‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Expected to Lead Weekend Box Office With $62 Million Ticket Haul

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‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Expected to Lead Weekend Box Office With $62 Million Ticket Haul

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The extraordinary run of “Avengers: Infinity War” is expected to extend through its third weekend, as anticipated ticket sales could top $60 million. It is up against two other new films that are not expected to conquer it.

The two new movies include “Life of the Party,” which stars movie comedy staple, Melissa McCarthy. The other film is a thriller titled “Breaking In.”

If “Infinity War” hits box office sales of $62 million, its overall domestic take since its release will be $550 million, which will place it 10th of all time in ticket sales by revenue. And it will open in an overseas market that could push international ticket sales up quickly. According to Box Office Mojo, on top of near-record domestic sales:

As impressive as that may be, most eyes will be focused on the film’s release in its final major market, China, where it is expected to deliver huge numbers. For comparison, using current exchange rates, Captain America: Civil War debuted with $98 million in China, Avengers: Age of Ultron opened with $84 million and Black Panther debuted with $66 million. Don’t be surprised to see Infinity War demolish those numbers.

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With worldwide sales already at $1.15 billion, China and U.S. ticket sales could push it into the top 10 movies of all time in terms of global sales.

“Infinity War” already holds the record for most ticket sales on the first release weekend domestically at $258 million and internationally at $641 million.

The Box Office Mojo weekend forecast for all major ticket sales in the domestic market:

  • Avengers: Infinity War (4,474 theaters) – $62.0 M
  • Life of the Party (3,656 theaters) – $21.0 M
  • Breaking In (2,537 theaters) – $18.0 M
  • Overboard (2,006 theaters) – $9.0 M
  • A Quiet Place (3,144 theaters) – $4.8 M
  • I Feel Pretty (2,858 theaters) – $2.9 M
  • Rampage (2,548 theaters) – $2.5 M
  • Black Panther (1,370 theaters) – $2.1 M
  • Tully (1,353 theaters) – $1.8 M
  • Blockers (1,106 theaters) – $0.9 M

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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