Despite competition on the superhero front from Justice League, Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok has reached another box office milestone this week, passing $800 million globally and helping Walt Disney Studios to cross $5 billion worldwide for the third consecutive year (and with Star Wars: The Last Jedi still to come!).
All three of this year’s Marvel Cinematic Universe releases have hit $800 million, with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 earning $863.6 million and the Sony co-production Spider-Man: Homecoming reaching $880.2 million – the biggest superhero release of the year.
Thor: Ragnarok is the seventh MCU movie to pass $800 million globally, and has pushed the franchise’s total box office just short of $13.5 billion.
In Marvel Studios’ “Thor: Ragnarok,” Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe without his mighty hammer and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok—the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization—at the hands of an all-powerful threat, the ruthless Hela. But first he must survive a deadly gladiatorial contest that pits him against his former ally and fellow Avenger—the Incredible Hulk.
Thor: Ragnarok is directed by Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows) and features a cast that includes Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Idris Elba as Heimdall and Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Cate Blanchett as Hela, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, Jeff Goldblum as the Grandmaster, Karl Urban as Skurge, Taika Waititi as Korg, Clancy Brown as Surtur, Rachel House as Topaz, Tadanobu Asano as Hogun, Ray Stevenson as Volstagg and Zachary Levi as Fandral.
