Endgame 'sacred best foreign title of all time in China – Variety

"Avengers: Endgame" crossed the $ 500 billion mark in China on Thursday, becoming the country's most successful foreign film after a week of touring and easily eclipsing the previous titleholder, "The Fate of the Furious".

Released on April 24, "Endgame" is already the sixth most profitable film in the history of Chinese cinema, thanks to a monstrous run of 3.39 billion RMB ($ 503 million) at the end of Thursday after -Midi, local time. Its market share has not dropped by less than 85% each day. Indeed, for five days – more than half of its production to date – this figure exceeded 95%. In comparison, Universal's "Fate of Furious" earned 2.67 billion RMB ($ 393 million) during its 2017 tour of China, never exceeding 93% market share, even on its opening.

"Endgame" has already beaten 22 Chinese box office records, according to local reports. These include, for most pre-sales (RMB 620 million or USD 92 million), most midnight movie sales (RMB 189 million or USD 28 million), the highest day-ticket sales (550 RMB million or $ 82 million), office (RMB 2.6 billion, or $ 386 million), and the fastest film to break the 2 billion RMB mark.

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The film is expected to bring in $ 625 million in China, 100 million more than initial estimates, which would make "Endgame" the third most important film of all time in the country, behind the sci-fi blockbuster "The Wandering ". Land ", which brought in $ 691 million.

Building on the success of the "Avengers" franchise, Scarlett Johansson has become the most profitable actress in the history of Chinese cinema, said Maoyan's online ticketing platform in an badysis. On Saturday, she became both the first actress and the first foreign film collectively reported more than 10 billion RMB in China.

In addition to his role as Black Widow in the lucrative blockbusters of Marvel (the four "Avengers" films: "Captain Marvel", "Captain America: Civil War", "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", " Iron Man 2 "), many of his other Hollywood films have entered the middle realm. These include "Isle of Dogs", "Ghost in the Shell" of 2017 and "Sing", "The Jungle Book" of 2016 and "Lucy" of 2014.