1. Doctor Strange Exceeds Expectations with
$86 Million International Release
Doctor Strange makes a grand international opening with $86 million in the overseas
theatres
Movies released between summer season releases and Holidays season movies always
face the dilemma of flopping on the box office. With people busy with holiday events,
movies are not considered the first priority especially in October and November where
horror movies have more chances of getting the money. There are only a few film
which have been able to hold their own in an October/November release.
Marvel’s latest movie Doctor Strange has become one of those accomplished movies
which has performed beyond the anticipation of many experts and critics. The reviews
for the movie have been excellent and it has been recommended for all to see. As has
been done with many other Marvel movies, Doctor Strange was also released overseas
prior to its 4th November U.S. release.
Starting with the United Kingdom and Ireland on Tuesday; the movie expanded to
around 33 markets including France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Korea, Australia and
Mexico by Friday. In those markets and the rest, the movie has taken a solid $86
million already. Not reaching the top in Lithuania and Finland, it topped the box office
in almost all the rest of the territories that the movie was released in.
The movie had a lot of speculation attached to it for Marvel. It contained a lot of
supernatural elements which are not signatory to Marvel. Many predicted that Doctor
Strange release will somehow upheave the golden streak that Marvel has been able to
deliver in the past 13 movies with heroes that mainly used non-supernatural means to
evade danger on the Universe. The critics and the audience alike have praised the
movies’ special effects and the illusionary format. It seems like the movie is a welcome
change from the typical Marvel style that people were craving for. The $86 million box
office earnings is a good sign for the U.S. opening.