{"id":160,"date":"2025-05-06T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=160"},"modified":"2025-05-05T23:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T23:28:28","slug":"marvels-thunderbolts-proves-a-hit-at-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=160","title":{"rendered":"Marvel&#8217;s Thunderbolts* proves a hit at box office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Marvel and Disney&#8217;s newest release <em>Thunderbolts*<\/em> has proved a hit at the box office, after taking an estimated $162m (\u00a3122m) internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film, which both production houses hope will kickstart a new franchise, is based around lesser-known superheroes who have to take on human and superhuman threats whilst fighting their own personal battles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Olamide, Wizkid - Kai! 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