Avengers: Endgame: The Marvel superheroes set records worldwide
The Marvel superheroes of "Avengers: Endgame" have already set a new record. According to Variety, the movie grossed $ 350 million in North America on its launch weekend, and $ 1.2 billion in cinemas worldwide in the early days. The previous record set by Avengers: Infinity War a year ago outperformed the fourth and final Avengers strip by nearly $ 100 million in North America, and by 560 million worldwide. In China, where the strip was launched on Wednesday, he already played $ 329 million.
The film, directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, has a star cast, including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson and Josh Brolin. He shows the last fight of the Avengers against villain Thanos. "Avengers: Endgame" is the 22nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which started in 2008 with "Iron Man". The films have now grossed over $ 19 billion worldwide, writes Variety.
More records
In Germany, "Endgame" has already made the best movie start of a superhero strip and the most successful April start. In North America, the film ran on Friday in as many cinemas at the same time as no other movie before. "Endgame" also set another record: the superheroes and their fight against Thanos needed only 17 hours to realize 100 million dollars: "Star Wars: The Awakening of Power" was 21 hours long. In China, "Endgame" also set a new record - $ 107 million on the first day.
Is this also the first place in the list of the most successful films of all time? "Avengers: Infinity War" ranked fourth in 2018. Places one to three are "Avatar - Departure for Pandora" (2009), "Titanic" (1997) and "Star Wars: The Awakening of Power" (2015).
