Avengers Endgame breaks these 5 records at India box office: Marvel film is 2019’s top grosser, biggest Hollywood hit ever

Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame has become the biggest film of 2019 at the India box office, and the biggest Hollywood film of all time in the country, beating Avengers: Infinity War’s record.

Avengers: Endgame has become the highest grossing Hollywood film in India, overtaking its predecessor Avengers: Infinity War’s lifetime earnings in less than a week. The Marvel superhero film has made ₹244 crore (nett) in six days, and ₹290 crore gross. Infinity War had concluded its run with around ₹230 crore nett.

Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark in a still from Avengers Endgame.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh called the performance an ‘eye-opener’ and said that the film is competing with the biggest Hindi films of all time, and could challenge Dangal’s lifetime business as well. The Aamir Khan-starrer is the highest grossing Hindi film of all time.

Endgame has already posted the biggest opening day and biggest opening weekend for a Hollywood film in India, and the number two opening of all time, behind Baahubali: The Conclusion. The film was released in 2800 screens, less than half of Baahubali 2’s 6500 screens. “#AvengersEndgame is competing with the biggest hits from *Hindi* film industry... Has stamina to cross *lifetime biz* of #Dangal,” wrote Taran on Twitter.

He continued, “#AvengersEndgame is the highest grossing film of 2019 so far.” The film has overtaken the likes of Uri: The Surgical Strike, Gully Boy, Total Dhamaal and others. Taran wrote that every future Hindi release will be compared to Avengers: Endgame.

Internationally, the film is on track to challenge Avatar’s all-time record, having already broken the opening weekend records in multiple territories. The film made an unprecedented $1.2 billion in its first three days, almost double that of Infinity War. The film’s current worldwide tally is $1.4 billion.

Here are the 5 box office records Avengers: Endgame broke in India

* Avengers: Endgame is 2019’s top grosser in India after eclipsing Uri: The Surgical Strike’s lifetime earning.

* Avengers Endgame is the highest Hollywood grosser in India.

* Avengers Endgame has surpassed opening weekend collection of all Hindi films.

* Avengers Endgame is second biggest opener in India, after Baahubali: The Conclusion’s ₹121 crore opening.

* It also emerged as the highest Hollywood opener ever in India.

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