"Avengers: Endgame" probably had more hype than any other movie in HISTORY . . . and yet, it somehow still managed to EXCEED expectations.
Opening weekend projections for "Endgame" started at around $250 million last month and grew to $300 million over the past week or two . . . but it ended up raking in $350 MILLION in the U.S., and $1.2 BILLION worldwide.
That shatters the previous records of $257.7 million domestically, and $640.5 million globally, which were both were set by "Avengers: Infinity War" last year. "Endgame" is the fastest movie to ever top $1 billion globally, doing it in just five days. It took "Infinity War" 11 days. And "Endgame" ALREADY ranks as the 18th largest worldwide release ever . . . and the sixth largest worldwide release in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The 22 movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have now grossed over $19.8 billion worldwide, and NINE have topped $1 billion at the global box office.