The seventh installment set a new
opening weekend record for the franchise.
The panel also explores what the record - breaking
opening weekend record for «Avengers: Infinity War» means for «Avengers 4».
Not exact matches
The Walt Disney Co. on Monday reported final
weekend numbers
for the superhero smash at $ 257.7 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters, further boosting the film's
record - breaking
opening weekend.
All this sets up The Force Awakens — the seventh chapter in the Star Wars franchise that takes place 30 years after The Return of the Jedi — to break the
record for the highest grossing
opening weekend at the box office.
The movie also broke the
record for the largest pre-summer
opening day ($ 82 million), the largest
opening in the month of March (beating «The Hunger Games,» $ 152 million) and the largest
opening ever
for Easter
weekend (beating «Furious 7,» $ 147 million).
The one holding the
record for the best
opening weekend is the worst Spider - Man movie, and the most emo one: «Spider - Man 3,» which earned $ 151 million.
Paramount's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot was one of August's surprise successes with $ 149.6 million in ticket sales, while The Walt Disney Company (DIS) scored the hit of the summer with Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, which broke the
opening -
weekend box - office
record for August on its way to grossing $ 258 million in the U.S. and more than $ 500 million worldwide within less than a month of its release.
The film surpassed Frozen's
record of $ 67.4 million to earn the biggest debut ever
for a non-Pixar Disney animated film, and it also scored the fourth - highest March
opening weekend in box office history.
The movie also holds the
record for the biggest
opening day at the domestic box office with $ 119.1 million, biggest
opening weekend at the domestic box office with $ 247.96 million, and various others.
A few weeks ago, the superhero movie Deadpool grossed $ 132 million at the domestic box office on its
opening weekend, setting a
record for R - rated premieres — and dousing its $ 58 million budget in black ink.
The movie took in an estimated $ 85.3 million, according to Exhibitor Relations, setting the
record for the biggest - ever R - rated
opening weekend at the box office in March.
LAS VEGAS — The summer movie going season roared to life with the
record - breaking
opening weekend for «Avengers: Infinity War,» but industry leaders want audiences and theater owners to know that a healthy movie business is not just about the superheroes.
The current
record holder
for an
opening weekend is this past summer's Jurrasic World with $ 208.8 million.
Walt Disney's «Avengers: Infinity War» set new
records for the biggest domestic and global
opening of all time this
weekend, collecting an estimated $ 250 million in the U.S. and Canada and $ 630 million around the world.
Apple says preorders
for its latest iPhones will surpass the
record its previous iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices set last year when they sold 10 million units in its
opening weekend.
A largely unknown story outside of teen reader circles, it has become a juggernaut, breaking
records for advance cinema booking,
recording the biggest
opening weekend for a non-sequel in Box Office history, and grossing double its substantial budget within a week.
In it's first
weekend, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has completely obliterated
records for opening week...
Arsenal have missed a couple of opportunities in the last couple of weeks where they could have
opened up a small gap at the top of the Premier League, but thanks to Jamie Vardy breaking the Premiership
record by scoring in 11 games in a row and also to Bastian Schweinsteiger
for getting his first goal
for Man United, Arsenal now have a valid chance to go top again this
weekend.
Away from home in the Premier League this season Burnley have picked up a great W2 D2
record for them, including a shock win at Chelsea on the
opening weekend of the season and a win at Goodison Park against Everton recently.
The wait is over: the Italian Serie A kicks off this
weekend and four - time defending champions Juventus
open their season hosting Udinese with hopes of equaling the
record for most consecutive scudetti won.
«The industry is bracing
for the
record - setting debut of the highly anticipated «Avengers: Infinity War» that is expected to break through the $ 200 million
opening weekend sound barrier as the summer movie season of 2018 gets off to an early and auspicious start,» mentioned comScore field place of business analyst Paul Dergarabedian.
So far «Deadpool» has broken three box office
records: Biggest
opening weekend in February, Biggest
opening weekend in the winter and biggest
opening weekend for an R - rated film.
The film raked in $ 155 million in the US in its
opening weekend, breaking box office
records for biggest nonsummer and biggest nonsequel debut
for a feature film.
The critics might not be keen but the fans are hungry
for it, with a predicted
record opening weekend on the way.
Black Panther obliterated box - office
records last
weekend as it earned over $ 192 million during the three - day
weekend, good enough
for the second biggest superhero
opening ever behind The Avengers (2012).
