“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” is aiming for the celebs on the box office.
The third installment of the Marvel superhero franchise earned $48.2 million in its debut Friday, in line with IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.
It’s predicted to take home $250 million worldwide on its opening weekend, Forbes reported.
The flick, which The Post called “a grotesque, exhausting adventure,” stars A-Listers like Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Chris Pratt and Sylvester Stallone.
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which was within the No. 1 spot for the past month, chugged all the way down to second, with a $4.2-million take.
The animated adventure, based on the Nintendo game, became the primary 2023 film to make over $1 billion at the worldwide box office.
It also made history because the fifth movie released throughout the pandemic times to rake in over $1 billion, after “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Jurassic World Dominion” and “Avatar: The Way of Water.”
The supernatural horror “Evil Dead Rise” took third place Friday, and earned near $1.7 million.
It has already grow to be the highest-grossing film in its franchise, in line with Collider.
Within the fourth spot was “Love Again,” also released on Friday, which took in just $955,000.
The film features Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Sam Heughan and stars Celine Dion, who IndieWire said can’t even “save this wildly contrived rom-com from its own sadness.”
The songstress also recorded five songs for its soundtrack, including the title track.
“Are you There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” the movie adaptation of the favored Judy Blume novel, followed in fifth place, with sales of $866,000.