Mighty Thor smashes Hollywood slump

LOS ANGELES: After a dismal October for Hollywood, Disney and Marvel Studio’s Thor: Rognarok proved a smashing success this weekend, pulling in US$121 million (RM508 million)in United States theatres and a global total of US$427 million. How big was the film’s three-day opening? Well, the latest Thor episode, boosted by strong reviews and selfmocking humour of Chris Hemsworth as the Norse god (with Cate Blanchett as Hela, goddess of death), netted more than seven times the take of last week’s leader, Lionsgate’s Jigsaw. Agencies