'Avengers: Endgame' is unbeatable. Its $350 million opening weekend is just the start.

$350 million.

That's the amount of money made from Avengers: Endgame ticket sales in the U.S. during opening weekend, based on Sunday estimates. It's a ludicrous and unheard of figure, and just a piece of the record-shattering global total of $1.2 billion.

No movie in the U.S. has ever posted an opening weekend higher than $300 million. No movie anywhere has made more than $1 billion worldwide in the five days since it opened.

Let's start with the U.S. total. It's almost $100 million more than the previous record holder, which is of course another Avengers movieInfinity War, the immediate predecessor to Endgame, earned $257.7 million in its opening days. Prior to that, Star Wars: The Last Jedi had held the best opening weekend title, with a $220 million opening. Read more...

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