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1109 days ago

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Marvel Studios 'Thor: Love And Thunder' Digital Premiere Date Revealed

Mumbai, August 22 - Marvel Studios' latest blockbuster Thor: Love and Thunder is getting ready for its digital release, after becoming the second highest-grossing Thor movie at the worldwide box office with $737 million so far. ## The Chris Hemsworth-starrer was released on July 6 in North America along with international markets. Disney had previously announced that all the Marvel titles will be premiered on Disney Plus after 45 days of theatrical release. However, it seems that the studio will not follow the suit for "Thor: Love and Thunder". ## According to the latest update from Marvel Updates' Twitter handle, the superhero movie will debut on Disney+ on September 8, that is after 9 weeks of the official theatrical release. ## In India, the movie will premiere on Disney+Hotstar in multiple languages. "Thor 4" has been a big hit at the Indian box office, grossing approx. 128 crores for all languages since its release on July 7. It is the second Hollywood movie this year to cross 100 crores gross in India after fellow Marvel film "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of the Madness".## Directed by Taika Waititi, "Thor 4" is the sequel to "Thor: Ragnarok" (2017) and the 29th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor alongside Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Waititi, and Russell Crowe. ## Stay tuned...

Hollywood

1119 days ago

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Malaysia Government Commits To Banning More LGBT Films After Banning 'Thor' and 'Lightyear'

Kuala Lumpur, August 12 - The government of Malaysia is in no mood to spare any film that promotes LGBT elements. Marvel Studios' recent blockbuster, Thor: Love and Thunder, was stopped from releasing in the country, and the government has now confirmed that it was prevented from releasing in local theaters due to its LGBT. ## Thor 4 is one of the many Hollywood films that have been stopped from hitting theaters in Malaysia, and this also includes Pixar's recently released, Lightyear. As per Variety, both "Thor 4" and "Lightyear" were submitted by distributor Disney for classification and censorship by the country's Film Censorship Board (LPF). ## While the censor board of Malaysia at first was ready to allow the film in theaters, however, upon the condition of cutting some of the LGBT scenes but Disney chose not to surrender. "Lightyear" was banned in 16 or more Muslim-majority countries.## "Recently there was a film that did not pass censorship, that is the new 'Thor' film", said Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Zahidi Zainul Abidin. "[The movie] touched on LGBT but we see right now there are many films with LGBT elements that slip past the censorship".## Zahidi blamed foreign elements for the problem, claimed that LGBT films were becoming more subtle in their methods, and asked for public vigilance. "I am frustrated because the outside world was the one promoting LGBT,” he said responding to a question in Parliament.## While the minister said that his government is committed to banning films showing LGBT in theaters, he also revealed that beyond movie theaters and broadcast TV, his powers are limited and do not cover streaming services that are based outside the country. It has been said that "Lightyear" is already on Disney+Hotstar with an 18+ recommendation in the country. ## Zahidi advised Malaysians to exercise self-restraint and for parents to use the age-control systems contained within streaming platforms to restrict access to LGBT content.## Stay tuned...

Hollywood

1123 days ago

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Box Office: Thor 4 Becomes Biggest Thor Movie In North America

Los Angeles, August 8 - Chris Hemsworth's newest Thor movie Thor: Love and Thunder opened in theaters last month domestically as well as internationally. The superhero movie, directed by Taika Waititi, didn't receive well by the critics as it has officially become the lowest-rated Thor movie with ratings of 65% on Rotten Tomatoes. ## Even though the Marvel movie didn't go well with critics, it put up a strong show at the box office, and now, it has become the highest-grossing film in the Thor franchise at the domestic (North America) box office. Thor 4 has grossed $316 million after the end of the 5th weekend, beating Thor: Ragnarok's $315 million lifetime domestic total. ## Thor: Ragnarok, however, is still the highest-grossing film in the franchise at the worldwide box office with $854 million, on the other hand, the latest flick has earned $700 million in total so far. Once Thor 4 tops $322 million, it will have sold more tickets than the previous Thor film.## In the film, Thor attempts to find inner peace but must return to action and recruit Valkyrie, Korg, and Jane Foster — who is now the Mighty Thor — to stop Gorr the God Butcher from eliminating all gods. It stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor alongside Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Waititi, and Russell Crowe in key roles.## Stay tuned...

