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Box Office: Top Gun Maverick Becomes 10th Highest-Grossing Film In North America

Los Angeles, July 20 - Tom Cruise's action thriller Top Gun Maverick continues its record-breaking spree at the box office, despite running in its 8th week. ## Directed by Joseph Kosinski, "Top Gun 2" recently surpassed the initial box office record of James Cameron's "Titanic and now, the blockbuster sequel has stormed into top 10 highest-grossing films of all time at the North American box office by crossing "Star Wars: The Last Jedi". ## "Star Wars: The Last Jedi", which was released in 2017, scored $620.2 million in North America. The Tom Cruise-starrer movie grossed $620.10 million through Monday. As per the estimates, the movie stands at $622 million, including the collection on Tuesday (July 19). ## The highest-grossing film of Tom Cruise's career will not stop by surpassing "Star Wars TLJ" only. Today, it will cross "The Avengers" ($623.4M) to become the 9th highest-grossing movie in Hollywood history. The movie is currently tracking to earn over $660 million in its lifetime domestic run, which will make it the 7th highest-grossing film in North America. ## Meanwhile, the Paramount Pictures film is super strong at the overseas box office as well with a collection to date is $620.6 million, for a worldwide total of $1.24 billion. It is now the 20th highest-grossing film worldwide of all time and is likely to finish at 16th position. It is also the biggest-grosser ever for Paramount Studio. ## Stay tuned...

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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...

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Box Office: 'Jurassic World Dominion' Tops $900 Million Worldwide

Los Angeles, July 18 - Universal Pictures' science fiction action adventure film Jurassic World Dominion has crossed the $900 million mark at the worldwide box office, despite getting very poor reviews from critics. ## The Colin Trevorrow-directed $185 million budgeted movie has scored $902 million through Sunday (July 17), becoming the 3rd movie of 2022 to reach the milestone. The huge worldwide cume box office of the movie includes $359.7 million domestically (North America) and a strong $542.7 million at the overseas box office. ## The sequel to Jurassic "World: Fallen Kingdom" (2018) and the third film in the Jurassic World franchise, the latest blockbuster tentpole continues to be the biggest Hollywood title of the year in China where it has crossed RMB 1B to stand at $150M. Most of the Hollywood tentpoles have failed to grab China release over various differences.## The film stars an ensemble cast including Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Sam Neill. It is currently the third highest-grossing film of 2022 worldwide after Tom Cruise's "Top Gun Maverick" ($1.24B), and "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of the Madness" ($954M). ## "Jurassic World 3" has been a hit at the Indian box office with approx. 85 crores gross ($10.6 million). It is this year's 3rd highest Hollywood grosser in India, after "Doctor Strange 2" ($20.2M), and "Thor: Love and Thunder" ($14.5M). ## Stay tuned...

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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...

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Jennifer Lawrence's Comedy Film 'No Hard Feelings' Gets A Release Date From Sony Pictures

Los Angeles, July 15 - Sony Pictures has acquired the distribution rights of Jennifer Lawrence-starrer comedy film No Hard Feelings, according to Variety. The price tag, however, has not been revealed by the makers. ## The movie will be directed by Gene Stupnitsky, a writer and co-executive producer on NBC's "The Office". Sony Pictures has billed the movie as an 'R-rated comedy with a heart' and sets June 16, 2023, release date in theaters. ## It will be the first R-Rated comedy movie in Hollywood for a long time as comedy movies are often made to attract family audiences. "No Hard Feelings" is set in Montauk, New York, a hamlet on the east end of Long Island. Apart from headlining the movie, Lawrence will also be producing it with Alex Saks, Marc Provissiero, Naomi Odenkirk, and Justine Ciarrocchi. ## Meanwhile, Sony Pictures, which has been one of the few major Hollywood studios to stand by the theaters during the covid-19 pandemic, has acquired the distribution rights of the movie with the intention to give it a theatrical release. As per Variety, it faced competition from Universal Pictures along with other streamers and major studios to grab the rights. ## Stay tuned...

