Avengers Endgame box office collection: New Marvel film earns Rs 1400 crore on opening day
Avengers: Endgame is running to packed theatres across the globe and has already earned $216.6 million (around Rs 1403 crore) worldwide.
Finally, the moment that all Marvel fans had been waiting for is here - Avengers: Endgame, the follow-up to Avengers: Infinity War and culmination of over a decade's worth of films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is in theatres.
Avengers: Endgame has gone all Hulk smash on box office records and Forbes reports that it has raked in an opening day collection of $216.6 million (around Rs 1403 crore) worldwide, with $47.6 million (around Rs 334 crore) coming in from China.
In India, Avengers: Endgame is running to packed theatres, with over 25 lakh tickets sold on the online ticketing platform BookMyShow. With this, the much-awaited film has become the fastest film to have surpassed the two million advance ticket sales mark on BookMyShow.
Meanwhile, several theatres across the country have introduced 24x7 shows to meet the increased demand. Ashish Saksena, COO - Cinemas, BookMyShow, told IANS in a statement, "With just a few hours left for 'Avengers: Endgame' to hit the screens, the frenzy around the film is unprecedented. The cinemas are doing everything possible to match fans' demand for the film, including round-the-clock screenings as also opening up advance bookings for the entire week ahead."
Trade analysts told CNN Business that Avengers: Endgame is expected to earn over $260 million (around Rs 1823 crore) in North America in the opening weekend. However, some experts believe that the film will cross the $300 million-mark (around Rs 2104 crore).
Avengers: Endgame is the 22nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and stars Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Brie Larson, among others.
It has received rave reviews and has a 96 per cent score on Rotten Tomatoes. The critics' consensus on the website says, "Exciting, entertaining, and emotionally impactful, Avengers: Endgame does whatever it takes to deliver a satisfying finale to Marvel's epic Infinity Saga."
Watch the Avengers Endgame trailer here:
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