Hollywood

1129 days ago

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Chris Hemsworth's 'Thor: Love and Thunder' Becomes The Lowest-Rated Film In Thor Franchise

Los Angeles, August 2 - Actor Chris Hemsworth's Thor: Love and Thunder has been in theaters for almost a month and has grossed over $660 million worldwide so far. However, the film has scored another benchmark, which the makers would have liked to avoid.## The 4th installment of Thor, "Love and Thunder" has become the lowest-rated film in the franchise and the second-lowest rated film in the entirety of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. At the time of writing this article, the film has a 65% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes from 408 reviews. ## The highest-rated film in this superhero franchise is "Thor: Ragnarok" (93 percent), followed by "Thor" (77 percent) as the second best-rated film and "Thor: The Dark World" at number 3 with 66% rating. In the MCU, the only Marvel Studios flick with a worse rating is "Eternals" with a 47% score from 398 critics. ## Most importantly, despite the poor reviews, the film has managed to stay in theaters. It will soon be entering the $700 million club at the global box office, and even though the film hasn't performed in the way Marvel/Disney would have hoped for, they will take this result. ## Taika Waititi, who directed Thor: Ragnarok, returns to direct Thor: Love and Thunder. He also co-wrote the film's screenplay with Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Chris Pratt, Jaimie Alexander, Pom Klementieff, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Sean Gunn, and Vin Diesel.## Stay tuned...

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1144 days ago

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Box Office: 'Thor 4' Crosses $500 Million Worldwide; Another Marvel Hit In India

Mumbai, July 18 - Marvel Studios has another winner in its hands as its latest superhero tentpole Thor: Love and Thunder has crossed $500 million worldwide box office.## The Taika Waititi-directed movie scored $505 million worldwide after making $60 million overseas and $46 million at the domestic (North America) box office on the second weekend. The pace of the movie at the box office, however, is slow as compared to the recent blockbusters, thanks to the average reviews from critics and audiences. ## At the North American box office, "Thor 4" has grossed $239.2 million while overseas, it has managed to score $266 million so far. The United Kingdom is leading its international charge with $25 million so far, followed by Australia ($22M), and Korea ($21M). India continues to be the 5th biggest international contributor to the movie. ## The Chris Hemsworth-starrer film has grossed 116 crores ($14.5M) in 11 days or through the second Sunday. It is currently the second highest-grossing Hollywood movie at the Indian box office in 2022, after its fellow Marvel movie "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of the Madness" ($20.2M). The word of mouth among the Indian audiences for "Thor 4" is decent, but the brand Thor and Marvel come to the rescue again to deliver another Marvel hit in India. ## The stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor alongside Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Waititi, and Russell Crowe, along with "Guardians of the Galaxy" stars in key roles. Portman marks her return to the Thor franchise after missing out on the last two Thor movies. ## Stay tuned...

Hollywood

1147 days ago

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Box Office: 'Thor Love and Thunder' Storms Past 100 Crores Gross In India

