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Surprise, surprise, Avengers: Infinity War has won its second weekend at the box office. Infinity War brought in an estimated $112. 4 million making it the second highest second weekend of all-time. The Marvel blockbuster has also crossed the $1 billion mark – making it the quickest film to that milestone. After just 11 days, Avengers has earned an estimated $1.1 billion.
Coming in almost $100 million behind was second place finisher Overboard with an estimated $14.8 million. The remake of the Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn original staring Anna Farris and Eugenio Derbez finished slightly above studio expectations.
A Quiet Place finished third adding $7.6 million, bringing its domestic cume to just under $160 million. The film has now grossed over $255 million worldwide.
Rounding out the weekend top five was I Feel Pretty and Rampage with an estimated $4.9 and $4.6 million respectively. I Feel Pretty has grossed $37.9 million domestically, while Rampage has crushed it overseas with a worldwide total of $378.8 million.
Here’s the top five weekend box office estimates:
| 1 | Avengers: Infinity War | $112.5 | $450,806,540 |
| 2 | Overboard | $14.8 | $14,750,000 |
| 3 | A Quiet Place | $7.6 | $159,894,386 |
| 4 | I Feel Pretty | $4.9 | $37,798,283 |
| 5 | Rampage | $4.6 | $84,793,100 |
Here’s a list of the top 50 second place finishes via boxofficemojo:
| Rank | Title (click to view) | Studio | Weeknd Gross* |
% of Total | Theaters / Avg. | Total Gross^ | Date** | |
| 1 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | BV | $149,202,860 | 15.9% | 4,134 | $36,092 | $936,662,225 | 12/18/15 |
| 2 | Avengers: Infinity War | BV | $114,774,810 | 25.3% | 4,474 | $25,654 | $453,107,350 | 4/27/18 |
| 3 | Black Panther | BV | $111,658,835 | 16.1% | 4,020 | $27,776 | $693,235,592 | 2/16/18 |
| 4 | Jurassic World | Uni. | $106,588,440 | 16.3% | 4,291 | $24,840 | $652,270,625 | 6/12/15 |
| 5 | Marvel’s The Avengers | BV | $103,052,274 | 16.5% | 4,349 | $23,696 | $623,357,910 | 5/4/12 |
| 6 | Beauty and the Beast (2017) | BV | $90,426,717 | 17.9% | 4,210 | $21,479 | $504,014,165 | 3/17/17 |
| 7 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | BV | $77,746,929 | 16.9% | 4,276 | $18,182 | $459,005,868 | 5/1/15 |
| 8 | Avatar | Fox | $75,617,183 | 10.1% | 3,456 | $21,880 | $749,766,139 | 12/18/09 |
| 9 | The Dark Knight | WB | $75,166,466 | 14.1% | 4,366 | $17,216 | $533,345,358 | 7/18/08 |
| 10 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | LGF | $74,179,601 | 17.5% | 4,163 | $17,819 | $424,668,047 | 11/22/13 |
| 11 | Finding Dory | BV | $72,959,954 | 15.0% | 4,305 | $16,948 | $486,295,561 | 6/17/16 |
| 12 | Captain America: Civil War | BV | $72,637,142 | 17.8% | 4,226 | $17,188 | $408,084,349 | 5/6/16 |
| 13 | Iron Man 3 | BV | $72,525,615 | 17.7% | 4,253 | $17,053 | $409,013,994 | 5/3/13 |
| 14 | Shrek 2 | DW | $72,170,363 | 16.4% | 4,223 | $17,089 | $441,226,247 | 5/19/04 |
| 15 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | BV | $71,565,498 | 11.5% | 4,232 | $16,911 | $620,181,382 | 12/15/17 |
| 16 | Spider-Man | Sony | $71,417,527 | 17.7% | 3,615 | $19,755 | $403,706,375 | 5/3/02 |
| 17 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | BV | $65,263,492 | 16.7% | 4,347 | $15,013 | $389,813,101 | 5/5/17 |
| 18 | American Sniper | WB | $64,628,304 | 18.5% | 3,705 | $17,444 | $350,126,372 | 1/16/15 |
