“Avengers: Infinity War” Earns $630 on the Opening Weekend

Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo and Benedict Wong in "Avengers Infinity War." Photo by Walt Disney Studios/Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock (9656345d)

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.