SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Alex Sigsworth joins The Well-Red Mage

You may have noticed I’ve been somewhat absent recently, and now I can reveal why. Over these past few days, I’ve been preparing for my debut at The Well-Red Mage, the community-run independent webzine posting primarily about video games. My first post will be published in the foreseeable future. I will be joining a wide selection of contributors. Come by for analysis of entertainment media and insightful engagement with art, which will hopefully save modern journalism.

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“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” 13th weekend box office

Box Office Mojo has revealed that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2‘s 13th weekend has grossed $277201, coming in 20th for the 28th – 30th July 2017 weekend.

This is a 23% drop from weekend 12.

Since weekend 12, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was withdrawn from 37 cinemas, and is now playing at only 231.

On average, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is grossing $1200 per weekend.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2‘s domestic total so far is $387764608.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is the 3rd film in Phase Three and has been playing in the United States since 5th May 2017.

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” VFX supervisor interviewed by Rotoscopers

Recently, Rotoscopers‘ Angelo Thomas interviewed Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2‘s Visual Effects Supervisor Chris Towsend. The interview revealed how some of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2‘s visual effects were created, and can be read here.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is the 3rd film in Phase Three and has been playing in the United States since 5th May 2017.

Michael Rooker explains “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” ending

At San Diego Comic-Con International 2017, Michael Rooker (Yondu Udonta) explained to Cinema Blend how he interprets Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2‘s ending:

Whenever there is a death, it’s not happy. I dunno if it could be happy. It’s not just melancholy, this is like big time grief going on. People who are the survivors of that are left [reeling]. The grief lasts forever, it never really goes away. You just learn to cope with it in life.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is the 3rd film in Phase Three and has been playing in the United States since 5th May 2017.

“Spider-Man: Homecoming” out-grosses the Amazing Spider-Man films domestically

Box Office Mojo is measuring that Spider-Man: Homecoming has domestically out-grossed the Amazing Spider-Man films. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) were not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Of the two, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 grossed the lesser domestic total with $202.8M with an opening weekend of $91M from 4324 cinemas, while The Amazing Spider-Man grossed the higher domestic total with $262.0M with an opening weekend of $62M from 4318 cinemas. Box Office Mojo measures that Spider-Man: Homecoming has now grossed $262.1M from an opening weekend of $117M at 4348 cinemas. This makes Spider-Man’s first solo outing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superior to its independent predecessors in all three aspects of domestic gross, distribution and opening weekend.

Spider-Man: Homecoming is the fourth film in Phase Three and has been playing since 7th July 2017.

Study: “Thor: Ragnarok” leads last week’s social media film conversations

 

According to Variety, media-measurement firms ComScore and PreAct have determined that Thor: Ragnarok was discussed in 264, 250 new social media conversations between the 17th and 23rd of July, the same week as the unveiling of its official trailer at San Diego Comic-Con International 2017. Since the announcement of its title at a press conference at 28th October 2014, Thor: Ragnarok has been the subject of an estimated 658, 846 conversations.

Thor: Ragnarok is the fifth film in Phase Three and will be released in the United States on 3rd November 2017.

Current “Thor: Ragnarok” duration revealed

At San Diego Comic-Con International 2017, Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi revealed to ColliderVideos the duration of his rough cut:

“The cut right now, I reckon is probably about 100 minutes. It’s not gonna be a very, very long film. I think that stories are better when you leave them wanting more and this film moves at a clip, it’s got stuff happening all the time, and I think people are still gonna feel exhausted by the end, they’ve been on a big journey, so I don’t think the film needs to be 3 hours.”

If Thor: Ragnarok is 100 minutes, it will be the shortest Marvel Studios film. Previous Marvel Studios films run times, in descending order (according to the British Board of Film Classification):

• Captain America: Civil War 146 minutes
• Marvel’s The Avengers 143 minutes
• Avengers: Age of Ultron 141 minutes
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 137 minutes
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier 136 minutes
• Spider-Man: Homecoming 133 minutes
• Iron Man Three 131 minutes
• Captain America: The First Avenger 124 minutes
• Iron Man/Guardians of the Galaxy 121 minutes
• Iron Man 2 119 minutes
• Ant-Man 117 minutes
• Doctor Strange 115 minutes
• Thor: The Dark World 112 minutes
• The Incredible Hulk/Thor 110 minutes

Thor: Ragnarok is the 5th film in Phase Three, and will be released in the United States 3rd November 2017.