TP2000
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2014: Guardians of the Galaxy - 160.7 million global opening weekend
“Wow! What an amazing opening! The MCU is invincible! This will launch a trilogy, theme park attractions, and make several characters iconic fixtures of global pop culture!”
*inflation
*devastating pandemic and technological and economic changes that destroy theatrical exhibition - it never fully recovers
*ruling party labels Disney an Enemy of the People
2025: Thunderbolts* - 162.1 million global opening weekend
“What a bomb! The MCU is dead! No one likes it anymore! It’s marginal to pop culture, just like the other most successful media franchise in history!”
Adjusted for inflation in US Dollars, a 160.7 Million global opening weekend in 2014 would be the equivalent of $216.7 Million in 2025. Or roughly, Thunderbolts just had a global opening weekend that was 60% of Guardians of the Galaxy.
And domestically, Thunderbolts just had an opening weekend that was 58% of Guardians of the Galaxy.
Here's how those domestic opening weekends and overall numbers look adjusted for inflation from 2014 to 2025. Thunderbolts will need to do over $1 Billion global box office to meet the Guardians of the Galaxy numbers ...

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