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Dhanush's Hollywood Debut 'The Gray Man' Gets Hammered By Hollywood Critics

Los Angeles, July 15 - The "Avengers: Endgame" directors, Anthony and Joe Russo return with their next directorial venture The Gray Man for Netflix. The action thriller movie stars Chris Evans, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Arms, Dhanush, and Julia Butters, among others in prominent roles. ## Dhanush marks his Hollywood debut with this $200 million budget pic, which is the costliest movie ever for Netflix. The movie had its world premiere on July 13 in Los Angeles and it was attended by the entire star cast of the movie along with the directors. It will have a limited theatrical release on July 15 before debuting on Netflix on July 22 worldwide. ## "The Gray Man" brings the most talented star cast, however, the movie is not getting the love the makers had expected. The Hollywood critics have slammed the movie and given it a below-average rating. At the time of writing, "The Gray Man" has a low 49% score on Rotten Tomatoes from 59 critics reviews, which is one of the lowest for this year's Hollywood movie. ## The Rotten Tomatoes' critics consensus read, "The Gray Man has the star-studded outline of an entertaining action thriller, but it's filled in with lukewarm leftovers from far better films". ## The movie is produced by Russo Brothers, Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum, Mike Larocca, Chris Castaldi, and Palak Patel. The official premise of the movie reads, "When the CIA's most skilled mercenary known as Court Gentry, aka Sierra Six, accidentally uncovers dark agency secrets, he becomes a primary target and is hunted around the world by psychopathic former colleague Lloyd Hansen and international assassins". ## Stay tuned...

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Avengers: Endgame Directors Russo Brothers Reveal The Next Marvel Project They Want To Direct

Los Angeles, July 14 - The star director duo, Joe and Anthony Russo are gearing up for the premiere of their upcoming movie "The Gray Man", in which they reunited with Chris Evans, who stars alongside Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, Jessica Henwick, Julia Butters, and Dhanush, among others. ## "The Gray Man" marks Russo Brothers' second directorial since their record-breaking Marvel movie "Avengers: Endgame" (2019). Earlier, the Marvel tentpoles they had directed were "Avengers: Infinity War", "Captain America: Civil War" and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier". The "Endgame" was the culmination of MCU's Infinity saga as Marvel moved next to its Phase 4. ## At the world premiere of "The Gray Man", Russo Brothers were asked which next Marvel project they want to take on. The director duo had previously revealed that they want direct "Secret Wars", and it seems that they're reiterating that fact. They were speaking to Deadline at the premiere of their next movie. ## "Our love for Marvel is based on the books that we've read as kids and the books that we fell in love with. The one series that you know we adored growing up was Secret Wars. It's incredibly ambitious. It would be bigger than Infinity War and Endgame. But it's a massive undertaking, and you know, those two movies were very hard to make. So trying to imagine making another two movies even bigger than those two... we're going to have to sleep on it", Joe Russo said. ## The Russo brothers share with Deadline their future dream Marvel movie pic.twitter.com/hk9tyVluTP— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) July 14, 2022 ## Stay tuned...

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'Top Gun Maverick' Surpasses $600 Million At North America Box Office

Los Angeles, July 13 - Tom Cruise's action thriller Top Gun Maverick has surpassed the milestone of $600 million at the North American box office and becomes the only 12th movie ever to reach there. It took 47 days to get there. ## The Paramount/Skydance movie has also crossed the initial domestic box office run of James Cameron's "Titanic" of $600.78 million as "Top Gun 2" has so far scored $601.92 million. "Titanic", however, remains the highest grossing domestic movie in Paramount Pictures' 110-year history with its re-release grosses putting a total cume at $659.3M, which is also the 7th biggest ever. ## The sequel to 1986's movie, "Top Gun 2" is currently the highest-grossing movie of 2022 in North America and globally. It has grossed over $1.19 billion so far at the worldwide box office. During the covid-19 pandemic, the Cruise-fronted movie is the second biggest domestic and worldwide grosser after Marvel/Sony's "Spider-Man: No Way Home" ($1.89B WW).## In the long run, "Top Gun Maverick" is likely to dethrone "Titanic" entire domestic collection to become the 7th biggest-grosser in Hollywood history. The Hollywood industry trade experts are predicting $670 million plus North America lifetime run. ## "Top Gun: Maverick" is directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Paramount Pictures, Skydance, and Jerry Bruckheimer Films. The movie stars Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm along with Ed Harris and Val Kilmer, among others in prominent roles. ## Stay tuned...

