Marvel’sInfinity Warhas now earned over $1.6 billion worldwide, making it the highest grossing superhero movie of all time. The latest from the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been breaking records left and right and is also now the 5th highest grossing movie of all time. However, on domestic sales alone, the movie is still behindBlack PantherandThe Force Awakens, which will make for an interesting battle.Infinity Waris still in its theatrical infancy, so there’s plenty of time for the Thanos-led movie to smash some more records.
Infinity Warstarted with a bang, or perhaps a snap, decimating the opening weekend records domestically and going on to do the same thing on the worldwide scale, knockingThe Fate of the Furiousoff of the throne. Additionally,Infinity Waralso dethronedThe Force Awakensas thefastest movie to reach 1 billion dollarsworldwide. If that wasn’t enough, the latest MCU film even holds the record for the best debut in Russian history as well.
Infinity Warhas now surpassed 2018’sBlack Panther, 2015’s Avengers:Age of Ultron, and 2012’s The Avengers to become the highest grossing superhero movie of all time and it shows no signs of slowing down. Projections are now starting to predict thatInfinity Warwill surpass the highly coveted $2 billion mark, joining the ranks ofTitanic and Avatar. While the movie still has to earn quite a bit more to get into that territory, it seems that the movie will be able to get there in a few more weeks, after the 4th and 5th week in theaters.
As previously noted,Black Panther still holds the domestic recordwith nearly $700 million. As of this writing,Infinity Waris reaching $600 million and expected to beat Ryan Coogler’s film when all is said and done. Part of the strength ofInfinity Warrests on the shoulders of the mightyBlack Panthersince much of the movie takes place on Wakanda and features much of the cast fighting alongside the Avengers to try and stop the villainous Thanos. T’Challa and crew were able to get people who don’t normally watchsuperhero moviesinto the theater, which may have had a residual effect onInfinity War.
After three weeks,Infinity Waris still number one at the box office, but that’s about to change whenDeadpool 2hits theaters next weekend. Plus,Solo: A Star Wars Storycomes out the following weekend, which will also put a damper onInfinity Warearnings. Basically, the next few weeks will see two properties owned by Disney competing against itself, and then again whenIncredibles 2is released on the big screen. WhileInfinity Waris the highest grossing superhero movie of all time, Disney is the clear winner here. You can check out the rest of the box office earnings for the weekend over atBox Office Mojo.
