Blu-ray accounted for 83% of unit sales, with 11% coming from Ultra HD Blu-ray.

When Grandmaster took Thor as his new contender, he was soon horrified to learn that Thor already knew his current champion, Hulk.

Method Studios provided over 450 shots, including Thor's opening fight against Surtur in Muspelheim and Hela's fight against the Asgardian guards. Everyone's got a slightly new take on their characters, so in that way, it feels like [this is] the first Thor (2011). A subreddit dedicated to Marvel Studios and the Marvel Cinematic Universe! The location was changed to Norway, which Waititi felt gave more weight to the scenes, made Odin's storyline more "authentic", and also allowed the characters and the audience to "chill out for a second, and have that moment, because the rest of the film basically just runs at a clip". [57] He felt that "people will [not] read into that title alone what the movie's going to be.

Movie: Thor: Ragnarok Franchise: Mighty Thor Incarnations View all 11 versions of Surtur on BTVA. [217] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times called the story "an uninteresting thicket of brawls, machinations and useful coincidences" but did feel that Hemsworth "looks happier and far more relaxed in Ragnarok than he did in the previous Thor vehicles, which is perhaps Mr. Waititi's truest achievement here. [106], Waititi said that the film would reinvent the franchise, as "a lot of what we're doing with the film is, in a way, kind of dismantling and destroying the old idea and rebuilding it in a new way that's fresh. Thor is accidentally teleported onto Sakaar When the Goddess of Death Hela returned from her banishment, she forcefully cast out her brothers Thor and Loki while on the Bifrost and they ended up on Sakaar. Discovering the news of a revolution, Grandmaster questioned Topaz of how something of this scale could happen, notified that the Obedience Disks have been deactivated. Which always bothers me, why does the Grandmaster’s wormhole play a song from a movie from Earth? [117], Later in July, regarding the film's "buddy-style comedy" nature, Waititi said that the script had changed from then and it was still unclear what the final film would look like, but there "are buddy elements to it between Thor and the Hulk".

Tessa Thompson's Character In 'Thor: Ragnarok' Is Perfect For Her", "Thor: Ragnarok actress Tessa Thompson talks redefining Valkyrie", "Where is Natalie Portman's Jane Foster in Thor: Ragnarok? Directed by Taika Waititi. Banner transforms into Hulk again, defeating Fenris, while Thor and 142 fight Hela and her warriors. The film's earnings on Sunday ($32.1 million), was the second-best Sunday in November after The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) ($34.5 million).

Grandmaster ordered the troops before the group had the chance of escaping.

[160] Germain Lussier for io9 called the trailer "a two-and-a-half-minute ball of action, awesomeness, humor, and insanity that may be the most purely fun Marvel movie trailer we've ever seen.

For Saakar's gladiator arena, Hennah looked at Roman gladiators, but differentiated from previous similar ideas by going "all alien with it". (uncredited), Asgardian Patron #1 [32] Towards the end of the month, Sam Neill, who worked with Waititi in Hunt for the Wilderpeople, revealed he had a role in the film.

[22] According to Waititi, 80 percent of the dialogue in Thor: Ragnarok was improvised, in order to create a "very loose and collaborate mood" among the cast, and as an attempt to replicate the tone and sensibility from his previous films. [53] In January 2014, Marvel announced that Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost would write the screenplay for a third film, with Feige again producing;[54] the story was being outlined that July. It’s not subtle at all. Folsom added that she planned to appeal the decision, and that Marvel has been supportive of her throughout her attempt to receive credit. Thor recognizes 142 as a Valkyrie, one of a legendary force of female warriors who were killed fighting Hela eons ago. Questioning if he was any kind of a fighter, Grandmaster was threatened by Thor for his own freedom, only to mock him for his powers. Trying to set the record straight, Grandmaster claimed that the revolution was a tie, noting that he was an integral part of their uprising since without him, they would have nothing to rebel against.[4].

(uncredited), Guard / I have also thought this whole time that is was Winona Ryder.

This was shown when Loki was tossed onto Sakaar only seconds before Thor but arrived two weeks before Thor did, as well as the Grandmaster claiming that he would be "millions of years old" compared to the outside world.[3]. [129] These credits were later updated the following September, with Pearson as the screenwriter and story credit for Kyle and Yost.

[176], Thor: Ragnarok had its world premiere at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on October 10, 2017,[177][178] and its Australian premiere took place on October 13, on the Gold Coast. As they needed help to escape from Sakaar, Valkyrie went to find Korg in the Grand Arena and provided him with guns so he could start a revolution against the Grandmaster. [1], Grandmaster admitting a neutral compromise, After the great uprising, Grandmaster is ultimately defeated by the people, and he confronts his subjects, who are still fighting the revolution started by the gladiators.