Avengers: Infinity War secures second-highest opening weekend in Australian box office history
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.
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 |
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A Quiet Place
Avengers: Infinity War
I Feel Pretty
Motion Pictures Distributors Association of Australia
Peter Rabbit
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Weekend Box Office
As a direct comp, Avengers (1) also opened on Anzac Day, Wednesday April 25, back in 2012.
It made 6.0 M opening day + 13.3 M weekend for 19.3 M through first Sunday.
Finished with 53.3 M, the 3rd highest total ever at the time, now 5th highest.
Infinity War was +45% higher on Wednesday, +55% through Sunday.
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blah blah. Analysis taken too far. Just appreciate the article for what it is mate
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I do appreciate it champ. It’s a box office report — with numbers.
(They’re those things that dominate the bottom 20 lines)
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