After enjoying a record breaking opening last time around, and becoming the fastest movie to reach $1 billion yesterday, Marvel’s superhero blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War has added a further $275 million worldwide in its second weekend.
Domestically, Infinity War retained top spot with $112.5 million (the second-biggest second weekend ever), pushing its North American haul to $450.8 million. Internationally, it grossed $162.6 million – including a $17.6 million opening in Russia – taking its overseas total to $713.3 million.
Combined, Avengers: Infinity War has now earned $1.164 billion, making it the fifth biggest superhero movie of all time. With its China release to come this Friday, May 11th, it’s only a matter of time before Infinity War overtakes 2012’s The Avengers to take the title of the highest-grossing superhero movie.
The success of Avengers: Infinity War has now pushed the MCU beyond the $16 billion mark combined – and with Infinity War still raking in the cash and Ant-Man and the Wasp still to come this summer, it’s possible that the MCU will end the year with $17 billion plus in box office takings.
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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), 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).
