The summer box office is in a slump, with revenue down more than 20 percent since 2013. If everything goes according to plan, however, Chris Pratt and his heroic band of misfits will decrease that percentage when Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures’ Guardians of the Galaxy premieres Friday.
James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy has become the top August pre-seller in Fandango history, and it’s projected to earn more than $70 million in its opening weekend. What’s more, it’s out-pacing Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger, which opened to $65.7 million and $65.1 million, respectively.
The movie, which cost an estimated $170 to make, stars Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord, who assembles a team of renegades to save the universe.
