While Infinity War fell short of The Force Awakens’ record shattering opening day of $119.1 million in 2015, the film was able to best Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s opening day gross of $104.6 million in December.
Avengers: Infinity War cleared well over $100 million at the domestic box office Friday, placing it behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the second-largest opening day gross of all time.
Infinity War opened this weekend at 4,474 locations, while The Avengers debuted at 4,349 locales and Age of Ultron at 4,276.
For that reason alone, estimates for Infinity War were high going into this weekend, and judging the film’s opening day gross, the superhero extravaganza appears to be more than meeting expectations.