Author: Dave McNary / Source: Variety
The second weekend of Disney-Marvel’s “Avengers: Infinity War” is heading for $115 million at 4,474 North American sites, while the opening of “Overboard” will take in about $13 million, early estimates showed Friday.
Should the forecasts hold, “Avengers: Infinity War” will follow up its record-breaking debut with the second-highest domestic second weekend of all time behind only “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at $149.
2 million. “Black Panther” currently has the second-highest total at $111.7 million, followed by “Jurassic World” at $106.5 million.“Avengers: Infinity War” was pegged in the most recent domestic estimates to take in between $25 million and $32 million on Friday, its eighth day in theaters, and between $105 million and $125 million for the weekend. That will give the superhero mashup around $450 million in its first 10 days in North America.
“Infinity War” had the biggest domestic and global launches ever last weekend. In North America, it opened with $258.2 million, while internationally, it secured $382.7 million for a worldwide tally of $640.9 million. “Avengers: Infinity War” is set to join the billion-dollar club globally in record time on Friday or Saturday — its 10th and 11th day of release, respectively. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” reached that mark in 12 days.
“Overboard,” MGM and Lionsgate-Pantelion’s reboot of the 1987 comedy, is performing in the high end of expectations after forecasts in the $10 million to $13 million range. The film was heading…
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