Box Office Report For April 26-28
Welcome back to the weekly box office report! Each and every Sunday, expect a look at what made the most money in theaters, as well as just how all of the new releases fared. This week, it was all about Avengers: Endgame. We knew it was going to be massive, but did it actually set records? Yes, it did, and frankly, it set basically all the records. How did it do and how much did it make? Let us take a look right now at just that…
Putting forth easily the biggest opening weekend of all time, the top spot went to Avengers: Endgame, making history in the process. An estimated $350 million just domestically makes it the largest weekend ever, blowing by Avengers: Infinity War by nearly $100 million, accounting for 90% of the cinematic market share as well, which is insane. Globally, it shot past the $1 billion mark, which is actually something it can approach domestically too, if you can believe it. The Marvel Cinematic Universe gets bigger and bigger, and if you read my review, better and better.
As per Box Office Mojo, here are the records that have fallen for the MCU’s crowning achievement:
Largest Thursday Previews: $60 million
Previous Record: $57 million (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Widest Opening: 4,662 theaters
Previous Record: 4,529 theaters (Despicable Me 3)
Largest Friday, Opening Day and Single Day: $156.7 million
Previous Record: $119.1 million (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Largest Saturday: $109 million
Previous Record: $82.1 million (Avengers: Infinity War)
Largest Sunday: $84.3 million
Previous Record: $69.2 million (Avengers: Infinity War)
Domestic Opening Weekend: $350 million
Previous Record: $257.69 million (Avengers: Infinity War)
#1 Movie Market Share: 90%
Previous Record: 84.5% (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
Highest Per Theater Average (Wide Opening): $75,075 / 4,662 theaters
Previous Record: $59,982 / 4,134 theaters ()
Largest April Opening, Spring Opening, PG-13 Opening and 3-Day Gross: $350 million
Previous Record: $257.69 million (Avengers: Infinity War)
Biggest Weekend Overall (Top 12 Gross): $389 million
Previous Record: $305.55 million (Dec. 18–20, 2015)
Fastest to $100 Million: 1 Day
Previous Record: 1 Day (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Fastest to $150 Million: 1 Day
Previous Record: 2 Days (Avengers: Infinity War)
Fastest to $200 Million: 2 Days
Previous Record: 3 Days (Avengers: Infinity War)
Fastest to $250 Million: 3 Days
Previous Record: 3 Days (Avengers: Infinity War)
Fastest to $300 Million: 3 Days
Previous Record: 5 Days (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Fastest to $350 Million: 3 Days
Previous Record: 6 Days (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
International Opening Weekend: $859 million
Previous Record: $443.15 million (The Fate of the Furious)
Worldwide Opening Weekend: $1.2 billion
Previous Record: $640.5 million (Avengers: Infinity War)
Global 3D Opening Record: ~$540 million
Previous Record: ~$366 million (Avengers: Infinity War)
Global IMAX Opening Record: $91.5 million
Previous Record: $47.6 million (Star War: The Force Awakens)
Impressive, right? And just wait, next weekend should be another huge one for it as well!
Coming in at number two, buoyed by Avengers: Endgame, was actually Captain Marvel, which shot back up to the runner up spot with another $8 million. The movie has now made over $400 million domestically, clearly giving the MCU a hit. It may not be the Endgame numbers, but folks who came for the new effort certainly opted to take this one in again as well.
Among indie/smaller debuts, White Crow opened up on just five screens and took in right around 80K, while Carmine Street Guitars turned a single screen into 7K. Clearly, films big and small were staying out of Marvel’s way…
Here now is what the top ten looked like at the box office for this weekend:
1. Avengers: Endgame – $350,000,000
2. Captain Marvel – $8,051,000
3. The Curse of La Llorona – $7,500,000
4. Breakthrough – $6,304,000
5. Shazam! – $5,520,000
6. Little – $3,438,000
7. Dumbo – $3,239,000
8. Pet Semetary – $1,290,000
9. Us – $1,141,000
10. Penguins (Disneynature) – $1,051,000
Beyond the top ten, here’s some further results at the box office:
11. Missing Link – $950,885
12. Amazing Grace – $539,900
13. After – $425,000
14. Hellboy – $355,000
15. Kalank – $310,000
16. The Mustang – $292,000
17. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – $240,000
18. Wonder Park – $170,000
19. Red Joan – $165,204
20. Hotel Mumbai – $164,351
21. High Life – $147,500
22. The Best of Enemies – $120,000
23. Unplanned – $120,000
24. Family – $102,720
25. Wild Nights with Emily – $95,461
Until next weekend!
