{"id":271973,"date":"2019-04-26T10:49:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T16:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1035927"},"modified":"2019-04-26T10:49:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T16:49:00","slug":"avengers-endgame-scores-record-breaking-60-million-opening-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/avengers-endgame-scores-record-breaking-60-million-opening-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Avengers: Endgame Scores Record-Breaking $60 Million Opening Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"video-int-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"36.193832599119\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"17.409691629956\">\n<p><em>Snap!<\/em> That&#8217;s the sound of&nbsp;<em>Avengers: Endgame<\/em>&nbsp;shattering records.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth and final film in the Disney-owned Marvel&nbsp;superhero film series has made more than&nbsp;$60 million from Thursday night previews in the U.S., marking the highest preview gross ever and shattering the company&#8217;s own record;&nbsp;<em>Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em>&nbsp;made $57 million in Thursday night previews in December 2015.<\/p>\n<p>In addition,&nbsp;<em>Avengers: Endgame<\/em>, starring returning stars such as&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/robert_downey_jr\">Robert Downey Jr.<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/scarlett_johansson\">Scarlett Johansson<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/chris_evans\">Chris Evans<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Mark Ruffall<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/josh_brolin\">Josh Brolin<\/a><\/strong> as the supervillain Thanos, has&nbsp;already earned more than $305 million overseas in its first two days of&nbsp;screenings in&nbsp;some 50 countries.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"60.311594202899\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"12.748792270531\">\n<p>Movie ticketing company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fandango.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fandango<\/a> reported that the movie&nbsp;is now the biggest preseller in&nbsp;company history, selling more advance tickets than sold for <em>Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em>, also the previous record holder, <em>Star Wars: The Last Jedi<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Avengers: Infinity War<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Fandango says 8,000 showtimes of <em>Avengers: Endgame&nbsp;<\/em>have already sold out on Fandango at theaters across the&nbsp;U.S.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-3-img\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"31\">\n<div class=\"post-content__image\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019227\/rs_1024x759-190327122119-1024.robert-downey-jr-avengers-endgame.ct.032719.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" border=\"0\" title=\"Robert Downey Jr., Best Roles, Avengers: Endgame\" alt=\"Robert Downey Jr., Best Roles, Avengers: Endgame\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"759\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Marvel Studios\/Walt Disney Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"35\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><em>Avengers: Endgame<\/em> is expected to top the box office this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend&#8217;s top five movies at the box office were Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema&#8217;s <em>The Curse of La Llorona<\/em> (which has made $61 million&nbsp;worldwide box office total) and <em>Shazam!<\/em> ($326 million), plus Disney-owned Twentieth Century Fox&#8217;s <em>Breakthrough<\/em> ($25 million), Disney&#8217;s <em>Captain Marvel<\/em> ($1.09 billion), and Universal Pictures&#8217;&nbsp;<em>Little<\/em> ($36 million).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1035927\/avengers-endgame-scores-record-breaking-60-million-opening-night?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snap! That&#8217;s the sound of&nbsp;Avengers: Endgame&nbsp;shattering records. The fourth and final film in the Disney-owned Marvel&nbsp;superhero film series has made more than&nbsp;$60 million from Thursday night previews in the U.S., marking the highest preview gross ever and shattering the company&#8217;s own record;&nbsp;Star Wars: The Force Awakens&nbsp;made $57 million in Thursday night previews in December 2015. 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