From Deadline: http://deadline.com/2017/04/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-projected-box-office-opening-1202068751/
There's more at the link. If Guardians hits $150M, it will join Batman, Spider-Man, and Iron Man in the A-Tier.
Disney/Marvels Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 hit the tracking boards this morning and came on quite hot according to non-Disney sources. Rival estimates believe that the movie has the potential to feasibly open to $150M at the domestic B.O., and if the James Gunn-directed sequel gets to Captain America: Civil War proportions ($179.1M), that wouldnt be a surprise.
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Total awareness for GOTG Vol. 2 is at a massive 88%, definite interest is at 63% and firsts choice at 28%. Of course, its a no brainer that males will show up. Females are strong, but older females are the least strong among the four quads.
Now, we always have to footnote projections three weeks out. Anything can happen to vary these figures up or down, and has been the case with titles that come on tracking quite strong, theyre a challenge for the industry to make laser-point predictions on. Why is that? Because statistically theres a small sampling of films that opened north of $100M.
Disney/Marvels The Avengers still holds the all-time opening record for the first weekend in May with $207.4M followed by Avengers: Age of Ultron ($191.2M), Captain America: Civil War ($179.1M), and Iron Man 3 ($174.1M).
There's more at the link. If Guardians hits $150M, it will join Batman, Spider-Man, and Iron Man in the A-Tier.