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Until this weekend, “ The Batman ” still held the top spot in the annual worldwide cinema charts. But as so often, Marvel has once again outstripped its competitor DC. With global box office earnings now at $803 million, Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness is the new number one film released in 2022.
«The Batman» has to be content with its 768 million dollars, which is also considerable for pandemic conditions, in second place — at least if you only include the films in the statistics that actually started in 2022. Because with the mega blockbuster » Spider-Man: No Way Home » there is another film that broke the billion dollar mark in December 2021, but also grossed around another 800 million dollars in 2022 alone .
Will «Doctor Strange 2» break the cinema billion?
Probably not. As Deadline writes, among other things, it is currently assumed that «Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness» will end up at around 950 million dollars. That would be significantly more than the previous (even more severely affected by the pandemic) MCU films Black Widow (380 million), Shang-Chi (432 million) and Eternals (402 million) have grossed, but only half (!) compared to the hit «No Way Home» (1.893 billion).
Nevertheless: If the forecast comes true and “Doctor Strange 2” ends up just below the billion mark, it would be the second most successful cinema film since the beginning of the corona pandemic. In addition to «Spider-Man», the two Chinese productions » The Battle At Lake Changjin » (903 million) and » Hi, Mom » (822 million) are currently ahead of him.
In Germany, around 200,000 people went to see «Doctor Strange 2» on the third weekend since it opened in cinemas , which means that the Marvel hit has now sold a total of 1.55 million tickets and easily surpassed the result of «Doctor Strange» (1.45 million). .
As early as July 6, 2022, the next MCU blockbuster will start in German cinemas with “ Thor 4: Love And Thunder ”. Maybe the blond god of thunder can crack the billion…
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