Mumbai, July 15 - Marvel Studios 4th Thor installment, Thor: Love and Thunder, starring Chris Hemsworth in the title role, has stormed past 100 crores gross mark at the Indian box office in the first week itself, scoring 103.85 crores. ## The superhero movie, directed by Taika Waititi, becomes the 5th Marvel movie to score 100 crores gross in India, and is the second Marvel movie this year, after "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of the Madness", to do so. It took just 8 days to reach the milestone. ## "Thor: Love and Thunder" has had a slow start as compared to "Doctor Strange 2", which reached the 100 crores gross in just 4 days. The Sam Raimi-directed movie collected approx. 165 crores gross in its full run and it is one of the biggest grosser at the India box office this year. ## Meanwhile, at the worldwide box office, "Thor 4" has topped $400 million on Thursday. It has grossed $179 million at the North American box office through Wednesday while overseas, the superhero movie crossed $200 million. Domestically (North America), it is currently the 11th highest-grossing film during the covid-19 pandemic. ## "Thor 4" stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor alongside Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Waititi, and Russell Crowe. In the film, Thor attempts to find inner peace but must return to action and recruit Valkyrie (Thompson), Korg (Waititi), and Jane Foster (Portman)—who is now the Mighty Thor—to stop Gorr the God Butcher (Bale) from eliminating all gods. ## Stay tuned...

Hollywood

1150 days ago

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Director Taika Waititi Says He Would Love To Return To Complete His 'Thor' Trilogy With Chris Hemsworth

Los Angeles, July 12 - Director Taika Waititi's second Thor movie - "Thor: Love and Thunder" has been released in theaters. Unlike "Thor: Ragnarok", the 4th installment in this superhero franchise got low ratings from critics and audiences alike.## Thor will return with the 5th installment, but after "Thor: Love and Thunder", the speculations are making noise about who will direct it and will Chris Hemsworth return to play this iconic comic-book superhero. Interestingly, the post-credits card ending "Thor 4" was a surprise for the eight-time Marvel star as it introduces a major MCU superhero. ## Well, in an interview with Insider (via comicbook, Waititi revealed that he would love to return to the director's chair and complete his Thor trilogy only with Hemsworth, who, in one of the recent interviews said that he would play Thor "until someone says get off the stage".## "That was a surprise to me, too. I'm not joking," Waititi told Insider of Marvel confirming Thor's eventual return. "I saw it in the theater and I was like, 'Oh, shit. Really?' Even Chris was like, 'What?' But, of course, he'll be back. He's the best character. I mean, I may be a little biased, but he's the most fun to watch".## "Now, I don't know what would be next. I would definitely do one, but only if Chris did it," Waititi said. "But it would need to be something surprising and unexpected for me to want to do it, like what would be the new take? The battles and all the fighting is fine, but I would want something that feels unexpected when it comes to the story. Like making just a $5 million movie with no fighting at all, just Thor on a road trip. Like [Alexander Payne's 2013 film] Nebraska", he added.## Marvel Studios has not yet announced Thor 5 or when Thor might return. ## Meanwhile, despite the mixed talks among the audiences and being rated one of the lowest MCU movies by critics, "Thor 4" opened to a mighty $303 million worldwide on the opening weekend, making it the biggest opening ever of the franchise. The movie cost a whopping $250 million to make, which makes it the costliest Thor movie ever. ## The movie stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor Odinson, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, Taika Waititi as Korg, Russell Crowe as Zeus, Jaimie Alexander as Sif, and Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan, Dave Bautista, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn, Vin Diesel, and Bradley Cooper as the Guardians of the Galaxy.## Stay tuned...

Hollywood

1151 days ago

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Thor: Love and Thunder Packs A Solid Punch At The Indian Box Office Despite Mixed Talks

