Thor is gonna bring the hammer down at FX.
FX Networks has acquired the television premiere rights to “Thor: The Dark World,” which raked in $86 million for its opening weekend at the domestic box office this weekend, to air across the suite of FX channels in 2015.
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FX has also acquired the rights to the Sandra Bullock-George Clooney film “Gravity” and the Tom Hanks pirate drama “Captain Phillips,” along with “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa,” among other titles.
All told, the network — which launched its movie-centric new network FXM this fall — has acquired eight of the Top 10 biggest box-office hits of the year, and approximately two-thirds of the year’s Top 30 films.