Avengers: Infinity Waris one step closer to making infinity dollars. The Marvel Studios sequel officially crossed the $2 billion mark at the worldwide box office today, marking a genuinely rare achievement. It’s only the fourth film in history to break that barrier, and the third to do so in its initial run (Titanichit $2 billion on re-release). It’s also, it should be said, Disney’ssecondfilm to crack $2 billion afterStar Wars: The Force Awakens, which completed its run with $2,068,223,624 worldwide.
The Top 5 all-time worldwide box office is now as follows:
1.Avatar- $2,787,965,087
2.Titanic- $2,187,463,944
3.Star Wars: The Force Awakens- $2,068,223,624
4.Avengers: Infinity War- $2,001,136,398
5.Jurassic World- $1,671,713,208
So canInfinity WarcatchForce Awakens? It has about $67 million to go, which could maybe be possible, or maybe not. Domestically the film notched $6.8 million this last weekend, and internationally the film pulled in another $10.9 million. That means it’s unlikely thatInfinity Warwill catch up toTitanic, andAvatarremains untouchable.James Cameronis still, after all these years, king of the world.
And yet, whileInfinity Waris a massive success story, domestically it’s still going to be outgrossed by February’sBlack Panther. That Marvel Studios standalone has amassed an astounding $699.3 million domestic, whileInfinity War’s domestic total currently sits at $656.1 million. It’s enough forInfinity Warto hold the #5 slot on the all-time domestic list, butBlack Panthersits pretty at #3, behind onlyAvatarandThe Force Awakens.
So basically Marvel Studios has had an incredible 2018, and Disney is most certainly happy with how things have shaken out. It’ll be interesting to see how highAvengers 4soars, and if it can beat the opening weekend record thatInfinity Warset with $257.7 million domestic. Traditionally sequels don’t do quite as well as their predecessors, but thatInfinity Warcliffhanger would appear to ensure that the retention rate next May will be far higher than normal.
