Disney’s Thor: Love and Thunder might not be as universally crowd-pleasing as some of the best Marvel Cinematic Universe titles, but despite that, the film has managed to pass the $700 million mark at the global box office. And while it will forever be compared unfavourably to the $854 million-grossing Thor: Ragnarok, it’s worth noting that the fourth Thor film is probably losing around $150 million in box office revenue because it wasn’t released in China and Russia.
Importantly, Love and Thunder has passed Ragnarok’s $315 million domestic lifetime haul, and would’ve likely finished in the ballpark of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($869 million worldwide) and Spider-Man: Homecoming ($881 million worldwide) had it been released in China and Russia. But its immediate predecessor in the MCU — Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness — also wasn’t released in those two territories, and this is probably the only reason it didn’t top $1 billion worldwide. Doctor Strange 2 has essentially wrapped up its theatrical run with a little over $950 million worldwide — a great result by any standard, but around half as much as what Spider-Man: No Way Home made a few months earlier.
Love and Thunder is currently the sixth-biggest film of 2022 worldwide, behind Minions: The Rise of Gru ($765 million, and counting), The Batman ($770 million), Doctor Strange 2 ($954 million), Jurassic World Dominion ($965 million) and Top Gun: Maverick ($1.3 billion). As far as the MCU is concerned, Love and Thunder ranks 17th on the list, behind Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($714 million) and ahead of the first Doctor Strange ($676 million).
Source: Collider
