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Marvel’s Thunderbolts* tops US box office with $76m opening
Antihero reject movie starring Florence Pugh and Sebastian Stan a ‘great reset’ as Alec Baldwin’s Rust falls flat
All eyes had been on whether Thunderbolts* – a team-up of antihero rejects similar to Avengers – could restore the Walt Disney Company superhero factory to the kind of box office performance the studio once enjoyed so regularly. Unlike most recent MCU entries, reviews (88% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) have been excellent for Thunderbolts*, directed by Jake Schreier and starring Florence Pugh, David Harbour and Sebastian Stan. Though bigger MCU films – including 2024’s Deadpool & Wolverine(with a $211m opening on the way to $1.34bn worldwide) – have monopolized movie screens immediately, Thunderbolts* could gather steam more steadily – or it could go down as another example of Marvel struggling to rekindle its golden touch.
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