Thunderbolts*

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2025 Total worldwide box office: $372.1 million, with $184 million from the United States and Canada, and $188.1 million from other territories.
May 2025 Thunderbolts* had reached a worldwide total box office gross of $325.7 million, with $155.4 million from the United States and Canada, and $170.3 million from other territories.
2025 Florence Pugh was nominated for Favorite Butt-Kicker at the 2025 Kids' Choice Awards
2025 Thunderbolts* was nominated for Favorite Movie at the 2025 Kids' Choice Awards
2025 Sebastian Stan was nominated for Favorite Butt-Kicker at the 2025 Kids' Choice Awards
May 2 2025 Film was released in the United States as the final film of Phase Five of the MCU, with an ending revealing the Thunderbolts team is rebranded as the 'New Avengers'.
May 2 2025 Thunderbolts* was released nationwide in the United States across multiple formats including IMAX, Dolby Cinema, RealD 3D, ScreenX, and 4DX.
May 2 2025 Thunderbolts is scheduled for release in the United States as the final film of Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
April 2025 First weekend box office totaled $74 million domestically and $86.1 million internationally, with $20 million from IMAX screenings, bringing the total global opening to $160.1 million.
April 2025 Marvel announced a collaboration with Wheaties to create a limited edition cereal box mimicking the Wheaties-inspired poster for the film.
April 30 2025 Hollywood Records and Marvel Music are scheduled to release the Thunderbolts* soundtrack album featuring Son Lux's music.
April 28 2025 The film held its Los Angeles premiere, showcasing the movie to audiences in California.
April 28 2025 Los Angeles premiere of Thunderbolts*
April 2025 In its third weekend, the film made $17 million, dropping 52% and falling to second place behind new release Final Destination Bloodlines.
April 2025 Grossed $74 million in its domestic opening weekend and $86.1 million internationally, totaling $160.1 million, which included $20 million from IMAX screenings.
April 22 2025 Fan screenings of Thunderbolts* occurred in 10 major U.S. cities.
April 22 2025 Film premiered at the Empire Leicester Square in London, England.
April 22 2025 Premiere of Thunderbolts* at Cineworld, Leicester Square, London
April 22 2025 Fan screenings scheduled in multiple US cities including Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Boston, Dallas, Miami, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Kansas City, and Austin.
April 22 2025 Thunderbolts* is scheduled to premiere at various screenings.
April 2025 In its second weekend, Thunderbolts* made $33.1 million and remained at the top of the box office, with a 55% drop noted as good for an MCU film compared to Captain America: Brave New World's 68% second weekend decrease.
April 2025 On its third weekend, Thunderbolts* made $17 million, dropping 52% and falling to second place behind new release Final Destination Bloodlines.
April 2025 In its second weekend, the film made $33.1 million, remaining atop the box office with a 55% drop in ticket sales.
April 2025 The film's final writing credits were revealed: Pearson and Calo received screenplay credit, while the story was credited to Pearson.
April 2025 Opening weekend: Thunderbolts* grossed $74 million domestically and $86.1 million internationally, totaling $160.1 million, including $20 million from IMAX screenings.
April 2025 Thunderbolts* earned $31.5 million domestically on its opening day, including $11.5 million from Thursday night previews.
April 2025 After the film's opening weekend, Marvel Studios rebrands the film as The New Avengers, revealing the reasoning behind the original asterisk in the title.
April 2025 Opening day domestic box office was $31.5 million, including $11.5 million from Thursday night previews.
April 2025 Metacritic summarized critical response as 'generally favorable' with a score of 68 out of 100 from 52 critics.
April 2025 CinemaScore audiences gave the film an average grade of 'A-', while PostTrak surveys showed 4.5/5 stars with 74% recommending the film.
April 2025 Film projected to earn $70–75 million domestically and $160–175 million globally on its opening weekend.
April 2025 Thunderbolts* was projected to have a $63–77 million opening weekend in the United States, with a 'target number' of $70 million.
April 2025 The film earned approximately $11 million from Thursday night previews.
April 2025 Received 88% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes from 198 critics, with an average rating of 7.1/10.
2025 Potential appearance of Harrison Ford as Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross in Captain America: Brave New World film.
March 2025 Letterboxd debuts a trailer for Thunderbolts* edited in the style of A24 independent films, conceived with help from director Schreier and released around the same time Pugh describes the film as an 'indie, A24-feeling assassin movie'.
2025 Bucky Barnes, after being presumed killed in World War II and later working as a brainwashed assassin, has been elected to the United States Congress and is now the de facto leader of the Thunderbolts.
March 2025 Marvel Studios announces that several Thunderbolts* cast members, including Sebastian Stan, Kurt Russell, Florence Pugh, Harry Pullman, and Hannah John-Kamen, will reprise their roles in the upcoming crossover film Avengers: Doomsday (2026).
February 2025 A second trailer for Thunderbolts* was shown during Super Bowl LIX, seemingly confirming the team would be fighting the Void. Marvel also released a Wheaties-themed poster for the film.
February 2025 Son Lux began recording the film score for Thunderbolts* at Abbey Road Studios in London during the first week of February.
February 2025 The film's release date was moved forward to May 2, 2025, swapping places with The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
December 2024 Additional filming took place in Atlanta to supplement previous production.
December 20 2024 Secondary scheduled release date for Thunderbolts*, which was subsequently rescheduled.
December 20 2024 Subsequent rescheduled release date for Thunderbolts* movie
December 20 2024 Subsequent scheduled release date for Thunderbolts*
September 2024 A teaser trailer was released, featuring the song 'Where Is My Mind?' by the Pixies.
September 2024 Marvel released an official teaser trailer for Thunderbolts*, featuring the Pixies' song 'Where Is My Mind?'
September 2024 Chris Bauer and Wendell Edward Pierce were cast in the Thunderbolts film, with Pierce portraying a political figure.
August 2024 Marvel releases an official look at the Thunderbolts team in a video celebrating the company's 85th anniversary, following online leaks of the SDCC footage.
July 2024 First footage from Thunderbolts* was presented at San Diego Comic-Con by director Jake Schreier and the cast, with David Harbour appearing dressed as Red Guardian.

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