Thor: Ragnarok opened this past week in several international territories. With its North American release coming this week all eyes were on Europe, Asia and Australia to see how the film would perform. Of course it did not disappoint. The film has delivered an estimated gross of $107.6m. According to BoxOfficeMojo.com that puts the film +4% over the opening of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and +22% over the opening of Doctor Strange. Key territories include: UK $15.8m South Korea $15.5m Australia $8.4m Brazil $8.3m France $7.4m Indonesia $5.5m Taiwan $5.4m Italy $4.2m Philippines $3.8m Malaysia $3.5m Spain $3.4m Hong Kong $2.9m Singapore $2.2m Argentina $2.0m Thor: Ragnarok opens in just under…
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Neil Vagg
Neil is the Editor-in-Chief at GYCO. He has a BA in Film & TV and an MA in Scriptwriting; he currently works 9-5 in an office and 5-9 as a reviewer. He has been reading comics for as long as he can remember and is never far away from any book which has the word Bat in the title.
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