Box Office: ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Sails to $240 Million-Plus Opening Weekend

“Avengers: Infinity War,” the latest highly anticipated entry in the MCU, is headed for an enormous $240 million-plus opening weekend from 4,474 North American venues.Should the Disney blockbuster achieve that number, it will have attained the second-highest domestic opening weekend of all time, close behind 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” with $248 million.

Below is 2017’s “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” with $220 million.The film earned $106 million in previews, including $39 million from Thursday screenings, marking the second-largest domestic first day of all time, again behind “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” The 19th MCU film also received the second-widest domestic release ever, just behind “Despicable Me 3” with 4,529 screens.“Infinity War” has already earned $178.5 million on the international front from 43 territories, and has pushed Disney past $1 billion in domestic revenue for 2018.“Avengers: Infinity War” will become the sixth film in history to top the $200 million mark in their domestic debut weekends, joining “The Force Awakens,

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