Avengers Infinity War box office is outpacing last 7 Marvel films combined

Avengers: Infinity War is outpacing the last seven Marvel movies combined, and has already become the top selling superhero movie in online ticketing vendor Fandango’s history. Expect an opening higher than Rs 1300 crore.

Box office tracking for Avengers: Infinity War suggests Marvel’s 19th overall film could end up grossing more in its opening weekend than any of the last seven movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. According to report, the superhero movie is outpacing the last seven MCU movies combined.

According to Variety, online ticketing vendor Fandango is reporting that Infinity War is selling almost double the amount of tickets of Black Panther at the same point. Black Panther debuted to $202 million (Rs 1300 crore) in its US opening weekend. It was the highest debut of any Marvel movie since the first Avengers film opened to $207 million in 2012. The biggest opening weekend gross ever came in 2015 with Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ $247 million (Rs 1600 crore) debut. Number 2 on the list is 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi with $220 million (Rs 1400 crore) and number 3 is Jurassic World with $209 million (Rs 1365 crore).

Infinity War is Fandango’s top preseller in April and is pacing to be the vendor’s top preselling superhero movie in history. That all but guarantees an opening higher than the $207 million (Rs 1352 crore) the first Avengers movie brought in on its way to a theatrical gross of $1.5 billion - the highest for any Marvel movie.