Avengers: Infinity War’s domestic tally beats the $247.9 million earned by Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015, and the global tally of $640.9 million beats The Fate of the Furious’ worldwide all time opening weekend tally of $542 million.
Despite beating The Force Awakens’ all time domestic record, it couldn’t break that blockbuster’s opening weekend per-screen average record of $59,982, the largest ever for a wide release, with Infinity War’s $57,708 coming in second place.
While yesterday’s box office estimates indicated Avengers: Infinity War had set a new box office opening weekend record, the official numbers released today revealed the tally was even bigger, both domestically and internationally.
The official domestic opening weekend for Avengers: Infinity War was $258.2 million, which was even higher than the highest projections of $255 million, with an additional $382.7 million internationally for a worldwide total of $640.9 million, which is also a new record.