{"id":1560825,"date":"2022-07-19T07:41:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T11:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1560825"},"modified":"2022-07-19T09:49:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T13:49:40","slug":"thor-love-thunder-suffers-near-70-drop-in-its-second-week-at-the-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thor-love-thunder-suffers-near-70-drop-in-its-second-week-at-the-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Thor: Love &#038; Thunder Suffers near 70% Drop In Its Second Week at the Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthor-love-thunder-suffers-near-70-drop-in-its-second-week-at-the-box-office%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1560825&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>For a movie that is the most expensive non-Avengers Marvel Cinematic Universe film to date, this is not the performance that Marvel Studios expected nor wanted for <em>Thor: Love &#038; Thunder.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_171373\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-171373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natalie Portman as The Mighty Thor in Marvel Studios\u2019 THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER. Photo by Jasin Boland. \u00a9Marvel Studios 2022. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/07\/08\/thor-love-and-thunder-review-a-hanna-barbera-cartoon-about-cancer\/\">Thor: Love and Thunder Review \u2013 A Hanna-Barbera Cartoon About Cancer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thor: Love &#038; Thunder<\/span><\/i><span> is the #1 movie in the world for the second consecutive week. However, the overall box office haul has Disney executives wondering if they are going to get anywhere close to the return on investment that they believed. The film suffered a 68% drop for its second weekend at the box office for a total haul of $46 million dollars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This ranks among the MCU\u2019s worst 2nd weekend drop-offs, including <\/span><i><span>Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness<\/span><\/i><span> (-67%) and <\/span><i><span>Black Widow<\/span><\/i><span> (-68%).\u00a0<\/span><span>The current worldwide total for the film sits at $497.9 million after two weeks, with $264.6 million internationally and $233.3 million in the United States. However, insiders claim the film will have to hit the $700 million dollar worldwide mark just to break even, given the massive costs associated with production.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Marvel spent $250 million dollars on the production of the film alone. While it is expected to hit that mark, the performance will be considered a major disappointment for Marvel Studios who were expecting a billion dollars from the film starring one of the founding members of the MCU\u2019s <\/span><i><span>Avengers<\/span><\/i><span> team.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_171323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-171323\" class=\"size-full wp-image-171323\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.08-04.15-boundingintocomics-62c7af63cc0de.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"835\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.08-04.15-boundingintocomics-62c7af63cc0de.jpg 835w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.08-04.15-boundingintocomics-62c7af63cc0de-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.08-04.15-boundingintocomics-62c7af63cc0de-768x503-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-171323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natalie Portman and Chris Hemsworth in Thor Love and Thunder (2022) 3<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/07\/06\/thor-love-and-thunder-critic-reviews-are-middling\/\">Thor: Love And Thunder Critic Reviews Are Middling<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thor: Love &#038; Thunder<\/span><\/i><span> is expected to perform far below what <\/span><i><span>Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness<\/span><\/i><span> did,<\/span><span> which has grossed over $950 million dollars towards the end of its theatrical run. Both movies pale in comparison to 2021\u2019s <\/span><i><span>Spider-Man: No Way Home,<\/span><\/i><span> which grossed over $1.9 billion dollars in theaters worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Love &#038; Thunder<\/span><\/i><span> has a long way to go if it wants to reach the top 3 in the domestic United States box office this year. As of this writing, the film is $30 million dollars behind Universal Pictures\u2019 <\/span><i><span>Minions: The Rise of Gru<\/span><\/i><span> for the #5 spot. Universal Pictures also holds the #4 spot with <\/span><i><span>Jurassic World Dominion<\/span><\/i><span> which has collected $360 million in the US after surpassing $900 million dollars in their total worldwide gross.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Warner Bros Discovery\u2019s <em>The Batman<\/em> is at #3 with $370 million in the US. Meanwhile, Paramount Pictures\u2019 <em>Top Gun: Maverick<\/em> is running away from the pack at #1 with over $620 million dollars domestically, over $200 million dollars above <em>Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_130177\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-130177\" class=\"wp-image-130177 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.08.31-02.40-boundingintocomics-612d96a14c90a-1340x746-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.08.31-02.40-boundingintocomics-612d96a14c90a-1340x746-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2021.08.31-02.40-boundingintocomics-612d96a14c90a-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.08.31-02.40-boundingintocomics-612d96a14c90a-768x428-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.08.31-02.40-boundingintocomics-612d96a14c90a.jpg 1510w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-130177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Top Gun Maverick (2021), Paramount Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/07\/08\/marvel-studios-appear-to-retcon-korgs-race-to-make-them-all-male-reveals-korg-is-gay-in-thor-love-and-thunder\/\">Marvel Studios Appears To Retcon Korg\u2019s Race To Make Them All Male, Reveals Korg Is Gay in Thor: Love And Thunder<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Marvel Studios\u2019 \u201cPhase 4\u201d of their longest-running cinematic soap opera has been a major disappointment for audiences, and has been criticized for its lack of overall direction. 2021 saw the release of numerous films that failed to strike a chord with audiences throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, like <em>Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,<\/em> and <em>Eternals.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After those films barely broke even for Marvel, they got a massive push from <em>Spiderman: No Way Home.<\/em> However, that film was distributed by Sony Pictures, not Disney. Audience reactions to <em>Doctor Strange 2<\/em> and<em> Thor 4<\/em> have led many to question the direction of the MCU moving forward. Next up for Marvel Studios is the <em>Black Panther<\/em> sequel <em>Wakanda Forever,<\/em> scheduled for a November release. Marvel Studios is expected to release its first footage of the film during San Diego Comic-Con. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_125570\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125570\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.07.12-02.42-boundingintocomics-60ec54d819f45.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.07.12-02.42-boundingintocomics-60ec54d819f45.png 750w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021.07.12-02.42-boundingintocomics-60ec54d819f45-300x160.png 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-125570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Widow\/Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) in Marvel Studios\u2019 BLACK WIDOW, in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access. Photo by Jay Maidment. \u00a9Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>2023 will see the release of the next line of MCU films including <em>Ant Man 3, Guardians of the Galaxy 3, The Marvels,<\/em> and the reboot of the <em>Fantastic Four<\/em> franchise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/07\/13\/daniel-kaluuya-says-he-will-not-appear-in-black-panther-wakanada-forever-seemingly-confirming-films-focus-on-all-female-cast-of-heroes\/\">Daniel Kaluuya Says He Will Not Appear In Black Panther: Wakanada Forever, Seemingly Confirming Film\u2019s Focus On All-Female Cast Of Heroes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a movie that is the most expensive non-Avengers Marvel Cinematic Universe film to date, this is not the performance that Marvel Studios expected nor wanted for Thor: Love &#038;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1574428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1560825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1560825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1560825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1560825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1574428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1560825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1560825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1560825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}