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Marvel’s latest small independent film that nobody has heard of Avengers: Infinity War has done the impossible. Infinity War has set the domestic weekend box office record with a staggering $250 million. The previous record was held by another small Disney property Star War: The Force Awakens with $247.9 million. That was a record I thought would take at least ten years to break, but here we are – less than three years later – and we have a new champion.
Along with setting domestic box office records, Avengers raked in an additional $443.1 million overseas, for a worldwide total of $725 million. Infinity War has already earned more than seven MCU movies. The movie has only been out for four days.
A Quiet Place finished second with an estimated $10.6 million. The John Krasinski thriller has now earned an estimated $236 million worldwide.
I Feel Pretty brought in $8.1 million, for a domestic total of $29 million. Rampage finished fourth with an estimated $7 million. The Rock’s newest flick has earned $77 million domestically, and $335 million worldwide. Rounding out the top five is fellow Marvel flick Black Panther with an estimated $4.3 million. Black Panther has now earned $688 in the states and $1.3 billion worldwide.
Here’s the weekend top five:
| TITLE | WEEKEND | ||
| 1. | Avengers: Infinity War | $250,000,000 | $250 million |
| 2. | A Quiet Place |
$10,650,000 | $148
million |
| 3. | I Feel Pretty | $8,130,000 | $29 million |
| 4. | Rampage | $7,105,000 | $77 million |
| 5. | Black Panther |
$4,381,000 | $688 million |
Here’s the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe thanks to the astute folks over at Boxofficemojo.com:
| Rank | Title (click to view) | Studio | Gross / Theaters | Opening / Theaters | Date | ||
| 1 | Black Panther | BV | $688,796,094 | 4,084 | $202,003,951 | 4,020 | 2/16/18 |
| 2 | Marvel’s The Avengers | BV | $623,357,910 | 4,349 | $207,438,708 | 4,349 | 5/4/12 |
| 3 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | BV | $459,005,868 | 4,276 | $191,271,109 | 4,276 | 5/1/15 |
| 4 | Iron Man 3 | BV | $409,013,994 | 4,253 | $174,144,585 | 4,253 | 5/3/13 |
| 5 | Captain America: Civil War | BV | $408,084,349 | 4,226 | $179,139,142 | 4,226 | 5/6/16 |
| 6 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | BV | $389,813,101 | 4,347 | $146,510,104 | 4,347 | 5/5/17 |
| 7 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Sony | $334,201,140 | 4,348 | $117,027,503 | 4,348 | 7/7/17 |
| 8 | Guardians of the Galaxy | BV | $333,176,600 | 4,088 | $94,320,883 | 4,080 | 8/1/14 |
| 9 | Iron Man | Par. | $318,412,101 | 4,154 | $98,618,668 | 4,105 | 5/2/08 |
| 10 | Thor: Ragnarok | BV | $315,058,289 | 4,080 | $122,744,989 | 4,080 | 11/3/17 |
| 11 | Iron Man 2 | Par. | $312,433,331 | 4,390 | $128,122,480 | 4,380 | 5/7/10 |
| 12 | Avengers: Infinity War | BV | $282,438,300 | 4,474 | $257,698,183 | 4,474 | 4/27/18 |
| 13 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | BV | $259,766,572 | 3,938 | $95,023,721 | 3,938 | 4/4/14 |
| 14 | Doctor Strange | BV | $232,641,920 | 3,882 | $85,058,311 | 3,882 | 11/4/16 |
| 15 | Thor: The Dark World | BV | $206,362,140 | 3,841 | $85,737,841 | 3,841 | 11/8/13 |
| 16 | Thor | Par. | $181,030,624 | 3,963 | $65,723,338 | 3,955 | 5/6/11 |
| 17 | Ant-Man | BV | $180,202,163 | 3,868 | $57,225,526 | 3,856 | 7/17/15 |
| 18 | Captain America: The First Avenger | Par. | $176,654,505 | 3,715 | $65,058,524 | 3,715 | 7/22/11 |
| 19 | The Incredible Hulk | Uni. | $134,806,913 | 3,508 | $55,414,050 | 3,505 | 6/13/08 |
| TOTAL: | $6,245,255,914 | – | – | – | – | ||
| AVERAGE: | $328,697,680 | 4,094 | $127,804,296 | 4,086 | – | ||
