Galactic Opening For The Guardians Of The Galaxy, Now UK #1

The newest Marvel Studio recruits, the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, rocketed into UK cinemas this week collecting a studio estimate of £6.4 million in box office within its opening four days. The film has the honour of having one of the biggest ever original Marvel openings in the UK taking more in its first four days than the first instalments of Iron Man (£5.6m – 4 day opening), Thor (£5.46m – 6 day opening), Captain America (£3.3m – 3 day opening) and X-Men (£4.8m – 4 day opening).

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY is also set to become the #1 movie across the whole galaxy with an international opening of $160.4m. In the United States the film has already broken records to become the biggest ever August opening of all time taking $94m since its release on Friday.

he result follows acclaim from both press and audiences who have championed the new film for its mix of originality, humour and action.

“Marvel’s most surprising success yet” – TOTAL FILM

“A pop culture gem” – DAILY TELEGRAPH

“Smart and funny retro thrills” – GUARDIAN

“A near-perfect mix of action, humour, imagination and wondrous special effects. The new millennium’s answer to Star Wars” – DAILY MIRROR

“Walking out of Guardians, there’s a very real sense that you’ve just seen this generation’s Star Wars” – WIRED

“Slick, silly and charming, it’s the best title from Marvel’s stable since Avengers Assemble” – SHORTLIST

“Giddy, witty, ridiculous fun, a witty, wacky and generous sugary gift of a film” – TIME OUT

“Our favourite blockbuster of the year so far” – NEW

Here is our review of The Guardians Of The Galaxy – Read review here

Produced by Marvel (the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and Avengers Assemble), GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan (Lee Pace), a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits—Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper), a gun-toting raccoon, Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel), a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora (Zoe Saldana) and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista). But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand—with the galaxy’s fate in the balance.

The film stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, featuring Vin Diesel as Groot, Bradley Cooper as Rocket, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, with John C. Reilly, Glenn Close as Nova Prime and Benicio Del Toro as The Collector.

James Gunn directs with Kevin Feige, p.g.a., producing. Louis D’Esposito, Alan Fine, Victoria Alonso, Jeremy Latcham, Nik Korda and Stan Lee serve as executive producers. Marvel’s GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY is written by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman and is in cinemas across the UK, in 2D, 3D and 3D IMAX now.