‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Has a Strong Opening Weekend, but Reactions Are Mixed

As of last week, July 6, the latest Marvel movie Thor: Love and Thunder to see at the cinema. The film immediately had a successful opening weekend with worldwide grossing of $302 million (€299 million). It does a good job with it, but in terms of content, the movie is much worse.

Thor: Love and Thunder is the fourth solo film by the character of Thor Odinson (Chris Hemsworth). And like in the previous film, Ragnarok, this one is also directed by Taika Waititi. This means that this film also differs greatly from normal Marvel films. It contains more dry humor, color and absurdity. And although in Ragnarok proven, critics are less enthusiastic Love and Thunder. Despite the reactions, the film is already on a roll.

Thor: Love and Thunder

In the last film, we see how Thor is doing after the events of Avengers: Endgame† During this film, the God of Thunder lost all courage and this was reflected in his behavior. In Thor: Love and Thunder he goes in search of himself and his identity. But things don’t go well, especially when his ex Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) shows up and he’s also being chased by Gorr (Christian Bale).

What fans have been waiting for love and thunder, became immediately apparent during the opening weekend. In the United States, the film immediately earned 143 million dollars (141 million euros) at the box office. It only makes it worse than Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Jurassic World: Dominion. They earned $187 million (€185 million) and $145 million (€143 million) respectively. Reached worldwide Thor: Love and Thunder already 302 million dollars (299 million euros).

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But always does Thor: Love and Thunder not good in terms of reviews. on rotten tomatoes the film currently has a score of 68%. That only makes it better than in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Eternals (47%), The Incredible Hulk (67%) and Thor: The Dark World (66 percent). Comments from critics focused on how Marvel Studios allegedly gave director Taika Waititi too much freedom. As a result, the story would be lost and it would be a “boring” story.

But the film still seems to be loved by audiences. He succeeds love and thunder still a score of 81 percent.

Watch the trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder here: