‘Avengers: Infinity War’ now biggest 2018 release at UK box office

Marvel sequel posts strong hold despite sun-soaked weekend.DisneyAvengers: Infinity War stayed top of the UK box office this weekend with a four-day haul of £12.85m, including the bank holiday Monday.The film took £10.15m Friday-Sunday, a fall of 57%, a strong hold considering the sunny weather across the UK.

The running total is now an outstanding £51.85m after the bank holiday, a figure that puts it on the cusp of surpassing the lifetime gross of Avengers Assemble (£51.9m) in just two weekends.It also became the highest-grossing UK release of 2018 so far, surpassing Black Panther (£50.4m to date).Further results to come…

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