Avengers Win!

Apr 30, 2018 | 11:15 AM

Disney and Marvel are celebrating an epic weekend at the box office. Avengers: Infinity War opened with $250 million, demolishing Disney‘s previous record, set by Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The Force earned $247.96 million.

Disney now holds 9 of the top 10 biggest openings in North American history. Worldwide, Avengers earned $630 million.

  • Infinity War also nabbed another record, earning the best Saturday ever with $83 million, 19% over the previous record holder set by Universal‘s Jurassic World (it earned $69.6 million on June 13, 2015).
  • AMC reported that Avengers had the highest Friday and Saturday box office gross in the company’s 98-year history.
  • A Quiet Place came in second, earning $10.65 million in its fourth weekend out. I Feel Pretty earned $8.1 million, rounding out the top three. According to ComScore, overall box office is up 3.4 percent year-to-date.

CHECK IT OUT:

Read the Full Story: https://bit.ly/2vUefzG

Check out the April 27-29 figures below, per ComScore:

1. Avengers: Infinity War – $250 million
2. A Quiet Place – $10.7 million
3. I Feel Pretty – $8.1 million
4. Rampage – $7.1 million
5. Black Panther – $4.4 million
6. Super Troopers 2 – $3.6 million
7. Truth or Dare – $3.2 million
8. Blockers – $2.9 million
9. Ready Player One – $2.4 million
10. Traffik – $1.6 million