Every box office record broken by Avengers: Infinity War
By Sandy C.
Is Avengers: Infinity War the highest grossing Marvel Cinematic Universe movie ever? Oh, it’s that and so much more!
Note: Avengers: Infinity War, the most anticipated movie of the year, has arrived! We will be updating this page throughout the duration of the film’s theatrical stay to note each and every record Earth’s Mightiest Heroes break, so be sure to bookmark!
Thanos has come crashing down in theaters and Infinity War is showing no signs of slowing down! If you were one of the movie’s first set of audiences, you were able to enjoy the movie in a packed theater with fans, which is the best way to see it. But even if you haven’t made it to theaters just yet (what are you waiting for?), a quick look at Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook will tell you just how huge this movie is.
Instead of searching the web for the latest updated records the movie breaks, we’re gathering them for you and putting them in one place!
Records will be in BOLD below for easy viewing: (last updated Thursday night, May 17) Infinity War now has $1.686 billion worldwide.
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There was never any doubt Avengers: Infinity War would be breaking many records, but its success is astonishing. According to Deadline, the movie has collected approximately $650 million worldwide its first weekend — the biggest worldwide opening weekend of all time.
Top IMAX Marvel movie debut with $41 million globally.
Biggest domestic opening of all time with $250 million, and biggest opening for a superhero film.
Biggest Saturday opening with $83 million. Jurassic World is number two with $69.6 million and Marvel’s The Avengers in third place with $69.5 million.
Biggest Sunday opening with $61 million. The Force Awakens is number two with $60.5 million and Black Panther in third with $60 million.
Second-biggest opening day with $105.9 million, only behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($119.1 million). Keep an eye on this one, though. This number could rise as weekend tickets continue to be counted. At number three is Star Wars: The Last Jedi with $104.6 million, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is number four with $91 million.
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Avengers: Infinity War is also the second-fastest to reach $100 million, only behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It is, however, the fastest to reach $150 million, $200 million, and $250 million, all domestically.
Second fastest film to reach $300 million, only behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Top opening day in April domestically with $250 million. At number two is Furious 7 with $147.1 million and number three is The Jungle Book (2016) with $103.2 million.
Biggest Thursday night for any MCU movie — $39 million.
Second fastest to reach $400 million and $450 million, only behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Fastest movie in history to cross $1 billion worldwide –– only 11 days!
Infinity War is Marvel’s sixth film to hit one billion, Disney’s 17th movie.
Second-highest second weekend of all-time with $112 thousand, an amount not even debut films reach on their first weekend.
Infinity War has surpassed Jurassic World and is now the fourth highest-grossing movie in the world of all-time! The movie has reached $1.686 billion, beating Jurassic World‘s $1.71 billion. Will it take down the top three — Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($2.06 billion), Titanic ($2.18 billion), and Avatar ($2.78 billion)? Time will tell.
Stay tuned for more updates as they are announced!