Thor finishes first in the U.S. box office

"Thor: The Dark World" finished in first place at the box office during its first week of release with $86.11 million.

Worldwide the movie has now grossed $327 million and has already surpassed the previous movie's box office take.

The movie opened up in the U.S. stronger than the original Thor movie - which opened at $65.72 million in 2011. "Without adjusting for ticket price inflation, Thor: The Dark World delivered the ninth largest opening weekend on record for the month of November. The film registered the fourth largest opening weekend of 2013 to date (behind only Iron Man 3, Man of Steel and Fast & Furious 6)," according to boxoffice.com.

The sequel also opened in China taking in $19.6 million, higher that the "Marvel's The Avengers" opened. The movie took in $94 million during its second weekend overseas.