A still from Avengers: Infinity War. (Image courtesy: YouTube)
Congratulations, Avengers. You're the new modern box-office champ.
Disney/Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War had a domestic debut of $250 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, as published by the industry tracking site Box Office Mojo.
That tops the $247.9 million North American opening of 2015's
Star Wars: The Force Awakens before adjusting for inflation. (Worth noting: Final numbers are due Monday, which could yet shrink or increase the Marvel movie's gap.)
In February, Disney/Marvel's
The Black Panther opened to $202 million.
Disney, which owns both the Star Wars franchise and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is the distributor of five of the only six films to debut domestically north of $200 million, including
The Avengers and
Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The only non-Disney film on the list is Universal's
Jurassic World.
Infinity War's worldwide opening of $630 million is the biggest ever (not adjusted for inflation), easily outdistancing
The Fate of the Furious' opening global take ($542 million) last year.
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