Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 took the weekend box office which wasn’t surprising at all. The film debuted with $114 million domestically and $168.1 million internationally for a debut of $282.1 million worldwide.

The first Guardians of the Galaxy debuted with $94.3 million domestically and went on to earn $773.4 million worldwide in 2014 while its sequel debuted with $146.5 million domestically and went on to earn $863.8 million worldwide in 2017. It’s a good guess that the third film will wind up somewhere between those two and has received good reviews from critics, 81%, and the audience at 95%. The audience reviews is the best of the series while critic reviews is the lowest of the trio.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie was bumped out of first and came in second with $18.6 million domestically to lift that to $518.1 million. Internationally, the film added $104.7 million over the week to bring that to $637.2 million and $1.155 billion worldwide.

Evil Dead Rise slipped one spot to third adding $5.7 million to its total and bringing that to $54.1 million. Over the week, the film grossed $25.8 million internationally to bring that total to $43.7 million and the movie’s worldwide gross to $97.8 million.

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. came in fourth place with $3.4 million bringing its domestic total to $12.6 million. There’s no international returns.

Rounding out the top five was John Wick: Chapter 4 with $2.4 million domestically. There it has earned $180.1 million. Internationally over the week the film remained at $226 million. It has now grossed $406.1 million worldwide.

In comic film news…

Shazam! Fury of the Gods added $100,000 over the week. Domestically, the film has grossed $57.6 million. Over the week, the film internationally gained about $400,000 and is now at $75.8 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $133.4 million.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania added nearly $800,000 over the weekend to bring the domestic total to just under $213.8 million. Internationally, the movie remained steady at about $261.6 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $475.4 million.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever looks like it held steady at $453.8 million domestically. Internationally, the film looks like it remained steady and is about $405.4 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $859.2 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 52 films earning $159,898,817 from 32,719 theaters. That’s an increase of about 50% from last weekend’s $100,091,382 from 37,246 theaters and 68 films. But, it’s still a solid weekend box office. The average earning was $4,887.03 this past weekend, a nice increase from the previous weekend’s $2,687.31.