NCMI - 'Doctor Strange' gathers $185 million in 2022's best film opening

It's not yet Memorial Day in the U.S., but it already Marvel Day apparently: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (NYSE:DIS) became the year's biggest opener, grossing $185 million in domestic theaters. That tops a $134 million debut from The Batman (WBD) in early March. And it keeps up a now-long tradition of Marvel films opening strong in May to kickstart the summer season. It's the best opening of 2022 - though not of the pandemic era, as Spider-Man: No Way Home (another Marvel film, but a Sony (SONY) one) opened to a stunning $260 million-plus (third-best ever) in December. The new Doctor Strange passed $90 million just on Friday's receipts. It added another $265 million internationally for the weekend, to zip past $450 million in worldwide grosses. With Doctor Strange taking up all the theater space, the rival choices mostly held serve from before: The Bad Guys (NASDAQ:CMCSA)

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'Doctor Strange' gathers $185 million in 2022's best film opening