Avengers Endgame beats box office records with $1.2bn debut
Avengers Endgame beats box office records with $1.2bn debut Dailynaijamode Disney’s ‘Avengers: Endgame’ has smashed the record for the highest opening weekend, raking in $1.2 billion worldwide. The Marvel Comics superhero saga and hugely anticipated film reveals the fates of Iron Man, Thor and other popular heroes. The film broke the global record by taking $1.2 billion at the box office by Sunday (just three days after it was released), the fastest a movie has grossed a billion dollars. The previous record-holder for an opening weekend was the previous film in the series, ‘Avengers: Infinity War’, with $640.5 million in 2018. ‘Avengers: Endgame’ opened on Friday, with some advance screenings on Thursday night, grossing a record $350 million in the US and Canada, charging past the previous North American record of $258 million for ‘Infinity War. The Walt Disney Company had “cautiously” predicted an unprecedented $300 million, but went well beyond its target. ‘Avengers: Endgame’...