Ranking: 10 Highest Grossing Movies Of Summer 2017
4. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2
Box Office: $862.6 million (#3)
Though Guardians Vol. 2 didn't post the billion-dollar gross that a lot of people expected, it was still a solid gain on the original film's $773.3 million. Nothing to be sniffed at here.
If Vol. 2 didn't quite capture the same uproarious, fresh feel of the first film, it was still a totally worthy sequel, driven by the fun personalities and performers at the core, and James Gunn's hyper-stylish direction.
Kurt Russell made for one of the MCU's better recent villains, and even though the film devolved into the usual digital shenanigans near the end, it still held together relatively well thanks to an unexpected emotional component.
It's a confident, if perhaps slightly complacent sequel, but one that mostly captures the magic of what came before. Roll on Vol. 3.