to let the last Jurassic film cross $350 million in North America. For more, check out the ending explanation, why Thor: Love and Thunder is proof that Marvel needs a Phase 4 target sooner rather than later, and who that mystery character was in the movie. Do you have a tip for us? Want to discuss a potential story? Send an email to [email protected] Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.
