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| Superhero sequel Thor: The Dark World hammered its way to a mighty $109.4m (£68.3m) worldwide on debut at the weekend. The impressive haul was achieved despite the comic book tale having not yet opened in any of the world's three largest countries in terms of box office clout, the US, China and Japan. | Superhero sequel Thor: The Dark World hammered its way to a mighty $109.4m (£68.3m) worldwide on debut at the weekend. The impressive haul was achieved despite the comic book tale having not yet opened in any of the world's three largest countries in terms of box office clout, the US, China and Japan. |
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| The figure for Alan Taylor's film, which once again stars Chris Hemsworth as the Norse god of thunder, suggests the movie is well on the way to a global debut of at least $200m when it debuts in North America and China next weekend. It looks set to be easily one of the year's highest grossing films, though the figure is a long way behind Disney-owned Marvel studios' other comic book film of 2013, Iron Man 3, which took $195m in similar territories in March. | The figure for Alan Taylor's film, which once again stars Chris Hemsworth as the Norse god of thunder, suggests the movie is well on the way to a global debut of at least $200m when it debuts in North America and China next weekend. It looks set to be easily one of the year's highest grossing films, though the figure is a long way behind Disney-owned Marvel studios' other comic book film of 2013, Iron Man 3, which took $195m in similar territories in March. |
| It appears the so-called "Avengers bounce" which helped Shane Black's film to a $1.2m haul, is still in place. The Avengers, which featured Thor, Iron Man, Captain America and The Hulk on the big screen for the first time, took $1.5bn last year and stands as the third-highest grossing film of all time at the global box office. | It appears the so-called "Avengers bounce" which helped Shane Black's film to a $1.2m haul, is still in place. The Avengers, which featured Thor, Iron Man, Captain America and The Hulk on the big screen for the first time, took $1.5bn last year and stands as the third-highest grossing film of all time at the global box office. |
| Thor: The Dark World sees Chris Hemsworth's Asgardian prince forced to team up with Tom Hiddleston's crafty Loki to take down an even greater threat, Christopher Eccleston's nefarious Malekith. It has so far benefited from generally positive reviews, though the Guardian's Peter Bradshaw was left unimpressed. | Thor: The Dark World sees Chris Hemsworth's Asgardian prince forced to team up with Tom Hiddleston's crafty Loki to take down an even greater threat, Christopher Eccleston's nefarious Malekith. It has so far benefited from generally positive reviews, though the Guardian's Peter Bradshaw was left unimpressed. |
| "This new Thor film delivers a hammer-blow of boredom to the back of the head," he wrote. "It is another franchise product from the Marvel pipeline, conceived without much inspiration in a CGI-green screen world, and without the sprightliness and novelty of the previous Thor outing, directed by Kenneth Branagh." | "This new Thor film delivers a hammer-blow of boredom to the back of the head," he wrote. "It is another franchise product from the Marvel pipeline, conceived without much inspiration in a CGI-green screen world, and without the sprightliness and novelty of the previous Thor outing, directed by Kenneth Branagh." |
| Thor: The Dark World, which also stars Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Stellan Skarsgard, Idris Elba and Kat Dennings, was filmed in London, and features a number of key scenes set in the capital. The UK duly led the way at the box office at the weekend with an £8.4m ($13.4m) haul. | Thor: The Dark World, which also stars Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Stellan Skarsgard, Idris Elba and Kat Dennings, was filmed in London, and features a number of key scenes set in the capital. The UK duly led the way at the box office at the weekend with an £8.4m ($13.4m) haul. |
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