Thor: Love and Thunder grossed $302 million at the global box office in its first weekend and secured a victory worthy of the gods.
As Variety reports, Thor: Love and Thunder grossed $143 million in North America and an additional $159 million internationally.
While the latest MCU film’s launch fell slightly short of domestic estimates of $150 million, it still performed very well, earning more than Thor: Ragnarok’s $123 million in 2017. It’s also just behind Jurassic World: Dominion at $145 million and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ $185 million for the biggest opening weekend of 2022.
Thor: Love and Thunder cost $250 million to produce, and Marvel spent about $100 million on promotion, so those numbers should be very promising for the studio. Finally, Thor: Love and Thunder had the 12th best opening of any MCU film, of which there were 28 before that.
In our review of Thor: Love and Thunder, we said that it’s “held down by a cookie-cutter conspiracy and mishandling of supporting characters, but thanks to the chemistry of Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman, it succeeds as the MCU’s first romantic comedy.”
Minions: The Rise of Gru took second place, earning $45.5 million over its second weekend. By the looks of it, the fifth entry in the Despicable Me franchise has grossed $210 million domestically and $399.8 million worldwide.
Top Gun: Maverick took third place by adding another $15.5 million to its total in its seventh weekend of release. The second Top Gun film has grossed $597.4 million domestically and over $1.18 billion worldwide.
Elvis took fourth place with $11 million, down 40% from its opening weekend. Elvis has grossed $91.1 million in North America to date.
Rounding out the top five was Jurassic World: Dominion with $8.4 million in domestic ticket sales. That was enough for the latest Jurassic film to break the $350 million mark in North America.
For more, check out our ending explainer, why Thor: Love and Thunder is proof that Marvel needs a Phase 4 goal sooner rather than later, and our look at who this mystery character was in the film.
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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.