Doctor Strange is a boom, here and around the world

the premiere of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessby Sam Raimi, and with benedict cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen who led the cast, gained impressive numbers, whether post-pandemic, in the midst of the pandemic or even compared to the pre-pandemic period.

And that is the same in North America and the rest of the world, including of course Argentina.

The numbers allow Sam Raimi’s film to position itself as:

• This is the best debut for any film to be released in 2022thanks to its collection of 450 million dollars worldwide,

• This is the second best premiere, in box office terms, since the pandemic began.

• It was in the tenth best opening in history.

• This is the fifth best start for a Marvel movie.

• This is the best introduction for a film by Sam Raimi (director of the first trilogy of spider man).

More comparisons

Comparisons are always hateful, but you have to make them. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness This heralds the return of the Disney Marvel Cinematic Universe with everyone, after the chaos caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in theaters.

In case Spider-Man: No Way Home running similarly: released in December by Sony, it earned approximately US $ 600 million worldwide.

In what we call the Covid Era, Disney/Marvel premiered Black Widowwhich debuted with US $ 80 million, plus US $ 60 million for additional Disney+subscription payments), Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings (debut with $ 75 million) and Eternals ($ 71 million debut).

As of 2022, the record in North America is held by Batmanwith US $ 134 million. Spider-Man: No Way Home it still ranks as the biggest opening weekend of the pandemic (and second largest ever) at $ 260 million.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessoutside the U.S. and Canadian markets – when Americans provide “local” numbers they always include Canada – it raised $ 265 million from 49 countries, bringing in a total of $ 450 million.

It seems difficult, but not impossible, that the new Marvel will reach as much as a billion dollars, as it will not be released in China — a market that is not only potential, but has become important for global collections — or in Russia. S langAsk-Man: No way home has been able to cross that threshold since Covid arrived. earned US $ 1,892,617,772

In Argentina

The new Marvel in Argentina in five days on the bill – the preview functions of Wednesday 3 were added – were seen by 798,863 viewers. From Thursday to Sunday, 660,084 people paid for their tickets, and since the total number of spectators in all theaters was 779,711, It was chosen by 85% of the public to go to the cinema over the weekend.

In December 2021, Spider-Man: No Way Home it garnered 1,100,242 viewers under the same conditions (5 days), which was enough for the film along with Tom Holland and Zendaya to be the best opening in box office terms in the last two years.

Batmanfrom DC Comics, also for five days, along with preview shows on Wednesday, was seen opening this weekend in early March by 324,695 viewers.