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‘Avengers: Endgame’ poised to topple box-office records

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‘Avengers: Endgame’ poised to topple box-office records on WTOP| NEW YORK (AP) — By any measure, the release of “Avengers: Endgame” is a movie-theater event unlike any other. When the 22nd film in Marvel Studios’ saga opens in North American theaters on Thursday night, it will land on more screens…
NEW YORK (AP) — By any measure, the release of “Avengers: Endgame” is a movie-theater event unlike any other.
When the 22nd film in Marvel Studios’ saga opens in North American theaters on Thursday night, it will land on more screens than any movie ever has in U. S. and Canadian theaters. And even still, the 4,600 theaters the Walt Disney Co. has lined up may still not be able to keep up with demand.
Beginning Thursday night, many theaters will stay open round-the-clock. Seventeen AMC Theatres won’t close for 72 hours straight. Some $120 million in presales have already set records on advance ticketing services Fandango and Atom. AMC’s website was crashed by early “Endgame” ticket buyers.
“It looks like we’ve gotten Thanos’ snap,” AMC said at the time.
Just how massive the ticket sales will be by the end of Sunday has been one of the one of the industry’s favorite guessing games. Can it clear $300 million domestically? Is a $1 billion worldwide weekend possible? Will “Avengers: Endgame” eventually rival the $2.

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