‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ takes off at the box office

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according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. It is predicted to take home $250 million worldwide on its opening weekend, Forbes reported.

The flick, which The Post called “a grotesque, exhausting adventure,” stars A-Listers like Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Chris Pratt and Sylvester Stallone. “The Super Mario Bros.

Movie,” which was in the No. 1 spot for the past month, chugged down to second, with a $4.2-million take.The animated adventure, based on the Nintendo game, became the first 2023 film to make over $1 billion at the global box office.

It also made history as the fifth movie released during the pandemic times to rake in over $1 billion, after “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Jurassic World Dominion” and “Avatar: The Way of Water.”The supernatural horror “Evil Dead Rise” took third place Friday, and earned close to $1.7 million.It has already become the highest-grossing film in its franchise, according to Collider.In the fourth spot was “Love Again,” also released on Friday, which took in only $955,000.The film features Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Sam Heughan and stars Celine Dion, who IndieWire said can’t even “save this wildly contrived rom-com from its own sadness.”The songstress also recorded five songs for its soundtrack, including the title track.  “Are you There God?