| 19 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | BV | $64,033,768 | 12.0% | 4,157 | $15,404 | $532,177,324 | 12/16/16 |
| 20 | Alice in Wonderland (2010) | BV | $62,714,076 | 18.8% | 3,728 | $16,822 | $334,191,110 | 3/5/10 |
| 21 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | BV | $62,345,264 | 14.7% | 4,133 | $15,084 | $423,315,812 | 7/7/06 |
| 22 | The Dark Knight Rises | WB | $62,101,451 | 13.9% | 4,404 | $14,101 | $448,139,099 | 7/20/12 |
| 23 | The Jungle Book (2016) | BV | $61,538,821 | 16.9% | 4,028 | $15,278 | $364,001,123 | 4/15/16 |
| 24 | It | WB (NL) | $60,103,110 | 18.4% | 4,148 | $14,490 | $327,481,748 | 9/8/17 |
| 25 | Furious 7 | Uni. | $59,585,930 | 16.9% | 4,022 | $14,815 | $353,007,020 | 4/3/15 |
| 26 | Toy Story 3 | BV | $59,337,669 | 14.3% | 4,028 | $14,731 | $415,004,880 | 6/18/10 |
| 27 | The Hunger Games | LGF | $58,551,063 | 14.4% | 4,137 | $14,153 | $408,010,692 | 3/23/12 |
| 28 | Wonder Woman | WB | $58,520,672 | 14.2% | 4,165 | $14,051 | $412,563,408 | 6/2/17 |
| 29 | Spider-Man 3 | Sony | $58,166,256 | 17.3% | 4,252 | $13,679 | $336,530,303 | 5/4/07 |
| 30 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | WB | $57,487,755 | 18.1% | 3,672 | $15,655 | $317,575,550 | 11/16/01 |
| 31 | Thor: Ragnarok | BV | $57,078,306 | 18.1% | 4,080 | $13,990 | $315,058,289 | 11/3/17 |
| 32 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 | LGF | $56,972,599 | 16.9% | 4,151 | $13,725 | $337,135,885 | 11/21/14 |
| 33 | Deadpool | Fox | $56,470,167 | 15.6% | 3,722 | $15,172 | $363,070,709 | 2/12/16 |
| 34 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Fox | $55,205,972 | 14.5% | 3,663 | $15,071 | $380,270,577 | 5/19/05 |
| 35 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | WB | $54,727,138 | 18.9% | 3,858 | $14,185 | $290,013,036 | 11/18/05 |
| 36 | The Passion of the Christ | NM | $53,246,801 | 14.4% | 3,170 | $16,797 | $370,274,604 | 2/25/04 |
| 37 | Shrek the Third | P/DW | $53,039,992 | 16.4% | 4,172 | $12,713 | $322,719,944 | 5/18/07 |
| 38 | Inside Out | BV | $52,323,354 | 14.7% | 4,132 | $12,663 | $356,461,711 | 6/19/15 |
| 39 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Uni. | $52,118,445 | 20.0% | 3,134 | $16,630 | $260,044,825 | 11/17/00 |
| 40 | Iron Man 2 | Par. | $52,041,005 | 16.7% | 4,390 | $11,854 | $312,433,331 | 5/7/10 |
| 41 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 | LGF | $52,004,595 | 18.5% | 4,175 | $12,456 | $281,723,902 | 11/20/15 |
| 42 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Fox | $51,399,863 | 11.9% | 3,023 | $17,002 | $431,088,295 | 5/19/99 |
| 43 | Zootopia | BV | $51,339,887 | 15.0% | 3,827 | $13,415 | $341,268,248 | 3/4/16 |
| 44 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | WB | $51,335,254 | 15.5% | 4,256 | $12,062 | $330,360,194 | 3/25/16 |
| 45 | Iron Man | Par. | $51,190,629 | 16.1% | 4,111 | $12,452 | $318,412,101 | 5/2/08 |
| 46 | The Secret Life of Pets | Uni. | $50,838,355 | 13.8% | 4,381 | $11,604 | $368,384,330 | 7/8/16 |
| 47 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | NL | $50,598,104 | 13.4% | 3,703 | $13,664 | $377,027,325 | 12/17/03 |
| 48 | The Incredibles | BV | $50,251,359 | 19.2% | 3,933 | $12,776 | $261,441,092 | 11/5/04 |
| 49 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Sony | $50,051,364 | 12.4% | 3,765 | $13,294 | $404,353,891 | 12/20/17 |
| 50 | The LEGO Movie | WB | $49,846,430 | 19.3% | 3,775 | $13,204 | $257,760,692 | 2/7/14 |
