'Guardians of the Galaxy' Might Be the Biggest Movie of the Year
by EG
Director James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 could rocket to $150 million or more in its North American blastoff this weekend.
The Marvel and Disney superhero sequel officially kicks off the summer season at the box office and is the first in a tentpole parade of sequels and franchise reboots.
Guardians Vol. 2 is expected to do laps around the first Guardians of the Galaxy in terms of respective opening numbers. No one was quite sure how the first film would perform, considering it featured a ragtag group of lessor-known superheroes. But Guardians of the Galaxy impressed by opening to $94.3 million domestically in early August 2014, on its way to grossing $773 million globally.
Disney and Marvel quickly moved forward with the sequel, which reteams Gunn with Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista and Bradley Cooper. Newcomers to the cast are Elizabeth Debicki, Kurt Russell and Sylvester Stallone.
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Chris Pratt's breakthrough role came on the TV series Parks and Recreation.