It’s a virtual given that the 2025 summer box office will get off to bigger start than last year when Marvel’s Thunderbolts* flies into theaters over the first weekend of May. However, the antihero comic book pic still has its work cut out for it.
According to tracking, the tentpole is headed for a domestic debut in the $63 million to $77 million range, with a target number of $70 million. While a fair number in and of itself, that’s on the far lower end for aby Marvel Cinematic Universe title opening in summer. At a reported $180 million budget, Thunderbolts* needs roughly $450 million to $500 million worldwide to break even, factoring in marketing and theater cuts.
The original Thunderbolts debuted in 1997 in Marvel Comics and consistsed mostly of reformed supervillains. Not exactly a top selling comic anymore.
Disney insiders say that the film’s rag-tag team of antiheroes and villains are making their appearance on the big screen for the first time, and so they aren’t a known property (advance ticket sales, which commenced earlier this week, are on the slower side so far). The studio says the response to the film has been strong among those treated to early screenings, as well as among theater owners, who saw footage of Thunderbolts* at CinemaCon last week.
Thunderbolts* kicks off the summer box office season May 2.
via THR
Mandy Parker
From a long line, family of geeks, author of several unpublished geek girl books, writer for @BleedingFool. Recovering Game of Thrones fan, life-time Tolkien fan.
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