Avengers: Infinity War box office collection day 6: Marvel film earns over Rs 188 crore in less than a week
Avengers Infinity War broke all the records at the Indian box office and worldwide too. Although, on Wednesday the movie declined slightly as it collected Rs. 11 crore on the second last of its first week.
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted, "Avengers: Infinity War witnesses its first noticeable decline on Wednesday, yet the business is in double digits."
#AvengersInfinityWar witnesses its first noticeable decline on Wed, yet the biz is in double digits... Fri 31.30 cr, Sat 30.50 cr, Sun 32.50 cr, Mon 20.52 cr, Tue 20.34 cr, Wed 11.75 cr. Total: ₹ 146.91 cr NettBOC. India biz... GrossBOC: ₹ 188.35 cr... #Avengers #InfinityWar
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) May 3, 2018
The latest Marvel-Disney film has collected Rs. 188 crore as of Wednesday. The film had the highest opening weekend in India (at Rs. 94 crore) and in its home country ($250 million). Avengers: Infinity War which brought together 24 superheroes to fight one villain, was made on a budget of $300 million by directors Joe and Anthony Russo.
As per The Hollywood Reporter, Infinity War has collected over $300 million domestically and internationally the film's made over $500 million as of Tuesday.
In fact, the report stated that the superhero ensemble film has "tied with Star Wars: Force Awakens to become the fastest film in history to hit the $300 million mark in North America". Earlier, Infinity Warbroke Force Awakens' opening weekend record by a few millions.
The film got released on April 27 and it was the 19th film from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the story which people saw in this film will be concluded in the next Avengers film that releases in 2019.
A tweet from Star Wars' congratulating the Avengers:
Congratulations, @MarvelStudios and @Avengers: #InfinityWar. pic.twitter.com/PnHfaouOlP
— Star Wars (@starwars) May 1, 2018
In the movie, all the 20 superheroes fight against Thanos and his army with the aim to stop him from collecting all six infinity stones, which will make him powerful to execute his evil plans with a "snap of his fingers."
First published: 3 May 2018, 18:14 IST