Friday Box Office: Avengers: Infinity War Earns Over $100M

In surprising news to no one whatsoever,Avengers: Infinity Waris doing well at the box office. According toTHR, the film has officially come in at $95 million already in its first two days, but its Friday box office is looking to come in between $100-107 million, making it only the third film ever to gross more than a $100 million in a single day (the other two films beingStar Wars: The Force AwakensandStar Wars: The Last Jedi. According to Disney, the official estimate is $105,967,000. These mammoth numbers is puttingInfinity Waron track for an opening weekend gross of somewhere between $225-235 million, which would land it as the second highest opening weekend of all time behindThe Force Awakens. If the tracking holds (and the A CinemaScore indicates it will),Infinity Warwill be the biggest superhero opening of all time ahead ofThe Avengers($207.4 million) andBlack Panther($202 million).

Internationally, the film is dominating as well. It has yet to open in Russia (May 3) or China (May 11), but right now it’s possible that the film could hit over $500 million worldwide by Sunday. That kind of power indicates thatInfinity Warshould have no trouble joining the $1 billion club. That being said, it will be interesting to see what kind of legs the movie has. Right now, it has a pretty clear runway for the next few weeks, and the film that’s likely to knock it from the top spot isDeadpool 2, which opens May 18th.

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In movies-that-aren’t-Infinity Warnews, it looks like the battle for second place will likely go to sleeper hitA Quiet Place, which is aiming for $12 million in its fourth weekend of release. Then it’s a bit of a toss-up for third place withI Feel PrettyandRampageeach looking at around $10 million each.