Over the weekend, Guardians of the Galaxypassed Maleficent to become the second highest grossing movie of the year at the worldwide box office. Guardians of the Galaxy has now grossed $765.1 million at the worldwide box office.
Guardians of the Galaxy is the top grossing comic book movie of the year, passing by X-Men: Days of Future Past, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in recent weeks. The film is second to onlyTransformers: Age of Extinction, which has grossed $1.087 billion at the worldwide box office.
At the domestic box office, Guardians of the Galaxy is currently the highest grossing movie of the year by a large margin. Guardians of the Galaxy has grossed $329.3 million at the domestic box office. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is second at the domestic box office with $259.7 million.
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 is scheduled to be released in movie theaters on May 5, 2017.