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The galaxy is in safe hands.
Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel's latest addition to its superhero canon, invaded Hollywood this weekend with the biggest debut on record for an August movie.
Guardians rounded up $94 million, according to studio estimates from Rentrak.
The debut shattered the record previously held by Matt Damon's The Bourne Ultimatum, which bowed to $69 million in August 2007.
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"Simply stated, the Marvel brand has become for Disney what the Pixar brand had been through 2010," Mumpower says. "Consumer trust in the Marvel product is total. Even virtually unknown characters can still anchor a blockbuster debut."
Critics and fans were ready for an original comic-book team. The movie earned a thumbs-up from 92% of the nation's critics, says survey site Rotten Tomatoes, making it one of the best-reviewed movies of the year. And moviegoers gave it a collective A, says pollster CinemaScore. Its $17 million on IMAX screens also was an August record.
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