Update: April 26, 2019
AVENGERS: ENDGAME with Record-Breaking $140 Million Friday Showing, Headed for $300 Million-Plus Opening Weekend
In an unprecedented feat, Disney and Marvel's
Avengers: Endgame is headed for a staggering $300 million-plus North American debut, according to early Friday matinees.
Friday's haul alone is an estimated $140 million. That includes $60 million in Thursday previews. Both are records.
No film in history has crossed the $300 million threshold in its domestic debut.
Overseas,
Avengers: Endgame also continues to shatter records since beginning to roll out on Wednesday. Its two-day gross is a massive $305 million, including a hefty chunk from China, for an early worldwide total of $365 million before the weekend even began.
Directed by the Russo brothers, who shot the movie back-to-back with last year's
Infinity War,
Endgame is now on course for a global launch of $950 million, if not $1 billion.
Infinity War is the current record holder for biggest global opening ($640.5 million) and biggest domestic
launch ($257.6 million), not adjusted for inflation. (
Infinity War earned $38 million in domestic previews.)
In terms of biggest single day, that crown belonged to
Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($119 million) before
Endgame.
Force Awakens also boasted the biggest preview gross ($57 million) until now.
Internationally,
Endgame set opening day records in numerous markets, such as in China, where it grossed $107.5 million on Wednesday (through Thursday, that gross grew to $154.5 million).
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