Having kicked off its international run on Wednesday by smashing the record for the biggest opening day in China, Avengers: Endgame made its domestic bow on Friday, with the Marvel sequel smashing the record for the biggest ever single day in any one territory.
After pulling in a record $60 million in Thursday previews, Avengers: Endgame grossed $157 million at the domestic box office on Friday, some $37.9 million more than the biggest ever single day set by Star Wars: The Force Awakens with its opening day in December 2015.
Domestic tracking estimates for Endgame suggest that it will end up the weekend on around $349 million – almost $100 million higher than Avengers: Infinity War’s weekend record of $257 million. Internationally, Endgame had already amassed $305 million by close of play on Thursday, and so the film will easily smash Infinity War’s global weekend record of $641 million.
UPDATE: Full Friday numbers are in, with Endgame having grossed $643.7 million worldwide going into Saturday, giving it the biggest opening weekend in box office history with two days still to go. Analysts are now projecting a mind-boggling worldwide opening of $1.1 billion by Sunday. That would more than half the previous record for the fastest movie to $1 billion – a feat that Avengers: Infinity War managed in 11 days.
Avengers: Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Josh Brolin (Thanos), Brie Larson (Captain Marvel), Paul Rudd (Scott Lang), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther), Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier), Anthony Mackie (Falcon), Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Benedict Wong (Wong), Chris Pratt (Star-Lord), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Dave Bautista (Drax), Bradley Cooper (Rocket), Vin Diesel (Groot), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Pom Klementieff (Mantis), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Gwyneth Paltrow (Pepper Potts), Evangeline Lilly (The Wasp), Letitia Wright (Shuri) and Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie).
