New Marvel film Avengers: Infinity War broke box office records on its first weekend in Australia, making more than $20m.
The film made $21.239m, making it Australia’s second-highest grossing film for an opening weekend. The only film to beat Avengers: Infinity War is 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which made $27.254m on its opening weekend.
The film features Marvel superheroes Spiderman, Thor, Vision, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow, Tony Stark, Dr Strange, Black Panther and Scarlett Witch. Together, Guardians of the Galaxy and The Avengers attempt to stop Thanos from collecting the infinity stones.
The Marvel film’s performance overtook Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which was sitting in second from December last year, when it made $20.977m.
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In the US, it became the biggest opening to date, outdoing 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens by making US$250m on its opening weekend.
The last Avengers movie, which screened three years ago, made $15.7m on its opening weekend.
Its nearest competitor at the Australian weekend box office was Amy Schumer’s film I Feel Pretty, which made $1.502m over the weekend, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia.
Slightly behind Schumer’s film was Peter Rabbit, which achieved an additional $1.227m. Since its premiere, it has made just over $24m.
Horror film A Quiet Place added $894,408 to its total earnings over the weekend, making slightly more than new film The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, with $892,988.
|
| Title (Distributor) |
Weekend B/O |
Screens |
Total B/O |
|---|
| Avengers: Infinity War (Disney) |
$21,239,893 |
940 |
$29,941,015 |
| I Feel Pretty (Eone) |
$1,502,535 |
268 |
$5,878,458 |
| Peter Rabbit (Sony) |
$1,227,543 |
304 |
$25,407,138 |
| Quiet Place, A (Paramount) |
$894,408 |
248 |
$10,369,132 |
| The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society (Studiocanal) |
$892,998 |
226 |
$2,867,086 |
| Sherlock Gnomes (Paramount) |
$636,112 |
273 |
$5,991,451 |
| Rampage (Wb) |
$623,861 |
254 |
$7,838,498 |
| Isle Of Dogs (Fox) |
$249,841 |
104 |
$2,341,337 |
| Ready Player One (Roadshow) |
$222,718 |
186 |
$13,616,770 |
| Blockers (Universal) |
$186,653 |
123 |
$10,137,422 |
| Early Man (Studiocanal) |
$185,028 |
175 |
$1,785,478 |
| Truth Or Dare (Universal) |
$178,623 |
144 |
$2,588,641 |
| Super Troopers 2 (Fox) |
$140,828 |
87 |
$736,442 |
| Wrinkle In Time, A (Disney) |
$129,061 |
77 |
$4,186,311 |
| The Death Of Stalin (Madman) |
$103,735 |
52 |
$2,061,652 |
| Loveless (Palace) |
$95,418 |
19 |
$183,541 |
| Love, Simon (Fox) |
$88,993 |
99 |
$5,547,490 |
| Gurrumul (Madman) |
$84,704 |
25 |
$292,321 |
| Unsane (Fox) |
$79,833 |
40 |
$101,721 |
| The Party (Madman) |
$72,111 |
33 |
$720,178 |