So, y’all remember when Thanos did his snap and half of life just blinked out of existence? That’s exactly what Disney and Marvel did to box office records over the weekend when Avengers: Endgame dropped in theaters and promptly decimated the competition. There was a lot of theorizing and scrutinizing about whether Endgame would be able to top $300 Million domestically in its opening weekend — something experts weren’t even sure was mathematically possible — but Endgame beat even the boldest of predictions with $350 Million domestic and 1.2 Billion worldwide.
Endgame marks the eighth Marvel Studios film to cross $1 billion, and the second this year after Captain Marvel ($1,120.2). The other Marvel movies in the Billion Dollar Club are Infinity War ($2,048.4), The Avengers ($1,518.8), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,405.4), Black Panther ($1,346.9), Iron Man 3 ($1,214.8), and Captain America: Civil War ($1,153.3).
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The biggest records still on the table are for the film’s total gross, both domestic and worldwide, where it’s pitted against two juggernauts of the Box Office. In order to take those top spots, Endgame will have to top Avatar‘s $2.788 billion global cume and The Force Awakens‘ $937 domestic finish. There’s no denying Endgame had an unparalleled and unpredictable start, but in order to top those numbers, it’s going to have some serious legs at the box office, and indeed, it will have to outperform Infinity War‘s impressive endurance. That film ultimately netted $2.048 billion globally and $679 million domestically.
In addition to the major records, which we’re breaking down in detail below, Endgame also broke the following:
Fastest to $100 Million Domestic
Fastest to $150 Million Domestic
Fastest to $200 Million Domestic
Fastest to $250 Million Domestic
Fastest to $300 Million Domestic
Fastest to $350 Million Domestic
Fastest to $400 Million Domestic
Fastest to $450 Million Domestic
Fastest Film to $500 Million Globally
Fastest Film to $1 Billion Globally
Fastest Film to $1.5 Billion Globally
Fastest Film to $2 Billion Globablly
Highest Opening Weekend Gross Globally
Highest Global IMAX Debut ($91.5M)
Highest 3D Opening Weekend Gross Globally ($540 Million)
Highest-Grossing Time Travel Movie
Widest Opening for a PG-13 Film
Biggest Opening Weekend in 44 International Markets, Including Domestic
Top Single-Day Gross in 29 Markets
Biggest Opening Day in China ($107.8M)
Biggest Opening Weekend in China ($330.5M)
Top Domestic Thursday Preview ($60M)
Top Single-Day Domestic Gross for a Friday ($156.7M)
Top Single-Day Domestic Gross for a Saturday ($109M — this is also the first $100M+ day without previews)
Top Single-Day Domestic Gross for a Sunday ($84.3M)
Largest Gap Between 1st and 2nd Place at the Box Office in a Single Weekend ($348 Million, 43x higher gross)
Highest Market Share in a Weekend (89.7%)
Currently at #5 on the All-Time Worldwide Box Office
Note: Endgame is just gonna keep smashing records in the coming days and weeks, so we’ll keep this post updated with new information as it comes in.