Guardians of the Galaxy earned $94 million on its opening weekend. It helped Disney break $1 billion in domestic revenue this year, marking 2014 as the ninth year for the studio to do so. Guardians of the Galaxy had an estimated $170 million budget and has already made that money back in domestic returns. Within the coming weeks, the global market will nearly double this domestic return.

The film ends with a title card promising that the Guardians will return.…