The final outing for the Guardians of the Galaxy and James Gunn is off to an excellent start. The movie had a huge opening weekend, easily surpassing Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania for the biggest opening weekend for an MCU film this year.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 grossed $114 million on its opening weekend at the US box office according to a report by Deadline, inching past its initial projections of around $110 million. But, that's not all. The final MCU film for director James Gunn surprised experts as it rocketed past estimates, earning over $282 million globally as it debuted last weekend. The movie was projected to earn $250 million which was conservative given the uncertainty in China and Korea. The film did well in these two markets, grossing $28.1 million and $13.6 million respectively.
The $28 million earnings in China is small when compared to other MCU films pre-COVID19 pandemic. However, it gave Hollywood the biggest opening weekend this year which is a good sign as other tentpole films such as The Super Mario Bros Movie and Shazam: Fury of the Gods struggled in the market.
The overseas debut of Vol 3 was 70% higher than the first Guardians of the Galaxy and right on par with the second movie. Removing the Chinese box office, the third installment earned 98% more than the original and 13% more than the second one.