It's official: 'Avengers: Engame' is the first film in history to surpass $1 billion in its opening weekend, reaching the billion-dollar threshold in just five days.
film posted a record $60 million in Thursday previews and was screened in a record 4,662 theaters. It was extremely well received, with an A+ CinemaScore and a 96% “fresh” score from review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes. AMC set attendance records on Saturday with more than 2.6 million guests, with 19 locations operating for 24 hours from Thursday night through Sunday.
In a single weekend, “Endgame” outgrossed the entire domestic runs of 13 Marvel Cinematic Universe titles including “” “Thor: Ragnarok,” “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” The film is just the second in history to be shot entirely with IMAX cameras and nearly doubled IMAX’s worldwide opening weekend record with $91.5 million in ticket sales. About 45% of the estimated $1.2 billion worldwide grosses were generated from 3-D ticket sales.
This is Marvel and Disney’s second billion-dollar release of 2019, along with “Captain Marvel,” and Marvel's eighth billion-dollar film ever. Marvel now holds the top two largest global debuts of all time , six of the top 10 domestic debuts and two of the top three international debuts. Benefiting from its franchise affiliation, “Captain Marvel” climbed back into the No. 2 spot in its eighth weekend, earning $8 million for a cumulative $413.6 million.” added $7.5 million in its second weekend for a cumulative $41.3 million.Rounding out the top five, Warner Bros.’ “Movie news, screening invitations and reviews from the world of independent film and beyond.
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