Already, the leading exhibitor AMC is reporting that 33 venues have already set admissions - revenue
records for a single title on an
opening weekend in play at the chain, and Saturday isn't even over yet.
New Line Cinema's Stephen King adaptation «It» floated to the top spot in this
weekend's box office charts, breaking the
record for the largest
opening of a horror movie ever, and blowing past analysts» $ 55 - million projections to the tune of $ 117...
The AMC chain reported Sunday that 80 AMC locations, more than 10 % of its U.S. circuit, have set an admissions - revenue
record for a single title on
opening weekend.
According Box Office Pro, Deadpool 2 set a new
record for an R - rated movie
opening overseas this
weekend with an estimated $ 176.3 million, which is $ 44 million more than its predecessor made in its foreign debut.
MGM / Lionsgate's release of Pantelion Fims» Overboard remake exceeded
weekend estimates
for second place and earned a
record - setting total
for Pantelion as the highest - grossing
opening in their eight - year history on the strength of the film's A - CinemaScore and strong word of mouth.
It may or may not correlate to actual box - office performance come
opening weekend, but Deadline reports that ticket presales
for Marvel's Black Panther have already outpaced previous
record holder Captain America: Civil War
for Fandango's fastest - selling MCU title in the first 24 hours.
The movie shattered the
record for biggest R - rated
opening weekend with $ 132.4 million, which also marked the best debut in the history of 20th Century Fox.
... Following on from the
record - breaking advance ticket sales, box office projections
for the domestic
opening weekend of Black Panther have been revised upward, with the film now said to be looking at around $ 120 million.
The film broke a ticket - presales
record for superhero movies, and at press time it was tracking toward a $ 165 million
opening — better than every Marvel nonsequel except The Avengers and possibly enough to crack the top 10 movie
opening weekends of all time.
I'm also predicting that Toy Story 3 will break Shrek the Third's
record for the biggest
open weekend for an animated movie.
Should Black Panther outperform the expected box office haul of $ 120 - 150 million
opening weekend, it will also set a new
record for that
weekend, snatching the title from Deadpool.
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Produced
for an estimated $ 58 million, «Deadpool» earned $ 782.6 million worldwide, and set
opening -
weekend records for February and
for R - rated films.
Earlier this month, experts began to predict that the film could grab the
record for the biggest March
opening of all time, if the estimates of a $ 150M
opening weekend turn out to be a low estimate.
Rebecca Ferguson was the first to sign on
for Daniel Espinosa «s sci - fi thriller Life, hot on the heels of her breakout role in Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation, and Ryan Reynolds «casting was revealed just days after Deadpool «s
record - breaking
opening weekend.
After Avengers: Infinity War set the
record for the biggest
opening weekend of all time, Ryan Reynolds shared the brutal rejection letter Deadpool received after he applied to be part of the Avengers.
Other
records broken include those of the biggest
opening for an African - American director, the top - scoring superhero film on Rotten Tomatoes (97 percent) and the biggest February bow, supplanting previous champ Deadpool, which took in $ 152.2 million over the four - day Presidents» Day
weekend in 2016.
It's also the highest
opening of all time
for a film in February, as well as a film released over President's Day
weekend, handily crushing the $ 152 million
record previously set by Deadpool.
Mark Hamill had a word of advice
for Marvel Studios after Avengers: Infinity War broke the domestic
opening weekend box office
record.
They also share their thoughts on Conan Exiles, Destiny 2's path
for a 2017 launch (on PC?!?), For Honor's open beta weekend, and Activision's earnings call - where record profits and layoffs take center sta
for a 2017 launch (on PC?!?),
For Honor's open beta weekend, and Activision's earnings call - where record profits and layoffs take center sta
For Honor's
open beta
weekend, and Activision's earnings call - where
record profits and layoffs take center stage.
Speaking in the days before the film
opened, Bassett said she was heartened by the strong box - office projections
for the film, which went on to make a
record - breaking $ 235 million over the holiday
weekend.
In directing the thriller, Gore Verbinski, whose «Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest» set the
record for the highest
opening weekend of all time — one hundred thirty - five million dollars — has apparently been granted a free hand with all the money he could need.
Avengers: Infinity War is probably going to smash the
record for biggest
opening weekend.
«Captain America: The Winter Soldier,» which broke the
opening record for an April release by earning $ 95 million in its first
weekend, went on to gross more than $ 711 million worldwide.
After scoring a
record $ 257 million
opening weekend, «Avengers» made $ 114.7 million in its second
weekend for a 55 percent drop.