Avengers: Endgame becomes highest-grossing foreign film of all-time in China, crosses 4 billion yuan
- Maoyan Entertainment, China’s largest movie ticketing app, projects the film could end up with overall takings of 4.16 billion yuan on the mainland
- Endgame is the third highest earning film overall in China
Maoyan Entertainment, China’s largest movie ticketing app, said box office collections for Disney and Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame, already the highest-grossing foreign film of all time on the mainland, will reach 4.16 billion yuan (US$612 million).
The movie has so far made more than 4 billion yuan in China since its release on April 24.
The Hong Kong-listed company, backed by Tencent Holdings and Beijing Enlight Media, said it made the projection based on its real time big data analysis. Endgame has already handily beaten the 2.67 billion yuan made by The Fate of the Furious in 2017.
The Hollywood blockbuster would rank third overall if Chinese language films are included, trailing only the 5.68 billion yuan grossed by the action film Wolf Warrior 2, and 4.66 billion yuan raked in by the sci-fi film The Wandering Earth.
Maoyan said that its in-house data has shown that the superhero film has already broken more than 30 records in China.
It is the fastest movie to cross the box office marks for 1 billion yuan, 2 billion yuan and 3 billion yuan. It also set records for midnight screening, first day screening and IMAX movies.