
Next up for the franchise is February's Black Panther, May's Avengers: Infinity War and July's Ant-Man and the Wasp. It's translatable across generations and cultures, while taking audiences' minds off everyday life. Reviews have cited that Ragnarok is an exciting, fun, colorful cosmic adventure that falls right into what international audiences are wanting right now.
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Thor: Ragnarok has enjoyed great word-of-mouth since its debut, and the film looks like it's going to have long legs at the box office, especially overseas where the movie seems to be perfectly crafted for that market. Marvel superheroes are popular all across the globe. Thor: Ragnarok Long Range Box Office Forecast: Marvel Studios Eternals Disney Posts 2nd-Best Global Box Office Year Ever with 6.45 Billion Estimates: Thor. This puts the franchise, which also passed $10 billion worldwide just last year, ahead of Star Wars, Harry Potter, Batman and James Bond domestically. Marvel Studios is also cashing in on the good tidings as the MCU has now officially crossed the $5 billion mark domestically thanks to Thor: Ragnarok‘s strong opening. The estimated $55.6 million opening in China is the largest ever for a November release as is the movie's $5.2 million debut in India. Overall, this pushes the film's global total to $427 million, and it is currently tracking to do better than Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

Internationally, in its second weekend Ragnarok is now playing across almost the entire worldwide marketplace after opening in Germany, Russia, Mexico, China and Japan with an additional $151.4 million for an overseas gross of $306 million since first opening last weekend. Related: Kevin Feige Says Beta Ray Bill Was Almost in Thor: Ragnarok This is the first time in box office history that a production studio has released three films that opened this high all in one year. It also means that the film’s distributor, Disney, will break another record this year with five $100 million-plus openings in 2017, including Beauty and the Beast and December's Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which is projected to open to more than $200 million. 2 as the third MCU film to gross over $100 million in its opening weekend in 2017 and the eighth overall. More importantly, Thor: Ragnarok joins Spider-Man: Homecoming and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Marvel Studios and Disney’s critically acclaimed Thor: Ragnarok opened to a thunderous 107.6 million at the foreign box office over the weekend from roughly 50 percent of the marketplace. This haul places it as the seventh largest opening ever for a film in the MCU, only after The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Iron Man 3, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Buffeted by very positive reviews and a 93 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes, the third Thor movie made an estimated $121 million in its first weekend domestically on 4,080 screens. Thor: Ragnarok opened in first place with an estimated 121M, which is over a hundred million more than the next movie on the chart.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is on top of the world right now, after a stellar opening weekend for its latest film, Thor: Ragnarok.
