Sebastian Stan, Hannah John-Kamen, Florence Pugh, Wyatt Russell and David Harbour in … More “Thunderbolts*.”<\/p>\n
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Disney-Marvel\u2019s Thunderbolts* appears to be heading to a $70 million to $75 million opening weekend at the domestic box office to kick off the 2025 summer movie season<\/a>.<\/p>\n The estimated weekend tally for the film projected by Deadline<\/a> on Friday falls lock-step with the trade publication<\/a> and Variety\u2019s<\/a> forecasts for the film from earlier this week.<\/p>\n The good news is \u2014 so long as the estimate holds \u2014 those figures advert the low end of the tracking numbers released by The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> on April 10, which pegged a $63 million to $77 million opening weekend take in North American theaters.<\/p>\n ForbesHannah John-Kamen On Rematerializing As Ghost In \u2018Thunderbolts*\u2019By Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n The not-so-good news is that Deadline\u2019s $70 million to $75 million weekend projection falls short of Box Office Pro\u2019s<\/a> lofty projection on Wednesday of an $80 million to $90 million opening for *Thunderbolts.<\/p>\n The latest chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is opening in 4,330 North American theaters.<\/p>\n By contrast, Disney\u2019s MCU movie \u2014 Captain America: Brave New World \u2014 had a three-day opening tally of $88.5 million at the domestic box office from 4,105 theaters in mid-February. Since the film\u2019s release fell on Presidents\u2019 Day weekend, a healthy Monday tally of $11.5 million helped propel the film to a $100 million four-day bow.<\/p>\n ForbesMarvel\u2019s \u2018Thunderbolts*\u2019 And \u2018Mission: Impossible\u2019 Mark The Start Of Summer 2025 Box OfficeBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n Back to the projected take of Thunderbolts*, most studios would be celebrating a $70 million opening. However, Disney, per Variety, also had a $180 million production budget for Thunderbolts* and $100 million marketing spend, so the film still has a way to go before reaching profitability.<\/p>\n As this for this weekend, Thunderbolts* can claim bragging rights for being the new No. 1 film in North America, knocking the vampire thriller Sinners from the box office belfry after two weeks.<\/p>\n Another big positive Disney can hang onto is that not one, but two films \u2014 Warner Bros. A Minecraft Movie and Sinners \u2014 both defied opening weekend projections in April as well as their second-weekend estimates.<\/p>\n ForbesHorror Comedy \u2018Clown In A Cornfield\u2019 Gets Early Drive-In ScreeningsBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n Given the positive buzz that the film has going into the weekend \u2014 including an 88% \u201cfresh\u201d rating from Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> critics and a 95% \u201cfresh\u201d Popcornmeter rating from RT users \u2014 it is certainly in the realm of possibility that Thunderbolts* can defy box office projections as well.<\/p>\n Thunderbolts* marks a departure for the MCU since it concentrates on the adventures of a group of antiheroes \u2014 Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Red Guardian (David Harbour), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) and John Walker (Wyatt Russell) \u2014 instead of superheroes.<\/p>\n Michael B Jordan plays twins in director Ryan Coogler’s vampire thriller “Sinners.”<\/p>\n Warner Bros. Pictures Director Ryan Coogler\u2019s Sinners, which opened with $48 million two weeks ago at the domestic box office and had a stunning second weekend hold with $45.7 million, is projected by Deadline to earn anywhere from $30 million to $35 million from 3,347 North American venues this weekend to take the No. 2 spot.<\/p>\n If Deadline\u2019s estimate holds, it will boost Sinners\u2019 running domestic take to anywhere from $176.6 million to 181.6 million. A Minecraft Movie, meanwhile, is projected by Deadline to earn $13 million from Friday to Sunday from 3,571 theaters to up its domestic tally to $397.5 million.<\/p>\n
\n\u2018Sinners\u2019 Still Holding Strong In Its Third Weekend Frame<\/p>\n