Taika Waititi's Thor: Ragnarok has thundered to over US$107.6 million (NZ$156.5 million) at the global box office on its opening weekend.
What makes that figure all the more impressive is it has yet to debut in North America, the largest market in the world for many films.
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Disney, the company that owns the film, says Ragnarok's opening is four percent ahead of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 and 22 percent ahead of Doctor Strange.
In many of the countries it opened, Ragnarok claimed the best October opening weekend ever. New Zealand box office figures are not yet available.
The film had a reported production budget of US$180 million - astronomically huge in terms of Waititi's previous films, but standard for Marvel - and it looks like Disney will be making a significant profit.
The Hunt for the Wilderpeople filmmaker's first superhero movie now has a good chance at becoming the 2017's highest grossing film.
Currently the best opening weekend of 2017 at the North American box office is held by Beauty and the Beast with a US$174.8 million haul, which also holds the year's highest total gross of US$1.26 billion internationally.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man: Homecoming and It make up the remaining top five.
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