Thunderbolts* Box Office Sets Summer Low Despite Strong Reviews and $76M Opening
On May 2nd, the action-packed film titled “Thunderbolts*” stormed into cinemas, boasting a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes (one of the highest ratings in the Marvel Cinematic Universe) and an A- grade from CinemaScore. Before its release, expectations were high as the tale revolving around a group of antiheroes – Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes, David Harbour’s Red Guardian, Wyatt Russell’s John Walker, Hannah John-Kamen’s Ava Starr, Olga Kurylenko’s Taskmaster, and Lewis Pullman’s Sentry – was projected to earn between $70-75 million domestically. Preview numbers on the opening Thursday hinted at an even larger opening figure.