Disney/Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 landed on tracking today before its summer season launch date of Friday, May 5 and it’s looking like a $130M domestic start.
That’s lower than the $146.5M stateside opening of Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2, which also kicked off summer in 2017, and distribution sources specify that the campaign for GOTG3 hasn’t really fired up to its full potential yet.
Hence, there’s nothing to worry about. The highest domestic opening for a Marvel Studios movie post-pandemic belongs to Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home ($260.1M).
After that, it’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness which started summer last year with $187.4M. That said, GOTG3 was tracking lower in first choice compared to GOTG2, though strong among the under 25 sect.
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