Surprise: Thor: Love and Thunder was a worldwide hit, but which one won in Argentina?

Thor: Love and thunder premiered last Thursday in Argentina and Friday in North America. And while in our country the film with Chris Hemsworth in which Jane Foster reappears, the character who Natalie Portman played in the first two Thor movies, it did not become the most watched movie over the weekend, in the US and Canada it became the third highest-grossing premiere so far in 2022.

The film was left in North America behind another Marvel production, Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madnesswhich debuted with $ 185 million, and Jurassic world dominationwhich grossed $ 145 million.

Thor: Love and thunder grossed $ 143 million over its opening weekend in theaters in the US and Canada, making it the largest opening in the Thor franchise. It had an important release, as it is exhibited in 4,375 rooms. And, with international box office receipts in 45 other countries, the film directed by Taika Waititi reaches $ 302 million.

Films starring Thor as the absolute protagonist have had an increase in audiences. The first film released for $ 65.7 million in 2011, followed by $ 85.7 million for A dark world in 2013 and $ 122.7 million ragnarok -directed also by the New Zealander Waititi- in 2017.

Thor: Love and thunder it had a very high cost, estimated at $ 250 million.

One of the keys to its success, at least in North America, is that 60 percent of the audience was male and 53 percent were between 18 and 34, according to polls.

In Argentina

Here, 435,696 spectators paid to see the fourth adventure, The God of Thunder, from Thursday to Sunday, which, combined with some preview features, led to the film with Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman for a total of 487,419 tickets sold.

But as we said at the beginning, it wasn’t enough to be the most followed production, since that place was occupied by Minion: A villain was bornand for the second weekend.

The new animated adventure of Gru’s henchmen, who is 11 years old in the film released on the last Thursday of June, was seen by 509,914 viewers.

This weekend, with the July 9 holiday falling on Saturday, both productions clearly grabbed the attention of the public. Between them, they transported 84.31% of the total spectators. Third, on the podium of the most viewed of the weekend, there was Light yearwith “just” 52,666 entries.

Looking at the total numbers of tickets sold, the ranking of the 10 most popular films in Argentina in 2022, with seven films exceeding one million admissions and one over 2,000,000 is as follows:

1. Jurassic world: domination 2,057,339 spectators
2. Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness 1,973,989 spectators
3. Spider-Man: There is no way to go home (The figure corresponds to this year’s admissions, as the film premiered in December 2021) 1,564,162 admissions
4. Minion: A villain was born 1,462,040 spectators
5. Sonic 2 1.268.009 spectators
6. Batman 1,266,193 spectators
7. Light year 1,225,182 spectators
8. Top Gun Maverick 875.008 spectators
9. Sing 2, come and sing again 861.323 spectators
10. Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets 568,083 spectators