BOX OFFICE: AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Early Projections Point To Best MCU Opening Weekend Ever

BOX OFFICE: AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Early Projections Point To Best MCU Opening Weekend Ever

The hype surrounding Avengers: Infinity War could turn into a record-breaking box office opening for the highly anticipated superhero team up. Early estimates project a domestic opening between $200-$235M.

By MattIsForReal - Mar 03, 2018 01:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers: Infinity War
Source: Box Office Pro
Avengers: Infinity War is a film 10 years in the making, so it should come as no surprise that the first box office projection estimates the blockbuster team up to have the highest opening weekend ever in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Riding high off Black Panther's strong box office performance, Box Office Pro projects Avengers: Infinity War will open in the range somewhere between $200-$235 million domestically. Anything north of $207.4 million would make Infinity War the largest domestic box office opening in MCU history. Currently, Marvel's The Avengers holds the top spot ($207.4 million), followed by this year's Black Panther ($202 million). 

More specifically, Box Office Pro estimates a $215 million domestic opening which would not only top the MCU's record books, but make it the third biggest domestic opening of all time, behind only Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($220 million) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($248 million). But Marvel has surprised us before, so don't rule out the possibility a new domestic record just yet - especially given the hype surrounding the film.

Along with the record setting opening, Box Office Pro projects Infinity War to finish with a domestic total of $538 million. This would make it Marvel's second best domestic haul, but well behind Marvel's The Avengers' $623 million total. This is likely due to doubt in Infinity War's legs. As the Box Office Pro explains: 

But, if the film leaves moviegoers on a hard cliffhanger in combination with possible deaths of beloved characters that Marvel films have generally avoided up to this point, staying power could turn out to be more frontloaded like that of the aforementioned Ultron and Civil War, as opposed to the more widely crowd-pleasing first Avengers, Black Panther, first Guardians, first Iron Man, etc. that displayed incredible legs by tripling their already-massive opening weekend grosses.


That being said, Infinity War has incredible momentum leading up to its release. As mentioned by Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, Infinity War is the culimation of every story the studio has brought to the big screen so far, and fans are eager to see their favorite heroes face off against Thanos and his forces in a showdown that'll have long-lasting ripple effects on the MCU moving forward.

Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, Avengers: Infinity War is now set to hit theaters April 27, 2018.
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Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 3/3/2018, 2:46 AM

Other good news is...nothing's changed, i STILL get to see it on 25th of April!
JustAChillDude
JustAChillDude - 3/3/2018, 8:05 AM
@Doomsday8888 - flark you, I'm jealous
CapnMurphy2021
CapnMurphy2021 - 3/3/2018, 11:45 AM
@Doomsday8888 - haven’t decided if I’m seeing the 26th with a friend or two ... or 28th with a large group...
Erik10101
Erik10101 - 3/3/2018, 2:48 AM
The site makes a very interesting point about how Avengers: Infinity War is not the true culmination of this MCU era; Avengers 4 is.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows experienced a substantial jump from Part 1 to Part 2. Will Avengers do the same from 3 to 4?
ALF9001
ALF9001 - 3/3/2018, 4:12 AM
@Erik10101 - you see, I think that Avnegers 4 is going to make less than Infinity War. This is because many people think that Infinity War is going to be the culmination of everything, and they are going to be dissapointed when they find out it’s not, or maybe they won’t bother to see 4 because they think it’ll be the same.
MaximusTheMad
MaximusTheMad - 3/3/2018, 5:32 AM
@Erik10101 -

That's a great point.

But do casual viewers know that this is a "part one"-type thing.

I mean it ain't exactly in the title.
bathawk7
bathawk7 - 3/3/2018, 8:27 AM
@RocknRolla - I like your little slick racism you throw around in the comments , people like you are poison for the Marvel fans
TheGoat
TheGoat - 3/3/2018, 9:03 AM
@MaximusTheMad - This could end up being the "Empire Strikes Back" for marvel if they do it right.

I am excited to see how things go!
Brave
Brave - 3/3/2018, 5:00 PM
@RocknRolla -

"Plus, if the little urban achievers get their movie tickets paid for again, this movie will blow records to hell."

IronJohnson
IronJohnson - 3/3/2018, 3:13 AM
When is the next trailer coming? That’s all I want to know
TheEnd
TheEnd - 3/3/2018, 3:23 AM
You have to take comic book movie fatigue into consideration. Imo this movie won't make a billion. Maybe opening of 90-100m at most.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 3/3/2018, 3:42 AM
If that's the initial prediction then it's definitely gonna get higher when the marketing ramps up
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/3/2018, 7:37 AM
@BlindWedjat - exactly
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 3/3/2018, 4:45 AM
I mean, "yay" and all, but do they ever not?
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 3/3/2018, 5:30 AM
Also, does anyone here watch Voltron's LD Netflix series?
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