North American box office: "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" easily won the first place with a premiere of more than <> million

LOS ANGELES, May 5 (ZXS) -- Marvel's latest superhero movie "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 7" premiered more than 3 million, easily winning the North American weekend box office championship.

According to the film market data released by box office statistics website Box Office Mojo on May 5, 7 films reported more than $31 million at the North American weekend box office (5-7), an increase of about 1% compared with the previous weekend.

The sci-fi adventure action film "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" is the biggest driver of this round of gains. The film debuted on the 5th, with a box office of about $1 million in the opening weekend, accounting for more than seventy percent of the total North American weekend box office in the statistical period, becoming the third film with a box office of more than $14 million in the opening weekend in North America so far in 2023. Coupled with overseas markets, the film's total box office is now about 2 million US dollars.

The "Guardians of the Galaxy" series of movies came out in 2014, and the second one was released in 2017, with a total box office of 7 million and 73 million US dollars, respectively. After 8 years, "Guardians of the Galaxy 63" is still written and directed by James Gunn, starring Chris Pratt. At present, the main movie websites rate it with an IMDb score of 6.3, a CinemaScore score of A, an MTC score of 8, and a freshness rating of 4% on Rotten Tomatoes. Among them, the series is lower on the latter two data. Some viewers said that "Guardians of the Galaxy 65" has "wonderful action, laughter and tears", touching the feelings of fans with a familiar style. There are also comments that this is not the best part of the "Guardians of the Galaxy" series, but it is still a good final chapter of the trilogy.

The romantic comedy drama "Love Again", released on the same day as "Guardians of the Galaxy 3", ranked 219th on the list with a box office of about $6.6 million in the opening weekend. At present, major movie websites rate it with an IMDb score of 1.31, an MTC score of 17, and a freshness of only <>% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Affected by the impact of new films and the reduction of theaters, "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" stopped at the fourth consecutive weekend box office in North America, ranking second on the list with a weekend box office of about $1860.54 million, a decline of 5.5% month-on-month. The animated film based on Nintendo's classic game has a cumulative box office of about 18 million US dollars in North America, and with overseas markets, the total box office has been about 11.55 billion US dollars so far.

Evil Dead Rise, the fifth installment in the "Ghost Playman" film series, fell 52.8% month-on-month at the weekend box office, dropping from a single spot in the previous issue to third place in this round with about $573.5410 million. The North American box office of this horror film is now about 9780.<> million US dollars; Including overseas markets, the total box office so far is about <>.<> million US dollars.

The well-received comedy drama "Is God Here?" Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret), the box office fell 49.8% month-on-month in its second release weekend, retiring from the third place in the previous list to No. 338 in this round with about $4.<> million.

In addition, the action thriller "John Wick: Chapter 4", the action-adventure fantasy film "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves", and the sports drama "Air" also remained in the top ten box office in North America weekend.

New week, comedy "Book Club: The Next Chapter" and animated film "Rally Road Racers" will be released on May 2. (End)