--- description: Guardians of The Galaxy sets a record at $11.2 million for it's Thursday late night screening. title: Guardians of The Galaxy Posts Record Box-Office Numbers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt863c08f58a89bb58/69869dd9cd804d7420ccc2b7/guardians-of-teh-galaxy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Marvel](/tag/marvel/) ## Marvel Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Guardians of the Galaxy_ Has Already Made More Than $11 Million by [Hannah Goldberg](/author/hannah-goldberg/) ## Hannah Goldberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 1, 2014 3:57 PM CUT  Marvel by [Hannah Goldberg](/author/hannah-goldberg/) ## Hannah Goldberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 1, 2014 3:57 PM CUT _Updated August 1 at 5:12 p.m. ET_ _Guardians of the Galaxy_ earned $11.2 million in late-night screenings on Thursday, [Variety](http://variety.com/2014/film/news/guardians-of-the-galaxy-soars-to-biggest-thursday-box-office-opening-of-year-1201273544/ "undefined") reports_,_ for the year’s largest preview opening, and is on track to rake in an estimated $90 million from weekend showings, according to Friday [estimates](http://variety.com/2014/film/news/box-office-guardians-of-the-galaxy-explodes-friday-for-90-million-opening-1201273774/ "undefined"). The comic book adaption will have the largest screening in August history—showing at 4,080 threatres on Friday. It surpassed recent forecasts that predicted $70 million in weekend earnings, and will unseat previous August record holder, _The Bourne Ultimatum_ ($69.3 million). Amidst the popularity of Marvel’s _The Avengers_ and its prequel and sequel films, it’s no surprise that this intergalactic team is gaining fans. Actor Chris Pratt—among the only human characters in the film—is flanked by a quirky talking raccoon, a CGI tree, a hulk-ish green brute and a female alien assassin. The film already boasts a 91% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes — read [TIME’s review by Richard Corliss here](http://time.com/3062890/guardians-of-the-galaxy-review-a-bratty-star-wars/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3070589/guardians-galaxy-opening/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3070589/guardians-galaxy-opening/"},"headline":"Guardians of the Galaxy Has Already Made More Than $11 Million","datePublished":"2014-08-01T15:57:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:27:54.648Z","description":"Marvel unleashes its new summer blockbuster","url":"https://time.com/3070589/guardians-galaxy-opening/","keywords":["Marvel","movies","guardians of the galaxy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt863c08f58a89bb58/69869dd9cd804d7420ccc2b7/guardians-of-teh-galaxy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Hannah Goldberg","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/hannah-goldberg/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt863c08f58a89bb58/69869dd9cd804d7420ccc2b7/guardians-of-teh-galaxy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Guardians of the Galaxy","caption":"Guardians of the Galaxy 2014","creditText":"Marvel","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/marvel/","name":"Marvel"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3070589/guardians-galaxy-opening/","name":"Guardians of the Galaxy Has Already Made More Than $11 Million"}}]}] ```