It feels petty to keep piling on DC Films like this, but how embarrassing must it be to have Avengers: Infinity War surpass the entire $657M theatrical run of Justice League in only four days. Yeah, that’s what happened, and we saw it coming when Marvel’s blockbuster sent shockwaves with a $640M opening weekend. It only took a few hours into Monday for it to lap Justice League and now sits at over $700M worldwide.
DC, you got a lot of work to do. Just sayin’.
Infinity War continues to level box office records like Thanos leveling half the universe. The $640m global debut is the biggest of all-time, besting The Fate of the Furious‘ $541.9M by a healthy margin. Infinity War also finds itself the unquestioned champ on the domestic front, claiming the mantle of biggest opening ever for a superhero movie. But most impressive is the $258M domestic total which bests 2015’s The Force Awakens.
Customarily when a studio loses the title for biggest opening weekend there is some public display of congratulations, and now we have a tweet from Lucasfilm celebrating Marvel’s phenomenal success. The tweet shows Rey passing the baton, or in this case a lightsaber, over into Iron Man’s hands. I bet he wishes he had that in his fight against Thanos…
— Star Wars (@starwars) May 1, 2018
Even better is the congratulatory tweet by Ryan Reynolds, showing the rejection letter Deadpool received after applying to the Avengers. Awwwww, poor guy. Don’t worry, in about a year you may be able to join the team more easily.
From a guy who never knows when to quit, I’m glad you guys never did. Congrats #Avengers. pic.twitter.com/voJshTKx5E— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) April 29, 2018
