Marvel Studios' blockbuster of the year - "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" has finally met the global audience.
This is also the second Marvel superhero movie this year after "Ant-Man 3", and this time the word-of-mouth and box office performance will not be moths again.
In the 18th week of 2023 (May 5 to May 7), the North American box office list was released, and "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" won the weekly box office championship with an absolute advantage.
The broader market got $155 million, up 54% from 17 weeks, and the competitiveness of old films gradually weakened.
In ninth place is the action film "The Covenant" directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, which only collected $14.79 million at the box office in three weeks of release, and there is no way to recover the cost due to the budget cost of up to $55 million.
This year's two blockbusters led by Guy Ritchie both ended in box office hits, the last one was "Operation Golden Explosion" released in March, box office star Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie also failed to save it, and the global box office was only 37.84 million US dollars.
"Fast Chase 4" starring Keanu Reeves and Donnie Yen ranked fifth, with a box office of more than $180 million in North America and $406 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing movie in the series.
Universal Pictures' "Super Mario Bros. Movie" finally stopped its fifth consecutive title, and North America has accumulated 518 million US dollars, which is the highest-grossing movie this year.
In the past two weeks, with the help of the two major markets of Japan and South Korea, "Mario" has smashed $1.15 billion at the global box office, surpassing "Toy Story 4" ($1.07 billion) and becoming the fifth-highest-grossing animated film of all time.
Last week, two new films broke into the top ten of the list, one is "SMS Love" starring Sam Hughan and Perjanka Cao Pala, and the other is "Guardians of the Galaxy 3".
"SMS Love" failed miserably at the box office in its first week, ranking fifth with $2.35 million, and because the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is only 17%, it can basically be concluded that the three-day tour is good, but the cost of this film is only $9 million.
"Guardians of the Galaxy 3" grossed $118 million in 4,450 theaters in its first three days, winning the 18th week of box office, and the first week of opening was second only to "Super Mario Bros. Movie" with $146 million, the second highest opening film this year.
This opening score is higher than the first and lower than the second, the first "Guardians of the Galaxy" was $94 million in the first week, and "Guardians of the Galaxy 2" was $146 million.
Slightly higher than the previous Marvel superhero blockbuster "Ant-Man 3" $106 million in the first week, the overall performance is acceptable, North American IMAX Dolby premium screen revenue reached 40%, about $43 million.
The film opened simultaneously in 73 countries and regions around the world, with overseas income of 170 million US dollars, so far, "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" was released at the global box office in the first week, hitting 289 million US dollars.
In 2014, "Guardians of the Galaxy" had a global box office of $333 million in its first week and a final global box office of $773 million;
In 2017, "Guardians of the Galaxy 2" grossed $389 million in its first week and finally got $863 million at the global box office.
In comparison, the global box office trend of "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" will be about $700 million, and the production cost of this film is the highest in the series, and Marvel Studios has a budget cost of $250 million for Rolling Guide.
The global box office must reach at least $700 million to return the money, and after the release, streaming copyright revenue, Blu-ray sales, and anime peripherals to buy a little, Marvel Studios has little problem making a small profit.
As we all know, Marvel's superhero blockbuster global market is becoming less and less popular, mainly related to the market, and for a period of time, a certain type of film is loved by the audience.
From 2008's "Iron Man" to 2019's "Avengers 4", the best eleven years have passed, and the fifth stage of layout, leading to Kang the Conqueror's first movie "Ant-Man 3" due to poor word of mouth, the global box office stopped at $500 million.
Coupled with the prosecution of Jonathan Meijers, the actor of Kang the Conqueror, the future Marvel movies are full of uncertainty, and the main creator director of the "Guardians of the Galaxy" series was recruited by Warner DC Pictures to be the CEO.
At this time, it is not easy for "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" to have such an excellent box office performance, and it also injects a shot of strength into superhero movies, as long as the reputation is good and the movie is good, the audience will still pay.
After the large-scale release of "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" worldwide, word of mouth has been released:
IMDB public score reached 8.4 points; Douban slipped from 8.7 points to 8.5 points, but still exceeded the 8.4 points of "Avengers 4"; CinemaScore received an "A" recommendation.
On the MetaCritic (MTC) media platform, 61 media outlets rated 65 points; On Rotten Tomatoes, Guardians of the Galaxy 3 achieved 82% freshness and a 95% popcorn index.
Overall, the film has a good reputation, and the global box office may go further.
Rolling through the last Marvel movie, all the characters in the series appeared, this time the protagonist was given to CG Raccoon, which has an unusual past.
At the beginning of the movie, Warlock Adam came to the original residence of the Guardians of the Galaxy, in order to capture the raccoon rocket, it turned out that he was sent by the Supreme Evolutionary, and the Warlock Adam at this time had extraordinary combat effectiveness, but his IQ was worrying.
In a big smash, Rocket is seriously injured and on the verge of receiving a boxed lunch, the team members go to the villain base to find a way to rescue, and the Mantis Woman finds another Gamora in the universe to join in the Marauders.
The division of labor was clear, a rescue began, and finally Supreme Evolution was defeated, and the team was not missing, Star-Lord temporarily bid farewell to the position of Silver Guardian Captain and handed over the power to Raccoon Rocket.
