THOR THOR THOR, HOW DOÂ YA LIKE IT, HOW DOÂ YA LIKE IT

Chris Hemsworth is hammering the competition around the world.

KICKING ASGARD

Don’t believe us? Here are the digits:

Launching in about 52% of the world a week before entering the domestic arena, Disney/Marvelâ€™sÂ Thor: RagnarokÂ hammered out aÂ $109.1MÂ international box officeÂ start this session. The strong debut on the Taika Waititi-helmed threequel was more muscular than the Sunday estimate of $107.6M. Through Sunday, itâ€™s running 6% ahead ofÂ Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2Â and 24% aboveÂ Doctor StrangeÂ when looking at the same suite of 36 material markets.Â As we saw inÂ early mid-week bows, the Chris Hemsworth-starrer posted the biggest October opening weekend in many markets and continued to do so as more were added through the frame. The film can boast No. 1s everywhere.

Â The top plays thus far are theÂ UKÂ ($16.2M),Â KoreaÂ ($15.7M),Â AustraliaÂ ($8.4M),Â BrazilÂ ($8.1M) andÂ FranceÂ ($7.7M). Europe made up the bulk of the increases between Sundayâ€™s estimates and todayâ€™s full figures. The overseas opening on the third pic in the god of thunderâ€™s franchise was eyed at a range of $85M-$100M by industry sourcesÂ ahead ofÂ the early non-traditional Tuesday UK opening. Most topped it out at $100M with one seeing anticipation high enough to push it past the century mark.

. . .Â The comps also includeÂ Thor: The Dark World, andÂ Thor 3Â is 34% above that which is little surprise given the lighter tone of this refresh on the series. At current exchange ratesÂ Guardians Of The Galaxy 2, which bowed in April this year, finaled at $481M internationally whileÂ Doctor StrangeÂ earned $456M overseas after opening at this same time in 2016.Â Thorâ€˜s got critical good will behind him as well as some runway ahead â€” there are school holidays in several plays and big markets still to come including China and the U.S.

But, heâ€™s also gotÂ Justice LeagueÂ beginning day-and-date on November 17.