Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts* is set to release this week, and ahead of the latest MCU movie’s arrival, early box office predictions are tracking for a good launch.
What are the Thunderbolts* box office predictions?
After early projections had the latest ensemble film earning anywhere from $63-$77 million in its opening weekend, a new report from THR citing tracking data has the film opening to somewhere around $70-$73 million domestically.
Internationally, Thunderbolts* is now projected to earn somewhere between $160-$175 million. While not an out of this world amount for a Marvel Studios project, this is tracking to perform better than some of Marvel’s more recent films, and due to the film’s strong word of mouth, could continue to climb after its release.
Thunderbolts* will be released in United States theaters on May 2, 2025.
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The cast of the movie includes Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian, Wyatt Russell as John Walker/U.S. Agent, Olga Kurylenko as Antonia Dreykov/Taskmaster, Hannah John-Kamen as Ava Starr/Ghost, Lewis Pullman as Bob, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.
Geraldine Viswanathan will also appear as a character named Mel in the film, while Wendell Edward Pierce has been tapped to play an undisclosed role. Additionally, Laurence Fishburne and Rachel Weisz are also expected to reprise their respective roles as Bill Foster and Melina Vostokoff from Ant-Man and the Wasp and Black Widow.
The script for Thunderbolts* comes from Eric Pearson, Lee Sung Jin, and Joanna Calo. Schreier’s past filmography includes 2012’s Robot & Frank and 2015’s Paper Towns. He also directed a number of episodes of Netflix’s Beef Season 1.
(Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
