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| ‘Doctor Strange’ Is Lucky 13 for Marvel Hit Machine | |
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| LOS ANGELES — Marvel Entertainment hates to be called a machine — the Disney-owned studio thinks that term sells its filmmakers short — but a machine it truly is: With the arrival of “Doctor Strange” over the weekend, Marvel has delivered an uninterrupted string of 13 critical and commercial hits in only eight years. | LOS ANGELES — Marvel Entertainment hates to be called a machine — the Disney-owned studio thinks that term sells its filmmakers short — but a machine it truly is: With the arrival of “Doctor Strange” over the weekend, Marvel has delivered an uninterrupted string of 13 critical and commercial hits in only eight years. |
| No film company, not even Pixar, can claim a track record like that. | No film company, not even Pixar, can claim a track record like that. |
| “Doctor Strange,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch as one of Marvel’s lesser comic book heroes, collected an estimated $85 million at theaters in the United States and Canada, according to comScore, which compiles box office data. The movie, which received strong reviews, cost at least $275 million to make and market worldwide. | “Doctor Strange,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch as one of Marvel’s lesser comic book heroes, collected an estimated $85 million at theaters in the United States and Canada, according to comScore, which compiles box office data. The movie, which received strong reviews, cost at least $275 million to make and market worldwide. |
| Disney said that “Doctor Strange” took in an additional $240.4 million overseas; Imax results in China were especially robust. | Disney said that “Doctor Strange” took in an additional $240.4 million overseas; Imax results in China were especially robust. |
| With ticket sales of about $45.6 million, “Trolls” took second place at the domestic box office; it was produced by DreamWorks Animation at a cost of $125 million and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Turnout for “Trolls,” based on a line of wild-haired Danish toys and featuring songs by Justin Timberlake, was on par with efforts like “The Croods” and “How to Train Your Dragon,” both of which spawned sequels. | With ticket sales of about $45.6 million, “Trolls” took second place at the domestic box office; it was produced by DreamWorks Animation at a cost of $125 million and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Turnout for “Trolls,” based on a line of wild-haired Danish toys and featuring songs by Justin Timberlake, was on par with efforts like “The Croods” and “How to Train Your Dragon,” both of which spawned sequels. |
| Third place went to Mel Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge” (Lionsgate), which arrived to about $14.8 million in ticket sales, a solid total for a period-war movie from a director with a lot of personal baggage that relied heavily on grass-roots marketing. It was independently financed for about $40 million and played mostly to older moviegoers; Lionsgate said that 68 percent of the weekend audience was over the age of 35. | Third place went to Mel Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge” (Lionsgate), which arrived to about $14.8 million in ticket sales, a solid total for a period-war movie from a director with a lot of personal baggage that relied heavily on grass-roots marketing. It was independently financed for about $40 million and played mostly to older moviegoers; Lionsgate said that 68 percent of the weekend audience was over the age of 35. |
| Perhaps most notably, Mr. Gibson — assisted by savvy Lionsgate and Rogers & Cowan publicists — has re-established himself as a player in Hollywood after a decade when his offscreen behavior made him a movie industry pariah. “Hacksaw Ridge” received mostly positive reviews and has been generating awards buzz. | Perhaps most notably, Mr. Gibson — assisted by savvy Lionsgate and Rogers & Cowan publicists — has re-established himself as a player in Hollywood after a decade when his offscreen behavior made him a movie industry pariah. “Hacksaw Ridge” received mostly positive reviews and has been generating awards buzz. |