Mumbai, July 11 - Marvel/Disney's Thor: Love and Thunder packed a solid punch with a very good extended opening weekend at the Indian box office, becoming another Marvel tentpole to open big in the country. ## The Chris Hemsworth-starrer superhero movie, despite the mixed talks, scored a brilliant 82 crores gross ($10.3 million) over the first 4-days weekend. The movie opened to 23.11 crores gross on Thursday but slipped 37% on Friday to 14.47 crores. At this time, it looked like the movie is getting affected due to the mixed WOM, but it was not that case as it jumped again on Saturday and Sunday for 21.23 crores and 23.36 crores gross, respectively. ## The English version of "Thor 4" is leading the charge at the Indian BO with 54.67 crores gross in 4 days, followed by the Hindi version with 23.24 crores. The other versions, including Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada scored approx. 4.10 crores gross. India was the fifth biggest international contributor to "Thor 4's" collection on the opening weekend.## Directed by Taika Waititi, "Thor 4" has become the highest-grossing Thor movie in India, crossing the lifetime collection of "Thor: Ragnarok", which scored approx. 75 crores gross in 2017. It is currently the 17th highest-grossing Hollywood movie in India but is likely to finish under the top 10. Today (1st Monday), it will cross "Jokar", and is likely to go past "Fast And Furious: Hobbs And Shaw" after the first week to become the 15th biggest Hollywood movie in India. ## The movie stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor, alongside Natalie Portman as Mighty Thor, Tessa Thompson, Christian Bale, Chris Pratt, Jaimie Alexander, Pom Klementieff, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Sean Gunn, Jeff Goldblum, Bradley Cooper, and Vin Diesel.## Stay tuned...

Hollywood

1151 days ago

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Box Office: 'Thor 4' Is Bigger Than Each of The Previous Three Thor Movies

Los Angeles, July 11 - After a long delay, the 4th installment of Thor - Thor: Love and Thunder, starring Chris Hemsworth in the title role, was released in theaters over the last weekend. Taika Waititi returned to direct his second Thor movie and also re-introduces Jane Foster after being sidelined since 2014's "Thor: The Dark World".## "Thor: Love and Thunder", however, is not being loved by the critics while the audience reception is also mixed. The critics' score of the latest Thor movie is almost similar to the second movie in the franchise, "Thor: The Dark World", with 68% on Rotten Tomatoes. Thor 2 has a 66% critics' score. ## Regardless of what critics are saying, "Thor 4" put up a thunderous show at the domestic as well as international box office, scoring a mighty $303 million globally, which is the 3rd highest weekend for any Hollywood movie during the pandemic and the 2nd best of 2022, behind "Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness".## At the domestic (North America) box office, "Thor: Love and Thunder" scored the biggest opening weekend as compared to each of the previous three Thor movies with $144 million. Previously, "Thor: Ragnarok" had the record of the biggest opening in this Marvel franchise with $122.7 million in the first weekend in 2017. ## Interestingly, the box office of this superhero franchise has witnessed growth with each movie from their previous movie. The first Thor movie was released in 2011 with a domestic opening weekend of $65.7 million. Later when "Thor: The Dark World" was released in 2013, it outscored the first movie by collecting $85.7 million while "Thor: Ragnarok" carried this trend in 2017 followed by "Thor 4". ## The future of "Thor: Love and Thunder" might go with the "Doctor Strange 2" way. Just like "Thor 4" - the Benedict Cumberbatch-starrer also received a mixed reception and could only add 2.1X of its opening weekend of $187.4 million at the domestic box office. ## Stay tuned...

Hollywood

1151 days ago

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'Thor: Love and Thunder' Scores Thunderous $302 Million Worldwide In The Opening Weekend

Mumbai, July 10 - Marvel Studios-backed fourth installment of Thor - Thor: Love and Thunder take home a thunderous $302 million from its worldwide opening weekend box office. ## The global total of "Thor 4" includes $143 million in North America and a mighty $159 million internationally. The domestic opening weekend of the superhero flick slightly came lower than the industry's projection of $150M-$170M but performed way better overseas by coming ahead of the projection. ## "Thor: Love and Thunder" is one of the lowest-rated Marvel Cinematic Universe movies of all time with a critics' score of 68% on Rotten Tomatoes, but that did not come in its way to differ its target at the domestic box office. Internationally as well, the movie is having the mixed word of mouth but still performed the way Marvel movies should do. ## Korea has led "Thor 4's" international run with $15.3 million in the opening weekend, followed by the United Kingdom with $14.8 million. India has once again proved Marvel-friendly at the box office with an excellent $10.3 million in the 4-day opening weekend. It beats "Thor: Ragnarok's" lifetime collection to become the highest-grossing Thor movie at the Indian box office. ## "Love and Thunder" follows Chris Hemsworth's Norse god as he teams up with his former beau Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), who now wields her own hammer as the Mighty Thor. Together, they embark on a journey to defeat the galactic villain Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), who is hellbent on his plan to purge the globe of all things divine.## Stay tuned...

