After storming out of the gate and pulling in a hefty $134 million by close of play on Thursday, Marvel’s superhero epic Avengers: Infinity War now appears to be on course for the biggest global opening weekend of all-time.
The Joe and Anthony Russo-directed blockbuster grossed $106.7 million domestically on Friday (including Thursday previews of $39 million), as well as pushing its international gross to $178.5 million, giving it $285.2 million as of Friday.
Industry experts are now tipping the movie for a three-day domestic weekend of $245.6 million, which would put it just short of the record $247.9 million set by Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015. A $300 million plus haul is expected from the international markets, meaning it would topple The Fate of the Furious‘ $541.9 million for the biggest worldwide opening in history.
Impressively, it will have done so without the lucrative Chinese market, which accounted for $190 million of The Fate of the Furious‘ opening. Infinity War does not open in China until May 11th
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An unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making and spanning the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Infinity War” brings to the screen the ultimate, deadliest showdown of all time. The Avengers and their Super Hero allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
Avengers: Infinity War stars Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther), Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier), Anthony Mackie (Falcon), Paul Bettany (Vision), Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Josh Brolin (Thanos), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Benedict Wong (Wong), Chris Pratt (Star-Lord), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Dave Bautista (Drax), Bradley Cooper (Rocket), Sean Gunn (Rocket), Vin Diesel (Groot), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Pom Klementieff (Mantis), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill), Benicio Del Toro (The Collector), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Letitia Wright (Shuri), Winston Duke (M’Baku), Terry Notary (Cull Obsidian), Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Ebony Maw), Carrie Coon (Proxima Midnight), Michael James Shaw (Corvus Glaive) and Peter Dinklage (Eitri).
