Walt Disney Co.’s superhero epic “Avengers: Endgame” became the first movie to gross more than $1 billion in its debut at the world-wide box office.
Heading into the weekend it was a foregone conclusion that Avengers: Endgame would deliver the largest opening weekend of all-time, both domestically and globally, but to deliver a three-day domestic gross totaling an estimated $350 million and a global weekend over $1 billion was almost inconceivable. Today that figure has become a reality as Endgame not only delivered an estimated $350 million over the course of its first three days in domestic release, but a massive $1.2 billion at the global box office in just its first five days in release.
Disney and Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame obliterated numerous records in its $1.2 billion worldwide launch — a mind-boggling opening that came in nearly $600 million ahead of the previous mark set a year ago by Avengers: Infinity War.
The superhero pic is the culmination of the previous 21 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a blockbuster series that commenced with Iron Man in 2008.
Getting back to the film’s weekend performance, a look at the the records Avengers: Endgame broke this weekend at the domestic box office include:
- Largest Thursday Previews: $60 million
Previous Record: $57 million (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) - Widest Opening: 4,662 theaters
Previous Record: 4,529 theaters (Despicable Me 3) - Largest Friday, Opening Day and Single Day: $156.7 million
Previous Record: $119.1 million (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) - Largest Saturday: $109 million
Previous Record: $82.1 million (Avengers: Infinity War) - Largest Sunday: $84.3 million
Previous Record: $69.2 million (Avengers: Infinity War) - Domestic Opening Weekend: $350 million
Previous Record: $257.69 million (Avengers: Infinity War) - #1 Movie Market Share: 90%
Previous Record: 84.5% (Avengers: Age of Ultron) - Highest Per Theater Average (Wide Opening): $75,075 / 4,662 theaters
Previous Record: $59,982 / 4,134 theaters () - Largest April Opening, Spring Opening, PG-13 Opening and 3-Day Gross: $350 million
Previous Record: $257.69 million (Avengers: Infinity War) - Biggest Weekend Overall (Top 12 Gross): $389 million
Previous Record: $305.55 million (Dec. 18–20, 2015) - Fastest to $100 Million: 1 Day
Previous Record: 1 Day (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) - Fastest to $150 Million: 1 Day
Previous Record: 2 Days (Avengers: Infinity War) - Fastest to $200 Million: 2 Days
Previous Record: 3 Days (Avengers: Infinity War) - Fastest to $250 Million: 3 Days
Previous Record: 3 Days (Avengers: Infinity War) - Fastest to $300 Million: 3 Days
Previous Record: 5 Days (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) - Fastest to $350 Million: 3 Days
Previous Record: 6 Days (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) - International Opening Weekend: $859 million
Previous Record: $443.15 million (The Fate of the Furious) - Worldwide Opening Weekend: $1.2 billion
Previous Record: $640.5 million (Avengers: Infinity War) - Global 3D Opening Record: ~$540 million
Previous Record: ~$366 million (Avengers: Infinity War) - Global IMAX Opening Record: $91.5 million
Previous Record: $47.6 million (Star War: The Force Awakens)
As already mentioned, it wasn’t only domestic records that fell this weekend. Endgame‘s $859 million international opening is over $400 million more than the previous record set by The Fate of the Furious and the $1.2 billion in global ticket sales is nearly double the previous record of $640.5 million set by Avengers: Infinity War just last year. The film is the fastest film to ever top $1 billion globally, doing so after just five days, and it already ranks as the 18th largest worldwide release ever and the sixth largest worldwide release in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Speaking of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the franchise’s 22 films have now grossed over $19.8 billion worldwide, of which nine have topped $1 billion at the global box office.