Since April 24 on Fandango, Guardians 2 has been the No. 1 ticket seller every day and already is outstripping at this point advance sales of Marvel’s 2015 sequel Avengers: Age Of Ultron. That Marvel sequel stands as the fourth-best domestic opening of all-time with $191.3M, after Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($247.9M, 2015), Jurassic World ($208.8M, 2015), and Marvel’s The Avengers ($207.4M, 2012). The first Guardians opened to $94.3M in August 2014 and stands as that month’s highest-grossing movie of all time with $333.1M at the domestic box office.
In a recent Fandango survey, those polled revealed that 79% saw the first GOTG on the big screen; 74% are excited to see the sequel’s greater emphasis on stronger female action heroes; and 62% say Kurt Russell as Chris Pratt’s dad increases their interest in seeing GOTG2. Another nugget: 97% plan to stick around after the movie ends to watch all five post-credits scenes.
The tracking has it opening in the $150 million range but it could go even higher and it has already grossed $106 million from its overseas opening over the weekend.
