Enough doors have been left open to ensure a sequel, and the fact that X Men took in the 4th largest
opening weekend box office take in history helps a great deal too.
Avengers: Infinity War broke not only the
domestic opening weekend box office record bringing in $ 250 million this weekend, but it also succeeded in taking in a total of $ 630 million worldwide, giving it records for both domestic and global openings of all time.
When women and men filmmakers have similar budgets for their films, the resulting domestic, international, and
opening weekend box office grosses — as well as DVD sales — are also similar.
Critics have not been impressed by the film and the crowded
opening weekend box office returns have been kind of dismal, but that won't have been for any lack of effort on John Cusack's part.
Mark Hamill offered his own congratulations (as well as a word of advice) to Marvel Studios after Avengers: Infinity War broke the domestic
opening weekend box office record set by Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015.
Sound off in the comments below, and stay tuned for more on Infinity War's
opening weekend box office tally as it becomes available (we'll update this post once it's 100 % official).
And
while opening weekend box office estimates were down around $ 100 and $ 120 million just a few weeks ago, positive reviews and unstoppable buzz have pushed those numbers way up to around the $ 165 million mark.
While Justice League (2017) was met with mixed reviews and an
underwhelming opening weekend box office, one thing that most seemed to agree on was that Cavill was great as Superman (the sloppy CGI mustache removal can't really be blamed on Cavill).
Warner Bros. upset its own record for the biggest
domestic opening weekend box office take, set by The Dark Knight in 2008, as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2 opened to a $ 168.5 million domestic haul and earned nearly half a billion dollars worldwide.
Exalted audiences and approving critics confirm the hype: Black Panther's
opening weekend box office numbers has usurped 2012's The Avengers as the top - grossing domestic opening for a Marvel movie at $ 235 million, and the picture has a 97 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Right on the heels of The Wolverine, which topped
its opening weekend box office, it makes sense to get the fanboys itching for the next big thing in the X-Men universe.
Though
the opening weekend box office didn't inspire much confidence in that hypothetical sequel, Reese did explain a bit of where they saw that story going.
And let's not forget the low - budget slasher Happy Death Day, which pulled in an impressive $ 26.5 million at the domestic
opening weekend box office.
In that time, it has smashed several major box office records, including best domestic
opening weekend box office ($ 250 million) and the worldwide opening record ($ 630 million), among others.
And for a certain percentage of the movie - going audience (quite a large percentage considering
its opening weekend box office), it's a nonstarter, the violence and prurience too much to handle for the weak stomached.
Both films will deliver sizeable preview numbers to inflate
their opening weekend box office.
A lot will be riding on how well the film does with audiences, so I expect we'll have a better idea of its chances once
the opening weekend box office returns come in.
Marvel's highly - anticipated crossover event film Avengers: Infinity War has taken the world by storm,
its opening weekend box office now hailed as the biggest worldwide opening of all time.
Here's a breakdown of
the opening weekend box office of Johnson's last six films.
Neighbors 2 is another victim of the studio - mandated sequel, where originality goes to die and all that matters is
the opening weekend box office gross.
Marvel Studios» Doctor Strange is tracking as high as $ 75 million for
its opening weekend box office, according to Deadline.
emanating from
the opening weekend box office of time - twisting titans Back to the Future and The Terminator.
2» on May 5, which topped
the opening weekend box office with a domestic take of over $ 146 million and has gone on to garner over $ 860 million at the worldwide box office to date.
Affleck's flick came out a couple of weeks before Damon's and beat the latter's for
the opening weekend box office.
The latest Star Wars movie ended up falling short of its predecessor, The Force Awakens, at
its opening weekend box office, but make no mistake: The Last Jedi printed money.
We knew this movie was going to be huge, so now it's just a question of exactly how massive
the opening weekend box office for Infinity War will be.
The opening weekend box office for Fifty Shades Of Grey was $ 85 million.