Marvel-ous 'Thor' knock box office competitor

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Los Angeles: Marvel superhero Thor pounded his adversaries at the North American film industry this weekend, assessed figures indicated Sunday. "Thor: The Dark World," the most recent blockbuster dependent upon Marvel's famous funny book character, took a strong $86.1
million in its opening weekend, figures from Exhibitor Relations indicated. Featuring Australian heartthrob Chris Hemsworth as the mallet wielding child of Odin, the motion picture is a catch up to the establishment's 2011 cash turning first portion, "Thor." In spite of the fact that the opening was far less lucrative than other later superhero motion pictures in the "Iron Man" or "Dark Knight" establishments, investigators say it profited from the uncommon accomplishment of 2012's $1.5 billion hit "The Avengers," which saw Thor unite with different characters. "The Avengers was seen and preferred by such a wide crowd, to the point that its characters' consequent solo trips gain a support in deals," said examiner Ray Subers on the Box Office Mojo site. Trailing a removed second was screwball Jackass drama "Bad Grandpa," which took $11.3 million in its third week. Enlivened parody "Free Birds" was third with $11.2 million, while "Last Vegas," featuring Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline on a senior's lone wolf gathering to Sin City, was fourth with $11.1 million. A week ago top-spot debutant, the science fiction blockbuster "Ender's Game" in the interim tumbled to fifth. The film, adjusts from Orson Scott Card's 1985 novel and featuring Harrison Ford, took $10.3 million. "Gravity" - with Oscar-victors Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as space explorers unfastened in space after an obliterating mishap - was in sixth spot with $8.4 million. The discriminatingly acclaimed servitude acting piece "12 Years a Slave," viewed as an unanticipated contender for Oscars radiance, was in seventh with $6.6 million. Paul Greengrass' "Captain Phillips," a thriller featuring Tom Hanks as a load boat skipper caught by Somali privateers, earned $5.8 million. The film is dependent upon the 2009 capturing of the Maersk Alabama. British sentimental drama "About Time," featuring Domhnall Gleeson as an affection struck time-explorer, was in ninth spot with $5.2 million. Enlivened spin-off "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2" adjusted the top 10 with $2.8 million. (Afp)