This is wild!
From CBC:
Avengers: Endgame has made box office history by surpassing $1 billion US globally at the box office during its opening weekend.
That’s in a span of merely five days.
The final film in the blockbuster franchise, which sees superheroes such as Captain America, Iron Man and Thor reunite for one last battle to save the universe together, has reached an estimated $1.2 billion worldwide so far.
“We’re just blown away by the support of the fans who want to see it so quickly, so early,” said Greg Mason, Disney Canada’s vice-president of marketing.
Mason said the massive numbers could be in part due to fans not wanting the film ruined by spoilers that appear so quickly on social media and in movie reviews.
“So many people had so much invested in these characters. Each one of them has a special journey in this one,” said Mason.
The film had a reported budget of $400 million, though Disney Canada would not confirm the figure.
It beat out its predecessor, Avengers: Infinity War, which took 11 days to reach the billion dollar mark. Infinity War also previously held the record in Canada for biggest opening weekend, which Endgame has now eclipsed.
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