Avengers: Infinity Warhas officially joined the $2 billion club. With Monday’s box office taken into account, the massive Marvel event movie has finally eclipsed the $2 billion mark at the global box office. That makes it just the fourth movie in history to do so and by far the highest-grossing movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date. The next closest isThe Avengers, which brought in $1.51 billion during its run in 2012.
The only other movies to accomplish this impressive feat areAvatar, which still holds the top spot by far with $2.78 billion worldwide. It’s starting to seem more and more like no movie will ever be able to top James Cameron’s visual spectacle until inflation pushes ticket prices to a point that makes it much less of an accomplishment. Behind that isTitanicwith $2.18 billion andStar Wars: The Force Awakenswith $2.06 billion.Infinity Warwas recently given a three month extension in China which makes it very likely that the movie will surpassThe Force Awakensbefore its run is wrapped up.
As far as the split goes,Infinity Warhas pulled in $656.1 million of its cume domestically. That includes the record-breaking $257.6 million opening weekend. Internationally, the movie has pulled in a grand total of $1.34 billion. The only two movies to ever make more money overseas were both directed by James Cameron withTitanic(counting the 2012 reissue) bringing in $1.52 billion andAvatarwith it’s eye-popping $2.07 billion international total. Of note,Infinity Warmade more overseas thanStar Wars: The Last Jedi($1.33 billion) made during its entire run at thebox office.
It’s been a ridiculously great year for Marvel Studios so far. Not only do they have the success ofInfinity Warto boast about, butBlack Pantheralso shattered expectations on every front. The Ryan Coogler directed movie brought in $1.34 billion, making it far and away the studio’s highest-grossing solo character movie to date. Those are also by far the two biggest movies of 2018 worldwide, with the next closest beingDeadpool 2at $655.7 million. Marvel truly has this down to a science, it would seem. And they still haveAnt-Man and the Wasparriving next month.
It will be difficult for any studio, Marvel or otherwise, to replicate the success ofInfinity War. There was literally a decade worth of build up to this massive event and they’ve earned the trust of fans all over the world. It’s hard to imagine that any movie, even withwhat we know about Avengers 4, can be expected to top this. While the MCU is showing no signs of slowing down or ending any time soon, it may be a very long time before we see a movie passInfinity Warat the box office, if ever. This news comes to us courtesy of Forbes.
