‘Black Widow’ catches $13.2 million in ticket office sales Thursday

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'Black Widow' nabs $13.2 million in box office sales Thursday

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Scarlett Johansson stars as Natasha Romanoff, AKA Black Widow, in Marvel’s “Black Widow.”

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“Black Widow” offered $13.2 million in sneak peek tickets Thursday, putting it on speed to set the bar greater for the pandemic-era ticket office.

The Marvel movie is anticipated to tally in between $80 million and $110 million in box-office invoices this weekend.

Universal’s “F9” protected $7.1 million throughout its Thursday sneak peeks last month and $70 million for its launching weekend. Both were records for a movie launched in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Thursday invoices for “Black Widow” are on speed with the $15.4 million gathered by “Spider-Man: Homecoming” and the $14.5 million gathered by “Thor: Ragnarok.” Both movies were launched in 2017. “Spider-Man” went on to score $117 million over its three-day opening weekend and “Thor: Ragnarok” took in $123 million, according to information from Comscore.

The strong sneak peek numbers — combined with advance ticket sales that are on speed with a number of Marvel movies launched pre-pandemic — recommend fans will venture out to see this function on the cinema although it is readily available on Disney+ for $30.

“This is the weekend Marvel fans have been waiting for and their enthusiasm is reflected in Thursday preview numbers that portend a potential pandemic-era best opening weekend for ‘Black Widow,'” stated Paul Dergarabedian, senior media expert at Comscore. “Despite its availability on Disney+, ‘Black Widow’ is undeniably a big screen event and proves once again the essential nature of the movie theater experience.”

To make sure, the variety of theater available to the general public is still lower than 2019 levels. Ahead of the weekend, around 81% of movie theaters are offering tickets, Comscore reports.

Regardless, “Black Widow” is headed for the most significant opening of the pandemic, and the market will likely see its greatest total weekend box-office gross considering that March 2020. This will be an enormous development from the $901,000 the domestic ticket office generated throughout the exact same weekend in 2015.

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