Marvel fan returns from home in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 3’

The Marvel movie 'Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3' recorded a worldwide opening of $282 million (about KRW 372.2 billion) in its first weekend. Korea ranked third in global box office success after China and the UK.

According to American media outlets such as Variety and The Hollywood Report on the 7th (local time), 'Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3 (hereinafter referred to as Gao Gal 3)' opened at the North American box office at $114 million (approximately KRW 150.5 billion) on the first weekend of release. was recorded. The previous work, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' (USD 146 million, approximately KRW 192.7 billion).

In 'Gaogael 3', Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), who was grieving over the loss of Gamora (Zoe Saldana), joins forces with the Guardians team once again to protect the galaxy and his colleagues in crisis. It's a story about going on a mission that could be their last if they don't succeed. This is the final work of Team Guardians, which has been running for 10 years.

In North America, the first weekend performance was lower than expected, but the global box office performance was positive. It earned $168 million (about KRW 221.8 billion) in 52 countries. In particular, it earned $28.1 million (about KRW 37.1 billion) in China, $14.7 million (about KRW 19.4 billion) in the UK, and $13.6 million (about KRW 18 billion) in Korea. This was followed by Mexico with $13 million (about KRW 17.2 billion) and France with $8.2 million (about KRW 10.8 billion).

‘Fast and Furious: Ride or Die’ will be released in Korea for the first time on the 17th. Next, Disney's live-action film 'The Little Mermaid' is scheduled to be released on the 26th. Accordingly, the performance of ‘GaoGala3’ in the second week has become important. The pressure increased even more as 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Mania', which was released in February of this year, recorded poor results.

Meanwhile, according to the Korean Film Council's integrated computer network for movie theater admissions on the 8th, 'Gao Gal 3' attracted 1,265,513 audiences from the 5th to the 7th, the Children's Day holiday. The cumulative audience number was 1,630,956. Since its domestic release on the 3rd, 'Gaogael 3' has maintained first place in the box office for five consecutive days and is also ranked first in overall advance reservation rate.

Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia reporter kkk39@tenasia.co.kr