'Avengers: Infinity War' had the biggest opening weekend of all-time in Canada

May 1 2018, 5:04 am

Avengers: Infinity War was a beast at the Canadian box office this weekend, bringing in a projected $19.7 million. According to Marvel Studios, it was the biggest opening weekend in Canada ever, knocking Star Wars: The Force Awakens down to second place.

The film raked in a total of $258.2 million domestically over the weekend.

“Domestically, it also broke records for the biggest Saturday box office haul ever with $83 million and biggest Sunday ever with $69.2 million,” said Marvel, in a release.

Internationally, the superhero blockbuster’s opening weekend brought in $640.9 million, even without any grosses from China, where it will debut on May 11.

Marvel now holds six of the top 10 opening weekends of all time.

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