Hollywood

1153 days ago

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Thor: Love and Thunder Secures 5th Biggest MCU Opening of All Time

Los Angeles, July 9 - Chris Hemsworth and Natali Portman's Thor: Love and Thunder's domestic box office opening has once again proved that the critics' reviews hardly matter when it comes to the Marvel movie. ## The superhero movie, directed by Taika Waititi, is one of the lowest MCU-rated movies of all time with a critics' score of 68% from 305 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of writing. However, it seems that the low critics' rating is only for the record book as the movie took a flying start of $29 million from its domestic (North America) Thursday preview screens (which started at 3 pm). ## The thundering opening of "Thor 4" is one of the biggest ever for an MCU title. For the record, it is the 5th biggest Thursday start for all MCU films and the second-best of 2022 overall (just behind Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness). It is tracking to earn $150 million in the domestic opening weekend and possibly $300 million worldwide.## Have a look at the TOP 5 biggest MCU Thursday previews - ## 1. Avengers: Endgame - $60 million## 2. Spider-Man: No Way Home - $50 million## 3. Avengers: Infinity War - $39 million## 4. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - $36 million## 5. Thor: Love and Thunder - $29 million## The Disney and Marvel movie is a direct sequel to "Thor: Ragnarok" (2017), both were directed by the maverick filmmaker Taika Waititi, and is the fourth entry in the Thor stand-alone franchise. It's also the 29th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). ## The movie marks the return of Natali Portman, after missing out on two previous Thor movies. She is also playing the Mighty Thor this time and going by the people's reactions, she is the highlight of the movie. The cast also includes Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Waititi, and Russell Crowe.## Stay tuned...

Hollywood

1155 days ago

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'Thor: Love and Thunder' Tracking To Earn $300 Million Worldwide In The Opening Weekend

Los Angeles, July 7 - Marvel Studios' Thor: Love and Thunder, is all set to help deliver big at the worldwide box office, despite being rated one of the lowest Marvel Cinematic Universe flicks of all time by critics. ## The second MCU feature release of 2022 is currently tracking to debut with over $300 million at the worldwide box office. At the domestic (North America) box office, the superhero flick is projected to deliver over $100 million in its opening weekend, which will be the first time during the covid-19 pandemic when two back-to-back domestic weekends will see $100 million-plus openers after "Minions: The Rise of Gru". ## Directed by Taika Waititi, "Thor 4", according to box office pro is looking to earn between $135M-$165M in its opening domestic weekend. The opening weekend projection of the film is tracking ahead of its predecessor, "Thor: Ragnarok", which debuted with $122.7 million in November 2017. ## The box office projection of the 4th Thor installment is closer to the likes of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($146.5 million in May 2017) and Captain Marvel ($153.4 million in March 2019). There is a real chance that "Thor 4" may beat both of these movies and take one of the biggest Marvel openings ever. ## There is a possibility that critics' reviews might impact those projections in the final hours before release. However, as seen in the past, Marvel movies have always been audience-friendly and overcome those reviews more often than not, and have delivered at the box office. "Thor 4" is unlikely to get affected by critics' score which is 70% from 179 reviews at the time of writing on Rotten Tomatoes. ## The movie stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor alongside Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Waititi, Russell Crowe, and Natalie Portman as Mighty Thor. Portman is making her comeback after missing out on the previous two Thor movies. In the film, Thor attempts to find inner peace but must return to action and recruit Valkyrie (Thompson), Korg (Waititi), and Jane Foster (Portman) - who is now the Mighty Thor - to stop Gorr the God Butcher (Bale) from eliminating all gods.## Stay tuned...