Avengers: Infinity War smashes superhero box office record with £60m takings
The film is also the most successful Marvel movie ever in the UK.
Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War has become the UK’s biggest superhero film of all time after smashing a box office record.
The movie has taken £60 million in its first three weekends – eclipsing the previous record set by The Dark Knight Rises, which made a total of £56.3 million at the box office.
Fellow Marvel adventure Black Panther is also continuing to pull in audiences 12 weeks after its release.
The next Star Wars film, Solo: A Star Wars Story, is released on May 24.
Given the huge popularity of the sci-fi franchise, Solo could be as much of a hit as 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which took £65.9 million, or even 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi (£81.4 million).
Box office figures of that size would probably be enough to stop Avengers: Infinity War ending up as 2018’s biggest film in the UK.
