{"id":14061,"date":"2013-11-15T16:09:35","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T21:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/movie-blog\/2013\/11\/thors-almighty-achievement-and-an-existential-contemplation-about-time.html"},"modified":"2018-06-29T09:04:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T13:04:50","slug":"thors-almighty-achievement-and-an-existential-contemplation-about-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/movie-blog\/2013\/11\/thors-almighty-achievement-and-an-existential-contemplation-about-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Thor’s Almighty Achievement, and An Existential Contemplation About Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
Thor 2 (The Dark World)<\/b><\/a> <\/em>opened last week to some pretty astounding numbers. This weekend, we’ll see if lightning can strike twice. But what was so unusual about last week?<\/p>\n Thor 2’s <\/em>$86 million opening weekend haul is impressive by any measure, but it’s more than just a big number. Many films will be noted for outselling the next 3 films combined. When the number one film outsells the other top 10 films, that’s news in itself. Those achievements pale compared to what The Dark World <\/em>did this weekend. According to tracking data at Boxofficemojo.com, TDW’s <\/em>actual North American gross receipts was $85.7 million. That’s $3.5 million more than all <\/em>other films showing in North America combined – all 114 of them.<\/p>\n Thor 2<\/em> is also noted for opening $20 million (over 30%) higher than the first Thor <\/em>. A sequel outselling it’s parent by any amount is an automatic sign of a solid franchise. Yet, some are predicting the typical 60% to 70% second weekend drop. However, the original Thor <\/em>only dipped 47% – exceptional for a sci-fi \/ comic book adaptation. Given TDW <\/em>is a good film with a reasonably fulfilling story, excellent production values, and its insanely charismatic cast, and given the public’s good will towards it, it seems likely TDW <\/em>will hold as well as the original. Also consider the only tent-pole scheduled this weekend, The Wolf of Wall Street<\/em>, has been delayed until Christmas, and TDW’s <\/em>dominating in mythological proportions seems all but certain.<\/p>\n