‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Dazzles With $36 Million at Thursday Box Office
06.05.2022 - 18:51
/ thewrap.com
kick off the summer blockbuster season in style and give audiences another reminder of what a pandemic box office could look like if back to full strength. Independent trackers suggest that “Doctor Strange 2” could bring in $160 million in its opening weekend, with some going even higher to a $200 million start, if below what “No Way Home” managed.
Though Disney has tempered expectations, some still say it could pass “The Batman” and its $134 million opening from this spring. For comparison, “The Batman” made $21.6 million in its Thursday preview screenings, and “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” noted similarly high pre-sales leading up to its release.
“No Way Home” posted a gargantuan $50 million in preview screenings, one of the highest preview showings ever. And for the record, the original “Doctor Strange” from 2016 made $9.4 million in its Thursday previews and opened to a more modest $85 million.
The sequel could easily double, if not triple that box office haul. Something closer in the ballpark could be “Captain Marvel,” which in 2019 made $20.7 million in its Thursday start and opened to $153.4 million, or 2016’s “Captain America: Civil War,” which did $25 million in previews and opened to $179.1 million.
In fact, “Doctor Strange 2” ranks directly behind the $39 million Thursday performance of “Avengers: Infinity War,” which made $257.6 million.So far internationally, after opening in an additional 24 markets on Thursday, the film has made $85.7 million to date, which is just 12% below the international performance of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” on a like-for-like basis. “Multiverse of Madness” also did quite well on Imax screens and was Imax’s fifth highest grossing preview for a Thursday night,
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