Box Office: 'Thor 4' Is Bigger Than Each of The Previous Three Thor Movies
Los Angeles, July 11 - After a long delay, the 4th installment of Thor - Thor: Love and Thunder, starring Chris Hemsworth in the title role, was released in theaters over the last weekend. Taika Waititi returned to direct his second Thor movie and also re-introduces Jane Foster after being sidelined since 2014's "Thor: The Dark World".## "Thor: Love and Thunder", however, is not being loved by the critics while the audience reception is also mixed. The critics' score of the latest Thor movie is almost similar to the second movie in the franchise, "Thor: The Dark World", with 68% on Rotten Tomatoes. Thor 2 has a 66% critics' score. ## Regardless of what critics are saying, "Thor 4" put up a thunderous show at the domestic as well as international box office, scoring a mighty $303 million globally, which is the 3rd highest weekend for any Hollywood movie during the pandemic and the 2nd best of 2022, behind "Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness".## At the domestic (North America) box office, "Thor: Love and Thunder" scored the biggest opening weekend as compared to each of the previous three Thor movies with $144 million. Previously, "Thor: Ragnarok" had the record of the biggest opening in this Marvel franchise with $122.7 million in the first weekend in 2017. ## Interestingly, the box office of this superhero franchise has witnessed growth with each movie from their previous movie. The first Thor movie was released in 2011 with a domestic opening weekend of $65.7 million. Later when "Thor: The Dark World" was released in 2013, it outscored the first movie by collecting $85.7 million while "Thor: Ragnarok" carried this trend in 2017 followed by "Thor 4". ## The future of "Thor: Love and Thunder" might go with the "Doctor Strange 2" way. Just like "Thor 4" - the Benedict Cumberbatch-starrer also received a mixed reception and could only add 2.1X of its opening weekend of $187.4 million at the domestic box office. ## Stay tuned...
