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Earth’s Mightiest Heroes conquered the US box office last month. Now they’re doing the same in China.
The lone exception is the previous Avengers instalment, Age of Ultron. But that film made $240 million across its entire run, a total Infinity War is sure to match in the coming days.

Why is this film different? One of the most-liked reviews on Douban, China’s biggest movie review site, says it might be down to the villain, Thanos.

The Fate of the Furious remains China’s biggest opening weekend, slightly ahead of Infinity War in yuan (though currency fluctuations mean Marvel’s film earned more in US dollars).
The series is huge in China: Fate of the Furious earned almost twice as much in the country as it did in the US.
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