Marvel’s ‘Dr. Strange’ has biggest U.S. opening weekend of 2022—and racks up almost half a billion dollars worldwide.

漫威的《奇异博士》在美国拥有2022年最大的开幕周末，并在全球范围内获得近5亿美元的收入。

• rack up 累积；聚集（某物）；累计（得分）。比如：

  The company racked up $200 million in losses in two years.
  公司两年内损失累计达2亿元。
  In ten years of boxing he racked up a record 176 wins.
  在十年的拳击生涯中，他创纪录地累计获胜176次。

The summer movie season is off to a blockbuster start thanks to “Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.” The superhero extravaganza grossed an estimated $185 million in ticket sales in its first weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters, the Walt Disney Co. said Sunday.

由于 "奇异博士和疯狂的多元宇宙"，夏季电影季有了一个大片的开始。华特迪士尼公司周日表示，这部超级英雄大作在美国和加拿大影院的第一个周末估计获得了1.85亿美元的门票收入。

• 这里的off是熟词生义，要放在be off to这个短语中去理解。我从网上找了下对这个短语的理解，截图分享给大家：

  

  结合be off to在这里的使用，可以看出，这里是be off to a good start进入好的开端这个用法。

• blockbuster是指“(informal) something very successful, especially a very successful book or film/movie 一鸣惊人的事物；（尤指）非常成功的书（或电影）”

• extravaganza注意发音是： [ɪkˌstrævəˈgænzə]。意思是“a large, expensive and impressive entertainment 铺张华丽的娱乐表演”

• gross这里是动词的用法，意思是“to earn a particular amount of money before tax has been taken off it 总收入为；总共赚得”。比如：It is one of the biggest grossing movies of all time. 这是票房收入创历史之最的影片之一。

  另外，gross sb out这个短语也值得注意下，和disgust"憎恶”一个意思，如：His bad breath really grossed me out. 他的口臭实在使我恶心。
  

• ticket sales即“票房”

  
  

Not only did it more than double the opening of the first “Doctor Strange,” which opened to $85 million in 2016, it’s also the biggest opener of the year, ahead of “The Batman’s” $134 million; the second biggest of the pandemic, behind “Spider-Man: Far From Home’s” $260.1 million; and the sixth biggest of all time globally.

它不仅是2016年第一部《奇异博士》首映时8500万美元的两倍多，也是今年首映票房最大的作品，超过了《蝙蝠侠》的1.34亿美元；是疫情下的的第二部大卖的作品，仅次于《蜘蛛侠：远离家园》的2.601亿美元；在全球，则是有史以来第六大作品。

• not only放句首会引起部分倒装。结构是：not only＋助动词＋主语＋谓语……。但如果只是only放句首，则不会引起部分倒装。但only其后若加有副词或介词短语或状语从句，则也会引起部分倒装。

• Only in this way can everyone be satisfied.

• Only later did we find that Max was a girl.
• Only once has he felt regretful about his decision.
• Only when you live alone will you feel it.
• Only by chance did I get the right answer.

• double在这里是及物动词的用法，意思是“to become, or make sth become, twice as much or as many （使）加倍；是…的两倍”。比如:

  Double all the quantities in the recipe to make enough for eight people. 把菜谱上的量都增加一倍以够八人用餐。

Internationally, it’s doing even better with an estimated $265 million since opening Wednesday. In total, “Doctor Strange 2” has already made $450 million.

在国际上，它的表现甚至更好，自周三开幕以来，估计有2.65亿美元。奇异博士2》总共已经赚了4.5亿美元。

• 在an estimated $265 million这个短语中，要特别注意下estimated这个过去分词作名词的前置定语的用法。estimate是很常用的一个英语单词，在很多外刊文章中都会出现，有必要对其用法好好学习下：

• The satellite will cost an estimated £400 million.
  这颗卫星估计要耗资4亿英镑。
  

• Police estimate the crowd at 30 000.
  警方估计聚集的人有3万。

• The deal is estimated to be worth around $1.5 million.
  这笔交易估计价值150万元左右。

• We estimated (that) it would cost about €5 000.
  我们估计要花费大约 5 000 欧元。
  

• It is estimated (that) the project will last four years.
  据估计，这项工程将持续四年。

• in total 总计
  

• 在made $450 million这个短语中，make是“赚钱”的意思：