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US Box Office Weekend 27 - 29 April 2018: Mammoth record breaking weekend in the US for Avengers Infinity War which opens to $250 million+

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Avengers: Infinity War
It is with absolutely no suprise at all the Avengers Infinity War is the top film in the US (and just about everywhere) this weekend, but with the high expectation given to the film it actually outperformed.

A Quiet PlaceEarly estimation are coming in with a weekend gross of $250 million, which would beat Star Wars: The Force Awakens opening weekend of $248 million making it the highest grossing opening ever.

These figures are with a Sunday estimate and Disney are thinking they may have this about $5 million lower than the true figure so we could see an opening weekend of $255 million - either way it is a massive record breaking figure for the film.

Avengers aside A Quite Place drops down to number 2 this weekend, the film has done incredibly well for a low budget horror, it has grossed $10.6 million this weekend bringing the total to $148 million.

At third is the Amy Schumer comedy I Feel Pretty which grosses $8.1 million over the weekend for a $30 million total.

Rampage sits at 4 this weekend with a $7 million weekend and an $80 million total and Black Panther shoots back up to number 5 with the release of Avengers Infinity War, the film this weeks takes $4.3 million which brings the total to an incredible $688 million.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Avengers: Infinity War - $257,698,183
  2. A Quiet Place - $11,004,977
  3. I Feel Pretty - $8,176,757
  4. Rampage - $7,205,315
  5. Black Panther - $4,736,428
  6. Super Troopers 2 - $3,729,287
  7. Truth Or Dare - $3,268,145
  8. Blockers - $2,975,260
  9. Ready Player One - $2,563,325
  10. Traffik - $1,654,694
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