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Ryan Gosling Reveals The Marvel Character He Wants To Play In The MCU

Los Angeles, July 13 - Ryan Gosling is one of the respected actors in the Hollywood film industry working today for his roles in films like The Notebook, Drive, and La La Land just to name a few. He is currently shooting for Margot Robbie-fronted "Barbie" as well as busy in the promotional activities of Russo Brothers' "The Gray Man". ## Meanwhile, for the last few weeks, rumors have been making noise regarding Gosling's Marvel debut. The actor has been in-demand to play a comic-book hero and was reportedly considered for the role of the Lone Ranger, Joker in Suicide Squad, and even Doctor Strange in the MCU. While he ended up doing none of them, the latest rumor is about Marvel's movie based on Richard Rider, aka Nova, which is reportedly to make its Marvel debut in the coming years. ## Rumor has it that not only is a project based on the space-faring character set to go into production in 2023 but there's already an actor cast in the leading role - Ryan Gosling. However, the actor has denied such rumours, instead, he has revealed which Marvel character he wants to play. ## Josh Horowitz of MTV News spoke with Gosling and talked about the MCU. The actor finally responded to his Marvel debut rumors suggesting that he has been cast as the MCU's Nova, Richard Rider. But is in not true (as of now). ## "Next week my full chat w/Ryan Gosling for MTV News... But for now, an honest-to-goodness EXCLUSIVE... Ryan and I chatted about the Nova rumors yesterday which he said aren't true. BUT this morning Ryan reached out to me to say there is one superhero he wants to play...GHOST RIDER", Horowitz said in a tweet. ## Next week my full chat w/Ryan Gosling for @MTVNews But for now, an honest to goodness EXCLUSIVE. Ryan and I chatted about the Nova rumors yesterday which he said aren’t true. BUT this morning Ryan reached out to me to say there is one superhero he wants to play...GHOST RIDER pic.twitter.com/1jnC5ht4UY— Josh Horowitz (@joshuahorowitz) July 12, 2022 ## There have already been two movies on Ghost Rider, played by Nicolas Cage in 2007 and 2012. Created by Roy Thomas, Gary Friedrich, and Mike Ploog in Marvel Spotlight #5 in 1972, the original Ghost Rider was a stuntman named Johnny Blaze. It will be interesting to see if Gosling gets a chance to play the Cursed Rider. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Thor 4 First Tuesday Early Estimates (India)

Mumbai, July 12 - Marvel Studios' superhero movie "Thor: Love and Thunder" witnessed another drop at the Indian box office as it scored an estimated 4.50 crores net for all languages on its first Tuesday. The Chris Hemsworth-fronted movie was dropped by approx. 70% on Monday for approx 5.42 crores. On Tuesday, it dropped approx. 17%, pushing the total net collection to 74.72 crores net in 6 days. The original English version is continuing to drive "Thor 4's" biz in India with another an estimated 2.65 crores net on Tuesday, followed by Hindi with 1.55 crores. The other version scored approx. 30 lakh. The race for "Thor 4" to enter the 100 crores club is on and it is likely to get there at the end of the second weekend. It was become the second back-to-back Marvel/Disney movie to reach 100 crores net in India. About This Movie This film is directed by Taika Waititi and produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Disney. Thor: Love And Thunder stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Russell Crowe, Karen Gillan, Taika Waititi, and Chris Pratt in key roles. Stay tuned...

