It’s tracking one of – if not the – biggest box office openings in history, and Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War has certainly got off to a fine start, raking in $134 million by close of play on Thursday.
In North America, Infinity War amassed a whopping $39 million in Thursday previews, a new Marvel record (previously held by Avengers: Age of Ultron on $27.6 million) and surpassed only by Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
Internationally, the movie has pulled in a further $95 million from 43 markets, having opened in 21 on Wednesday, and a further 22 on Thursday. South Korea leads the way on $11.4 million, followed by Australia with $10 million and the United Kingdom with $8.9 million.
Estimates have put the Marvel blockbuster’s worldwide opening in the region of $500 million, which would position it fourth behind Jurassic World ($524.9 million), Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($529 million) and The Fate of the Furious ($541.9 million) in terms of the biggest global debuts of all time. Unlike Jurassic World and The Fate of the Furious however, 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).
