Still mighty after three overseas frames, Disney/Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok chiseled out another $75.9M at the international box office this weekend. That takes the offshore cume to $438.5M, and lifts the worldwide tally to $650.1M. That global figure pushes the god of thunder to No. 10 on the worldwide box office chart for 2017. The Mouse has now roared to fill four of the Top 10 slots this year.
Internationally, the Taika Waititi-helmed threequel has become the No. 9 movie of 2017 and is tracking 12% ahead of Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 and 21% above Doctor Strange on a trajectory to cross $500M (notwithstanding the arrival of the Justice League this coming week). Ragnarok’s top market is China with $95.2M after two frames.
Thor’s continued muscular overseas performance is not the only story this weekend, and certainly not for Disney which has crossed $3B at the international box office for the 3rd consecutive year — the only studio to have done so with such consistency. Achieving the milestone was aided by Pixar’s Coco which is breaking records in Mexico. Meanwhile, Fox’s Murder On The Orient Express rolled into several more markets this session, including China, and Heyday Films/Studiocanal’s Paddington 2 spread joy around the UK.