How Much Thor: Love & Thunder Cost To Make (& What Box Office It Needs)
Here's how much Thor: Love and Thunder cost to make and what it needs to earn to be a box office success. First appearing in 2011's Thor, the God of Thunder has been a staple of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for over a decade. In addition to two solo sequels, Thor has also been in all four Avengers movies, going through an impactful character arc and transformation over the years. He becomes the first MCU character to receive a fourth standalone film with Thor: Love and Thunder, which pits Thor against new villain Gorr the God Butcher.
Thor's previous solo adventure, 2017's Thor: Ragnarok, was a breath of fresh air for the franchise and rejuvenated the character. Helmed by Taika Waititi, Ragnarok earned widespread critical acclaim and grossed $853.9 million worldwide. With Waititi returning to direct Love and Thunder, Marvel is clearly hoping he'll be able to repeat his earlier success. The studio will need the film to be a big hit, since it likely wasn't cheap to make.
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As of this writing, no reported Thor: Love and Thunder budget figure is available. Looking back at Marvel's track record, it's possible to accurately guess a ballpark estimate. Ragnarok cost $180 million. Over the course of Phase 4, solo movies like Black Widow, Shang-Chi, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness all had $200 million budgets. With that in mind, and considering Thor: Love and Thunder's scope, it's safe to assume the budget is somewhere between $180-200 million. We will update this post when more information becomes available.
The general rule of thumb is a movie needs to earn double its production budget in order to break even. Going by that metric, Thor: Love and
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