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Agence France-Presse

<p>LOS ANGELES -- Marvel&#x27;s newest superhero film &quot;Thunderbolts*&quot; remained top dog at the North American box office for a second straight weekend, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday.</p><p>The film, starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, raked in an additional $33 million for the three-day period.</p><p>The 55 percent drop from its debut was a &quot;far better hold than recent Marvel adventures,&quot; entertainment news outlet Variety reported.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DJIMvRTPu6R/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1501785.1999999285%2C%22ls%22%3A1501143.2999999523%2C%22le%22%3A1501694.2999999523%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="679" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Seeking to boost interest heading into the second weekend, Marvel revealed that the asterisk in the movie&#x27;s name referred to the titular ragtag team of antiheroes becoming the &quot;The New Avengers.&quot;</p><p>The group will also appear in next year&#x27;s &quot;Avengers: Doomsday,&quot; which Marvel and parent Disney hope will repeat the epic performance of its predecessors.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/movies-series/2025/5/4/-thunderbolts-strikes-big-topping-n-america-box-office-0628">READ: &#x27;Thunderbolts&#x27; strikes big, topping N.America box office</a></div><p>The Warner Bros. period vampire thriller &quot;Sinners&quot; also maintained its second place, taking in another $21.1 million for a total domestic haul of $180 million.</p><p>Director Ryan Coogler&#x27;s first original film, starring Michael B. Jordan, continued to benefit from rave reviews.</p><p>&quot;A Minecraft Movie&quot; also held onto its third place position, raking in an additional $8.0 million to bring its domestic haul over $400 million.</p><p>The Warner Bros. live-action film starring Jack Black and Jason Mamoa has made over $900 million globally, continuing a trend of highly successful video game adaptations.</p><p>Fourth place went again to Amazon MGM Studios&#x27; &quot;The Accountant 2,&quot; at $6.1 million. Ben Affleck plays a neurodivergent math genius with criminal ties, and Jon Bernthal is his hit man brother.</p><p>New release &quot;Clown in a Cornfield&quot; took fifth place with $3.7 million.</p><p>&quot;This is a solid opening for an indie horror film, particularly for a micro-budget production,&quot; said David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.</p><p>Rounding out the top 10 were:</p><p>&quot;Shadow Force&quot; ($2.0 million)</p><p>&quot;Fight or Flight&quot; ($2.0 million)</p><p>&quot;Until Dawn&quot; ($2.0 million)</p><p>&quot;The Amateur&quot; ($2.0 million)</p><p>&quot;The King of Kings&quot; ($1.1 million)</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>Marvel's newest superhero film "Thunderbolts*" remained top dog at the North American box office for a second straight weekend, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday.</p>

Marvel's newest superhero film "Thunderbolts*" remained top dog at the North American box office for a second straight weekend, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday.

Marvel's 'Thunderbolts*' retains top spot in N.America box office

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Marvel's 'Thunderbolts*' retains top spot in N.America box office

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Published May 12, 2025 03:58 AM PHT

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