The new MCU film Thunderbolts*, starring Florence Pugh in the lead role of Yelena Belova, has earned 100 crore at the worldwide box office in its opening weekend, as per data from Sacnilk. According to the data, the film's net collection in India alone is a little over 5.5 crore. The film has opened to positive reviews from critics and reception from audiences. It also stars Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, Wyatt Russell as John Walker, David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian, Lewis Pullman as Robert "Bob" Reynolds / Sentry / Void, Hannah John-Kamen as Ava Starr / Ghost, Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as CIA chief Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, and Geraldine Viswanathan as Valentina's assistant Mel.
Thunderbolts* is directed by Jake Schreier from a screenplay by Eric Pearson and Joanna Calo. An excerpt from our review of Kevin Feige's Marvel Studios production reads, "Its deviation from overloading fan service moments that can suffocate the audience, is welcome as it spends more time with the characters for us to be more curious about them. Instead of otherworldly threats for our delinquents to face, they face the sum of all their fears. The MCU isn’t experimenting audaciously with Thunderbolts*, but they are definitely breaking out of the mould."