i'm mario solis. >> early today sports is brought to you by touch of gray. get rid of some gray, never all. >>> a key film makes big noise at the morning box office. the early morning headlines are straight ahead. >>> and from friends, two make their way home. you're watching "early today". >> welcome back. as far as severe weather goes today, we're not expecting any tornado outbreak so we'll see strong storms, wind and hail temperatures dropped we are dry on the wef coast today. beautiful day arn medford. mice in the northwest. enjoy a break in the wet weather. if you are watching us in nbc los angeles. trees and plants that are essential to our eco system. >> liz was booming at the box office this weekend thathnks to the thunder. "thor" had the best opening of the year, the action film took in $46 million overseas. 63% male and surprisingly, 72% were over the age of 25. bad news for last week's champ, "fast five" premiered with $86 million and a drop of a steep 62% to finish in second with $32.5 million. the good news, it debuted number one overseas breaki