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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...

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Box Office: Thor 4 First Monday Early Estimates (India)

Mumbai, July 11 - Chris Hemsworth-fronted 4th Thor installment, "Thor: Love and Thunder" witnessed a huge drop on its first Monday at the Indian box office. The superhero movie, directed by Taika Waititi, scored a brilliant 64.8 crores net in the extended 4-day opening weekend. On Monday, it scored an estimated 5.50 crores net for all languages, dropping approx. 70% from Sunday. The drop, however, was expected considering Monday being a working day, plus the movie has mixed word of mouth. More importantly, "Thor 4" surpassed "Jokar" (approx. 66 crores) to become the 16th highest-grossing Hollywood movie in India. The original English version is continuing to drive "Thor 4's" biz in India with another approx. 3.20 crores net on Monday, followed by Hindi with 1.80 crores. The total net of the movie now stands at 70.20 crores net (89cr. gross) in 5 days. About This Movie This film is directed by Taika Waititi and produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Disney. Thor: Love And Thunder stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Russell Crowe, Karen Gillan, Taika Waititi, and Chris Pratt in key roles. Stay tuned...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Chris Evans, The Original Captain America, Shuts Down Marvel Return Talks

Los Angeles, July 10 - The announcement of Marvel Studios' Captain America 4 gave a lot of air to the rumors and those rumors are back as the movie is moving into the next stage of development. While some rumors might turn out true at the latter stage, the biggest of them has been shut down by the (former) Captain America himself. ## Hollywood superstar Chris Evans, who played this iconic superhero character in the first three "Captain America" movies and "Avengers" movies, has shut down the reports of him returning to take the shield again. "Captain America 4" was announced with Anthony Mackie as the new shield-bearer in the MCU and Evans aka Steve Rogers has once again reaffirmed this major Marvel development by reacting to a report of his Marvel return. ## Sam Wilson is Captain America— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) July 9, 2022 ## The question of a possible Evans return has danced in the minds of many Marvel fans since he said goodbye to the role in Avengers: Endgame. Recently, Evans was asked directly about a return on the Disney D23 Podcast. It seems like that's just not in the cards. Evans told them that Mackie has the shield right now and it would take an almost perfect script to change that.## Meanwhile, Chris Evans may not return to the MCU (for now), he has plenty of exciting global audience appealing movies in the pipeline. He will next star in the Netflix action thriller "The Gray Man", a film adaptation of the 2009 novel of the same name directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. It also stars Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, Dhanush, Jessica Henwick, and others in key roles. It will premiere on Netflix on July 22nd. ## Apart from the aforementioned movie, Evans will star in the action-adventure film "Ghosted", by director Dexter Fletcher, and is also slated to play Gene Kelly in an as-yet-untitled film based on an original idea of his own. Additionally, he will star in the action-comedy "Red One" and will also reunite with his Marvel co-star and best friend Scarlett Johansson in "Project Artemis". In July 2022, he joined the cast of David Yates's "Pain Hustlers" starring Emily Blunt.## Stay tuned...

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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...

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Anthony Mackie's 'Captain America' Gets A Director On Board In Filmmaker Julius Onah

Los Angeles, July 9 - Marvel Studios brings Nigerian-American filmmaker Julius Onah to direct the next installment of Captain America, starring Anthony Mackie, according to The Hollywood Reporter.## Onah is best known for the 2018 sci-fi horror thriller "The Cloverfield Paradox", and has also directed "The Girl Is in Trouble" and "Luce". "Captain America 4" will be his first Marvel movie. ## Mackie will be headlining the feature film, reprising his long-time Marvel character of Sam Wilson, but not, however, Wilson's long-time alter ego and Captain America sidekick, Falcon. This change happened, thanks to the events of 2021's Marvel's Disney+ series, "Falcon and the Winter Soldier", which saw Wilson finally accept the shield and mantle of Captain America. ## The shooting timeline for the 4th Captain America film is yet to be decided. It is also not clear whether Chris Evans, the original Captain America, would reprise his role as Steve Rogers in the upcoming movie. ## Julius Onah was born in Markurdi, Nigeria, and lived in locales around the world thanks to a diplomat parent before settling in the U.S. His shorts made the festival rounds, while his NYU film school thesis movie attracted Spike Lee as an exec producer. He made his directorial debut with the 2015's "The Girl Is in Trouble". ## Stay tuned...

