Disney’s ‘Thunderbolts*’ Earns $76 Million Opening Weekend

Disney’s “Thunderbolts*” earned $76 million in home ticket gross sales throughout its opening weekend, a notable restoration after “Snow White” slumbered on the field workplace.

The movie, produced by Marvel Studios, gained a further $86.1 million in worldwide ticket gross sales, totaling $162 million worldwide.

“Thunderbolts*” is the latest movie from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Directed by Jake Schreier, the movie follows a gaggle of antiheroes who appeared in earlier Marvel Studios initiatives as supporting characters, together with Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan).

The opening weekend numbers are excellent news for Disney, which struggled to entice audiences to observe its “Snow White” remake in March.

Though the unique 1937 animated movie gained Disney an Academy Award, the 2025 model garnered blended opinions from critics and earned simply $43 million on the home field workplace throughout opening weekend. A sequence of controversies surrounded the movie, which can have affected viewership.

“The Newbie,” a movie produced by twentieth Century Studios, grossed even much less when it premiered in April. Starring Rami Malek and Laurence Fishburne, the spy-action flick made $14 million throughout its opening weekend.

The early success of “Thunderbolts*” can be an indication that Disney might reverse its superhero droop. Slowing fan curiosity and an oversaturation of Marvel TV sequence on Disney+ brought about what some perceived as a drop in high quality, prompting Marvel to rethink its strategy to rolling out Marvel content material.

On the time of writing, “Thunderbolts*” has a critics’ rating of 88% primarily based on 257 opinions on Rotten Tomatoes.

Representatives for Disney and Marvel Studios didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from Enterprise Insider.