Thor: Ancient Winters

Thor: Ancient Winters is a 2014 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Thor, and a sequel to Thor. The film was directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and written by the writing team of Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost. It is the fourteenth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and was released in the United States on November 7, 2014.

The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Yvonne Strahovski, Christopher Eccleston, Jaimie Alexander, Idris Elba, Kat Dennings, Rene Russo, and Cate Blanchett. The film received praise for its action sequences, but was criticized as generic, lacking in depth, and for being considered inferior to the first film.

Cast

 * Chris Hemsworth as Thor
 * Natalie Portman as Jane Foster
 * Tom Hiddleston as Loki
 * Anthony Hopkins as Odin
 * Yvonne Strahovski as Amora/Enchantress
 * Christopher Eccleston as Malekith
 * Jaimie Alexander as Sif
 * Idris Elba as Heimdall
 * Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis
 * Rene Russo as Frigga
 * Cate Blanchett as Hela
 * Ray Stevenson as Volstagg
 * Josh Dallas as Fandral
 * Tadanobu Asano as Hogun

Box office
In its North American opening weekend, the film grossed $79.5 million, ranking at #1. It held on to the No. 1 spot for its second weekend, just barely edging out Dumb and Dumber To, before falling to second place in its third. The film eventually grossed $296.1 million in its North American release and $455 million in other territories, totaling $751.2 million worldwide, the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2000.

Critical reception
The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 67%, with an average score of 6.2/10, based on 238 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Thor: Ancient Winters may not be quite the smashing success that fans of Marvel's god of thunder might hope for, but it offers more than enough big, fun action to make up for its occasionally puny narrative." Metacritic gave the film an average score of 61 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.