Disney has announced that Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War closed its opening weekend with $630 million at the box office. The latest superhero movie earned $250 million in North America only, surpassing Star Wars: The Force Awakens which had earned $248 million.
The new Avengers movie is the third one in a series that started in 2012 with The Avengers and continued in 2015 with Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Avengers: Infinity War is the 19th movie in the Marvel Studio’s franchise, which only makes this success even bigger.