“Avengers: Endgame,” the last in a 22-film arc featuring the
beloved Marvel Universe superheroes crashed records upon its release in Asia,
specifically in China, Disney — which owns Marvel Studios — announced Thursday.
The movie raked in $169 million on Wednesday, its first day
of release in 25 markets including China, Australia and several countries in
Europe.
It set single-day box office records in China, Australia,
New Zealand and other countries, said Disney, which bought Marvel Studios in
2009.
The film’s performance in China was impressive — $107.5
million.
In France, “Endgame” scored the biggest opening day for a
Marvel film. It set an overall opening day record in the Netherlands, Greece, and Egypt.
The figures indicate that “Endgame” will surpass the
receipts generated by the previous episode in the “Avengers” saga — “Infinity
War” — which came out last year, it added.
The film will go into wide release in the United States and
Canada on Friday, with showings in select cities from Thursday.
Experts predict the well-reviewed “Avengers” finale —
featuring Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson and a raft of other stars —
could make $200-260 million in its opening weekend in North America.
In India, the country’s main ticket trader said advance
sales had exceeded 2.5 million, and some cinemas in the usually Bollywood-mad
country are planning around-the-clock screenings.
Movie buffs are predicting a debut weekend that could break
records with the first billion-dollar worldwide opening in history.
The 21 preceding films — featuring many of the comic book
heroes created by the late legend Stan Lee — have earned about $19 billion
globally.
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