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Gal Gadot Is All Praise For Alia Bhatt As Latter Wraps Up 'Heart of Stone' Shoot

Mumbai, July 8 - Hollywood superstar Gal Gadot has heaped praise on mom-to-be Alia Bhatt, who has wrapped up filming for her maiden Hollywood film "Heart of Stone". Alia is undoubtedly one of the most talented actresses in India currently and she has proved her acting skills time and again. ## Alia has been shooting for "Heart of Stone" in London. She is playing the role of Maya Singh, an Indo-American intelligence operative. On Friday, the "Gangubai Kathiawadi" actress took to social media and announced that she has wrapped up filming for her portion in the movie and shared pictures with Gal Gadot and others. ## Now, Gal Gadot has heaped praises on the Brahmastra actress and has called her an amazing talent and such a great person. The "Wonder Woman" actress took to Instagram stories and wrote, "Give some love to my girl @aliabhatt who wrapped on #HearofStone today. Such an amazing talent and such a great person". ## Alia re-shared the story on her Instagram handle and wrote, "Thank you for being sooo wonderful!!!"## "Heart of Stone", which is a spy action thriller film, is being directed by Tom Harper from a screenplay by Greg Rucka and Allison Schroeder. In the movie, Gadot is playing the role of Rachel Stone, an intelligence operative, the only woman who stands between her powerful, global, peace-keeping organization and the loss of its most valuable — and dangerous — asset.## Produced by Skydance Media, Mockingbird Pictures, and Pilot Wave, the movie also stars Jamie Dornan, Sophie Okonedo, and Matthias Schweighöfer, among others in key roles. It is a direct-to-digital film and will be released on Netflix. ## I will be forever grateful for the love and care I received and I can't wait for you all to see the film!!!!! ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️But for now.. I'm coming home babyyyyyy❤️💃🏻— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) July 8, 2022 ## Stay tuned...

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Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun Maverick' Is The 50th $1 Billion Worldwide Grosser of All Time

Los Angeles, July 8 - Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise has proved his metal at the age of 60 by delivering the biggest blockbuster of his career in the form of Top Gun Maverick. Cruise's passion for cinema is clearly visible in "Top Gun 2", which has been hailed as one of the finest sequels ever made in Hollywood history. ## Directed by Joseph Kosinski, the sequel to Cruise's "Top Gun" (1986) is the first billion-dollar grosser of 2022 and the second during the entire covid-19 pandemic at the worldwide box office. The military action drama film has so far grossed $1.12 billion worldwide and currently is the 28th biggest grosser of all time. ## "Top Gun 2" is the 50th $1 billion worldwide grosser of all time. Tom Holland's "Spider-Man: No Way Home" was the 49th film to achieve this feat. Interestingly, all 50 films belong to the Hollywood film industry, including 30 films by Disney Studio. The highest-grossing non-English film of all time is "The Battle at Lake Changjin" ($913M) which is a Chinese movie. ## James Cameron's Titanic was the first $1 billion worldwide grosser in March 1998. It took 74 days to reach the milestone. "Top Gun: Maverick", on the other hand, took just 31 days to top the $1 billion mark. Marvel Studios' Avengers: Endgame, however, is the fastest ever to achieve the milestone as it reached there in just 5 days. ## "Top Gun 2" stars Tom Cruise as Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell reprising his role from the original, alongside Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer (who also reprises his role). The film follows Maverick confronting his past while training a group of younger TOPGUN graduates, including the son of his deceased best friend.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Thor Love and Thunder Opening Day Early Estimates (India)

