LOS ANGELES, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Disney and Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War" smashed global box office records with an estimated 630 million U.S. dollars, setting a new high-water mark for an opening weekend.
The superhero film brought in an estimated 250 million dollars in North American theatres, which is the biggest North American opening weekend of all-time, shattering the record previously held by 2015's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," which opened with 248 million dollars. It also earned 380 million dollars internationally this weekend, pushing its cume to 630 million dollars worldwide, the highest global debut of all-time. Universal's "The Fate of the Furious" was the previous record holder for global opening with 541.9 million dollars in 2017, according to studio figures collected by comScore.
Based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, "Avengers: Infinity War" is the sequel to 2012's "The Avengers" and 2015's "Avengers: Age of Ultron." Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, the film tells the story of the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy who attempt to stop Thanos, one of the most powerful, insane and evil of all villains in the Marvel universe, from collecting the Infinity Stones.
"This is a truly fitting debut for the latest Marvel popcorn extravaganza that brings together an almost unimaginable number of key characters into one giant thrill ride of a movie," wrote movie analyst Paul Dergarabedian at comScore in an email to Xinhua.
Paramount's horror thriller "A Quiet Place" came in a distant second with an estimated 10.65 million dollars in its fourth weekend in North America. The film has brought in 148.17 million dollars in North America to date.
"A Quiet Place" was directed by John Krasinski, who stars with his wife, Emily Blunt. The plot of the film follows a family who must live life in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
STX's comedy film "I Feel Pretty" landed in third place with an estimated 8.13 million dollars in its second weekend in North America. Written and directed by Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, in their directional debuts, the film follows an insecure woman who believes that she is the most beautiful and capable woman in the world after suffering a head injury from a fall.
Fourth place of North American weekend box office goes to Warner Bros.' science fiction monster film "Rampage" with an estimated 7.1 million dollars in its third weekend. Disney and Marvel's another superhero "Black Panther" finished fifth with an estimated 4.38 million in its eleventh weekend.
