Avengers: Endgame, the final chapter from the Avengers franchise, may be setting the box office registers ringing everywhere, but the film is also scripting history, and is beating its own records. Worldwide, the final movie in the Avengers franchise has earned $644 million in its opening weekend, beating its own record from Avengers: Infinity War of $641 million, according to CNN. At its current pace, it’s expected to earn $1.1 billion by the end of the weekend.
This trend continued in India as well. According to trade analyst Taran Adarsh, the film saw a gross box office collection of Rs 124.40 cr until Saturday and is racing toward a Rs 150 cr weekend opening in the country, a feat that even Bollywood is yet to catch up with. Avengers: Endgame has taken an unprecedented opening at the Indian box office collecting Rs 63.21 crore (Gross Box Office Collection) and Rs 53.10 crore (Net Box Office Collection) in all languages. It released in Hindi, English, Tamil and Telugu across 2,845 screens in India on Friday, according to the film's representatives. It is now the country’s biggest Hollywood opener in the country till date.
When pre-bookings opened in India, BookMyShow said that a peak of 18 tickets per second were seen on the portal.
The film also broke a record in China, and had the highest grossing three-day start. It also saw North America’s biggest opening weekend ever.
"The massive response by audiences across the country is a testimony of how emotionally invested the Marvel fans are in the Avengers franchise. They have eagerly waited to watch the culmination of the journey of 11 years and their extraordinary love for the Marvel characters is clearly evident today," Bikram Duggal, Head - Studio Entertainment, Disney India, said in a statement earlier.
Taran Adarsh earlier compared the numbers for Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
"2018: Avengers: Infinity War was Rs 31.30 crore/plus 2,000 screens; 2019: Avengers: Endgame Rs 53.10 crore/2,845 screens."
Avengers: Endgame, the 22nd film in the MCU, marks the end of an era that revolved around Iron Man, the Hulk and Captain America, among others. It is helmed by Russo Brothers Joe and Anthony.
From Iron Man to Captain America to Hulk to Black Widow to Thor - Marvel superheroes assembled one last time in Avengers: Endgame to fight against Thanos and save the world. The star-studded cast includes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillan, Danai Gurira, Bradley Cooper and Josh Brolin.
With IANS inputs