Mumbai, July 7 - Marvel Studios' "Thor: Love and Thunder" has taken a very good start at the Indian box office despite a Thursday release. The superhero film, starring Chris Hemsworth and Natali Portman, scored in the expected line, an estimated 24-25 crores gross on its first day. The opening of the film, however, is lower than "Doctor Strange 2" which opened to 36+ crores. The original English version was the best-performing language in India on an opening day with an estimated 13 crores gross, followed by Hindi with 7 crores gross. The other versions, including Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada scored approx. 4-5 crores gross. The opening weekend of "Thor 4" is currently tracking to earn 80-85 crores gross in 4 days in India. About This Movie This film is directed by Taika Waititi and produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Disney. Thor: Love And Thunder stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Russell Crowe, Karen Gillan, Taika Waititi, and Chris Pratt in key roles. Stay tuned...

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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...

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Marvel Studios 'Thor: Love and Thunder' Set To Open Big At The Indian Box Office

Mumbai, July 6 - Marvel Studios' Thor: Love and Thunder is all set to hammer at the Indian box office from this Thursday. The movie, directed by Taika Waititi, is releasing a day earlier in India than the North American release, on July 7. It will be released in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam languages. ## Marvel has always been a huge movie brand in India, and in the recent past, the studios' films have taken huge openings at the Indian box office. "Thor: Love and Thunder" is also tracking to open big as the advance booking response has been very good so far. Till 5 PM on July 6, the advance booking gross collection of Thor 4 is 11 crores, which is expected to reach 15-16 crores by the end of the day. ## The 4th installment in the Thor franchise, however, is getting a slow response as compared to the previous Marvel movie, "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of the Madness", which was released a couple in May this year. At the same, "Doctor Strange 2" advance booking was around 20 crores gross while the opening day collection was 36.30 crores gross for all languages. ## Looking at the advance booking of "Thor 4" so far, the movie is still very much on track to open around 20-22 crores net with a possibility of reaching 25 crores net if critics' reviews and word of mouth are positive. However, as seen in the past, the critics' reviews haven't affected the business of Marvel titles and the same can be expected with "Thor 4" as well. ## 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...

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'Avatar: The Way of Water' Set To Be Over 3 Hours Long

Los Angeles, July 5 - There is a huge curiosity and excitement among audiences worldwide about James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water", and why not, after all, it is the successor of the world's highest-grossing film of all time. ## "Avatar", which was released in 2009, shattered records upon its release and stormed $2.84 billion in its initial box office run. The record was broken by "Avengers Endgame", however, it reclaimed the top position after a 2021 re-release in China with $2.89 billion and is set to add more to that total when it returns to cinemas in September this year. ## The first "Avatar" movie ran for 160 minutes (3 hours) but still felt like wanting more of it. The upcoming movie is set to take the audience on another long adventurous ride as the run of the movie is around 3 hours and 10 minutes, according to The Hollywood Reporter. James Cameron, however, is not worried about these super-sized cinema runtimes and even blasted the trolls who criticize lengthy films. ## "I don't want anybody whining about length when they sit and binge-watch [television] for eight hours", Cameron has said to Empire Magazine. "I can almost write this part of the review. 'The agonizingly long three-hour movie...' It's like, give me a fucking break. I've watched my kids sit and do five one-hour episodes in a row. Here's the big social paradigm shift that has to happen: it's okay to get up and go pee".## The movie is set more than a decade after the events of the first film. Avatar: The Way of Water begins to tell the story of the Sully family, the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure. ## "Avatar 2" opens in cinemas on December 16 in over 100 languages worldwide. It stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, and Matt Gerald reprising their roles from the original film, with Sigourney Weaver returning in a different role. New cast members include Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco, Michelle Yeoh, Jemaine Clement, and Vin Diesel.## Stay tuned...

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