Filmmaker James Gunn’s Marvel Studios swan song, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, is blasting off this weekend, the de facto start of the summer box office, with an eye at $250M worldwide.
Of that $110M is coming from domestic, and $140M from overseas. Wrinkling some box office sources brows is how the threequel’s start is poised to be off Vol 2‘s U.S./Canada opening high of $146.5M back in 2017.
Before we scream threequelitis, which most superhero movies possess Teflon against, let’s allow this latest Marvel sequel to play out.
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3 has the longest-running time in the trilogy at 2 hours and 30 minutes, and currently has the lowest (yet solid) reviews at 78% fresh (versus 85% certified fresh on Vol.
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