The old team was disbanded, and the new Guardians of the Galaxy continued to guard...
The roller guide has the perfect ending for each character:
Star-Lord - Return to Earth to accompany his only blood relative, Grandfather.
When he was a child, his mother died and his father disappeared, and the young Peter Quill followed Courage into space as a bounty hunter, and his most important object was his Walkman, the only gift his mother left him.
He personally solved the enemy Iago and destroyed Igo's planet, but Yongdu received a box lunch during the battle, and later formed the Guardians of the Galaxy, and his girlfriend Gamora was killed, and he was like crazy.
This time, team member Rocket Raccoon was seriously injured, he could no longer afford to lose his family, and after completing his mission, he chose to leave the Guardians of the Galaxy and return to Earth to accompany his grandfather, which he wanted to accomplish for the rest of his life.
The last Easter egg of the movie, Star-Lord ended in a small talk with his grandfather, and the final subtitles came out: The legendary Star-Lord will return.
It is clear that the story of the "Avengers" will continue, and Star-Lord can fight another three hundred rounds as a capable general.
Gamora—Back to Star-Lord's former route.
As a child, Gamora, who was not happy at all, adopted her by Thanos, who destroyed her family, and in order to survive, she competed cruelly with her sister Nebula, which developed a ruthless appearance.
After joining the Guardians of the Galaxy, she fell in love with Star-Lord and felt the warmth of the family, and later Nebula apologized to her, so that she had the appearance of a girl, but unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and she was rolled off the line in the second part.
"Guardians of the Galaxy 3" Rolling Guide has brought her back in another way, she has become a member of the Marauders, maybe the Bounty Hunter is more suitable for the current Gamora, and thanks to Rolling Guide for not letting her continue to form CP with Star-Lord.
Gamora's curtain call perfectly.
Rocket Raccoon – Guardians of the Galaxy 3 is your chapter and your prologue.
In this movie, Rocket is the worthy protagonist, just like Miyagi in "Slam Dunk", loved by the director, creating a fairly independent and complete storyline for it, with all the rest of the league supporting it.
The story of the rocket is moving, tears are earned, and as an 89P13 subject, he makes friends Leila, Big Tooth, and Plate, and spends a short time in the laboratory.
Having never seen outer space, it gave itself the name "Rocket", and after losing its friends, it cherished friendship even more, and the Guardians of the Galaxy was its home, so Star-Lord chose to let you control this power.
The prologue of the rocket begins, more adventures and laughter in the hope that the next director will complete the baton...
Groot - Heh! He actually said "I love you, family".
This may be the biggest surprise of the film, this tree man who will always only say "I am Groot" contributed the line "I love you, family" in the finale of the film.
The family members of the tree people are, of course, the members of the alliance team, and the families of the "Guardians of the Galaxy" are the global audience in front of the big screen, and I feel that the rolling director used this line to make a curtain call to all the audience in front of the screen.
You must know that the actor who voiced the tree man is Vin Diesel in "Fast and Furious", the action big coffee who values logging the most, seems to have returned to his own set.
Groot the Tree Man continues to stay in the Guardians of the Galaxy and fight alongside the raccoons.
Drax the Destroyer - responsible for being funny, will definitely be a good father.
The real big man, seemingly fierce, but soft inside, after reading "qiuqiu", it looks even more amiable, and most of the laughs in the whole film are from Drax.
His optimism hides his grief over the death of his wife and daughter, so he always rises to the occasion with a smile, and when he meets a group of experimental little girls, he finally knows what to do for the rest of his life.
I believe that on another planet, you and your daughters must be very happy, and you will definitely be a good father.
Nebula - Completing the transformation of machines into people.
A ruthless fighting machine that finds a sense of being a human in the Guardians of the Galaxy, Nebula has been devastated since childhood compared to Thanos' preference for Gamora, and most of his body has been replaced by metal.
After Thanos hung up, Nebula had the right to control his life, and a qualitative transformation directly occurred in "Guardians of the Galaxy 3", and the deformation robotic arm was more powerful, and Nebula who went his own way did not be cold to the end this time.
Nebula, who lacks fatherly love, and Drax, who has lost his wife and daughter, form CP, and the girls who are rescued by them, maternal love must be in place, and Nebula has also completed the transformation of machine to man.
Mantis Woman – Live your life.
Mantis Girl has been Igo's tool since birth, completely unfamiliar with this universe, and communicating with others has become an insurmountable barrier, however, when the Guardians of the Galaxy appeared, her world was opened up ever since.
Now, she wants to live her life, and the praying mantis girl says goodbye to the escort and turns away, embarking on a new journey of self-discovery.
Little Blue Man Courage also appears in another way in the film, and his subordinate Kraglin gets the true biography and joins the new Guardians of the Galaxy.
In the first Easter egg, Rocket leads new members of the Silver Guardian: Groot, Kragrin, Cosmo, Adam Warlock and his pets, as well as the freed Silver-Haired Girl.
When the first Star-Lord singing and dancing music sounded, did you burst into tears, or cheered and applauded?
Well, this week's North American box office will introduce you here.
Two blockbuster films will be released in May:
One is Vin Diesel's "Fast and Furious 10", and the other is Disney's blockbuster live-action movie "The Little Mermaid", when Brother Brown is discussing the global box office with everyone.
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