Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | May 5, 2023 | The 9th most profitable film of 2023

[JohnnyGossamer]

3 hours ago, kayumanggi said:

 

Good luck on your stay in the forums. 😇

Yup. That dude's an obvious troll in whichever forum they pop up in here at BOT. Don't take the bait.

[Mr Roark]

WOM looks to be very strong.

 

Question is: will it top the first - 9 years old - one?

[wildphantom]

Just got back from seeing it. 
 

Panic over, the movie delivers.  Exhausting but very satisfying and hardcore sci-fi fans are well taken care of. 
 

It is massive in scope too. I was stunned at how big it feels. We’ve come a long way in nine years with this franchise. 

[WittyUsername]

It’s sounding like the fears over this having divisive word of mouth might have been unfounded. 

[ThomasNicole]

It just surpassed WF average and now have the same 7.3 that Guardians 2 have 

 

 

 

 

[Krissykins]

Oh wow. 
 

This was surprisingly excellent. Pulls on the heartstrings (I shed a few tears), but so feel-good as well. The CGI is great and the jokes actually land. There’s a sequence in the last act that delivered something Marvel haven’t been able to recapture since Avengers 1. 

[Lighthouse]

The reception for this has been more than excellent so far.

Another big WIN for Gunn, sorry for his haters.

[MyMovieCanBeatUpYourMovie]

GOTG3 paying for the sins of Phase 4.

 

What the MCU needs much more than a massive box office hit that audiences are kind of meh on is to release some great films. Much more important that audiences love this -- and hopefully the start of a string of films that connect with audiences -- whenever and however they end up seeing it.

[thajdikt]

Yeah this was just incredible. Incredible movie, everything worked so well for me. This is what the MCU needed quality wise. What a insane talented man James Gunn is.

[Lucas]

Can't see until monday but psyched to hear Gunn takes the dub again lol

[fabiopazzo2]

Yep. Great movie as i said 😁.

 

im really happy for you guys. Finally a great movie after many forgettable movies

[tonytr87]

42 minutes ago, MyMovieCanBeatUpYourMovie said:

GOTG3 paying for the sins of Phase 4.

 

What the MCU needs much more than a massive box office hit that audiences are kind of meh on is to release some great films. Much more important that audiences love this -- and hopefully the start of a string of films that connect with audiences -- whenever and however they end up seeing it.

 

I feel like the negativity around Phase 4 is both warranted and unwarranted. 

 

Warranted because no previous phase has had a movie as bad as Love & Thunder or with legs as poor as Quantumania. 

 

Unwarranted because Phase 4 still had Shang Chi and No Way Home, runaway hits that were very well received. 

 

But if Guardians grosses less than the second movie this weekend, it can't be denied...the shine is somewhat diminished for general audiences. 

[thajdikt]

Also for me: The darker stuff didn´t really feel that dark. I get maybe why some might have reacted but I think most will be fine with this tbh. 

[AMC Theaters Enjoyer]

HOPEFULLY, tomorrow I'll finally see it. I found a showtime that might be a good time for me in IMAX.

[cax16]

Man the reactions I’ve read from folks here and a few people I follow online have me so excited for this. I’m such a huge Gunn fan from the guardians movies, TSS and Peacemaker may be tied with the first guardians for his best comic book stuff for me. This also has me so excited for his Superman movie. 
 

Good reception is what’s needed most right now for the mcu and comic book movies in general. I’m not interested in spiderverse but I’m sure that’s gonna be great as well which is good and if flash can get good reception as well that will only mean good things for all the companies making these movies going forward. 

[JohnCarterofEarth]

Seeing the good reactions so far is making me want to see this movie tomorrow. Maybe casual MCU fans will come out for this and pump up the OW and final total numbers. I hope it crosses $600M cause anything below that would be disappointing. 

[John Marston]

top critics score still not that high. Top critics have put out the hit

[Bordlove]

It's crazy that the worst action scene from this movie is far better than the best action scene from Thor: Love and Thunder. 

[lor15]

Oh man this movie is AMAZING. My brother and I had a blast, it’s funny, it’s sad, it’s everything that made the old MCU and especially GOTG so good. Y really really hope wom acts quickly bc it deserves 

[AMC Theaters Enjoyer]

1 hour ago, Bordlove said:

It's crazy that the worst action scene from this movie is far better than the best action scene from Thor: Love and Thunder. 

 

The difference between a director that actually cares about the movie they're making vs a director that is just using the movie as an excuse to vacation and party.