The summer of super heroes kicked off this weekend as the first of multiple super hero epics hit theaters.
Thor opened with in the United States with a solid $66 million. The latest Marvel Studios epic rode a wave of good reviews and anticipation to the top spot. Many in Hollywood are looking to the super summer films to help kick Hollywood out of a down year at the box-office.
In second place was last week’s top film, Fast Five. The movie dropped 62% in earnings from last week to take in $32.5 million. That helped the movie cruise past the $100 million mark in its first ten days in theaters. Expect a sixth installment.
Third place went to newcomer Jumping the Broom with $13.7 million and fourth place went to the romantic comedy Something Borrowed with $13.1 million.
The animated comedy Rio rounded out the top five with $8.2 million.
For a full breakdown of all the weekend’s results, check out Box Office Mojo.
I’m glad the movie did reasonably well. I’ve been very pleased with the Marvel movies since the first Iron Man, and even when after Avengers is released I can only hope that the studios will release more movies with this same level of quality!