Box Office Battle: 'Avengers: Infinity War' wins weekend with record $250M - InvestingChannel

Box Office Battle: ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ wins weekend with record $250M

Disney (DIS) and Marvel’s “Avengers: Infinity War” opened to a record-setting $250M in North America and $380M overseas for a global total of $630M, the top worldwide debut of all time. The movie is the first to be shot entirely with Imax cameras, with Imax (IMAX) theaters delivering $41M of the total worldwide gross. “Avengers: Infinity War” earned a A CinemaScore and sports an 86% Rotten Tomatoes score. BOX OFFICE RUNNERS-UP: Paramount’s (VIAB) horror sensation “A Quiet Place” came in second, earning $10.7M for a domestic total of $148.2M. Behind it was STX Entertainment’s “I Feel Pretty,” with an estimated $8.1M for a $29.6M total. Warner Bros.’ (TWX) New Line movie “Rampage” place number four, falling 65% to $7.1M for a domestic cume of $77.9M at the end of its third weekend. Rounding out the top five, Disney and Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” once again spiked, earning $4.4M in its 11th weekend. Other publicly traded companies in filmmaking include 21st Century Fox’s (FOXA; FOX), Comcast (CMCSA, CMCSK), Lionsgate’s (LGF.A), and Sony’s (SNE).