{"id":101078,"date":"2017-05-06T00:59:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T04:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=101078"},"modified":"2017-05-06T00:59:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T04:59:39","slug":"guardians-sequel-blasts-off-to-17m-on-opening-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/06\/guardians-sequel-blasts-off-to-17m-on-opening-night\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Guardians&#8217; sequel blasts off to $17M on opening night"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_101079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101079\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/16729557_909866912488495_4822575118497878582_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101079\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/16729557_909866912488495_4822575118497878582_n.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\u201d has rocketed to a $17 million opening night, beating out early showings of the first film. (Photo: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 - 2017\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/16729557_909866912488495_4822575118497878582_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/16729557_909866912488495_4822575118497878582_n-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/16729557_909866912488495_4822575118497878582_n-768x449.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\u201d has rocketed to a $17 million opening night, beating out early showings of the first film. (Photo:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/402834576525067\/photos\/a.402846176523907.1073741828.402834576525067\/909866912488495\/?type=1&amp;theater\"> Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 &#8211; 2017\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\u201d has rocketed to a $17 million opening night, beating out early showings of the first film.<\/p>\n<p>Disney reported the sales estimate for Thursday night preview screenings on Friday. The sequel is the biggest opening night earner of the year so far.<\/p>\n<p>The first \u201cGuardians\u201d film was a surprise blockbuster for many, transforming a little-known band of Marvel superheroes into household names. It earned $11.2 million on its opening night.<\/p>\n<p>Both films were directed by James Gunn, who has already signed on to direct a third \u201cGuardians\u201d film. Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana star in the franchise, which will become interwoven into Marvel&#8217;s hit \u201cAvengers\u201d franchise in future films.<\/p>\n<p>ComScore figures show the first \u201cGuardians\u201d film earned $93.3 million in its opening weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\u201d has rocketed to a $17 million opening night, beating out early &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":101079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[18736],"class_list":["post-101078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","tag-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}