Avengers Endgame India box office day 6: Marvel film eyes Bahubali The Conclusion’s record!

Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man in Avengers: Endgame (Image-Bloomberg)

Hollywood’s Avengers Endgame continues its dream run in India, even on the sixth day of its release. The  Marvel film has earned an estimated Rs 28.5 crore on Wednesday, bringing its total box office collection to Rs 240 crore at the domestic ticket windows.

With the earnings of Wednesday, the movie is inching closer to Rs 250-mark in India and ready to breach Vicky Kaushal’s Uri The Surgical Strike’s box office collection, which earned Rs 244 crore.

TARAN ADARSH’S TWEET:

#AvengersEndgame is on a record-smashing spree… Holiday on Wed [some states] proved advantageous… Now highest grossing #Hollywood film in #India… Fri 53.60 cr, Sat 52.20 cr, Sun 52.85 cr, Mon 31.05 cr, Tue 26.10 cr, Wed 28.50 cr. Total: ₹ 244.30 cr Nett BOC. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) May 2, 2019

Phenomenal biz of #AvengersEndgame is an eye-opener, wake up call for our industry… #AvengersEndgame is competing with the biggest hits from *Hindi* film industry… Has stamina to cross *lifetime biz* of #Dangal [highest grosser of *Hindi* industry]. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) May 2, 2019

#AvengersEndgame is the highest grossing film of 2019 *so far*… It’s a bit too early to guesstimate its *lifetime biz*, but one thing is certain… Like #Baahubali2 [#Hindi], every *forthcoming* #Hindi biggie will be compared to #AvengersEndgame henceforth.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) May 2, 2019

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Globally, Avengers: Endgame has earned $1.05 billion and is expected to cross the $2 billion mark this weekend. On Tuesday, the movie eclipsed the lifetime earnings of Black Panther ($1.347 billion) and Avengers: Age Of Ultron ($1.405 billion) to emerge as the eighth highest grossing global film of all time.

It also went past the records of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 ($961 million), Jurassic World ($1.019 billion), The Fate Of The Furious ($1.010 billion) to emerge as the sixth highest earner globally. It is also expected to outdo Titanic’s lifetime collections but the world is watching closely whether it can go beyond Avatar to become the highest earner ever.

India among top markets fuelling Avengers: Endgame’s Box Office growth

According to the Deadline report, India ranked among the top five markets for the film on Tuesday. The report also stated the Tuesday’s box office collection figures, which put China on top with $389.1 million earnings, with UK and Korea closely following with $64.7 million and $54.8 million collection. While the film collected $36.3 million in India, it earned $40.7 million in Mexico.

The movie has been breaking box office records ever since it released on April 26. Avengers Endgame is the highest Hollywood opener in India and also eclipsed the biggest opening weekend of Hindi movies ever. Following Bahubali 2 The Conclusion’s Rs 121 crore opening, Avengers Endgame is also the biggest opener ever in India.

The film became the biggest opener ever and fastest movie ever to reach $1 billion mark worldwide. The MCU movie hit the milestone in 5 days – it released in many countries on Wednesday – while Avengers: Infinity War took 11 days to reach $1 billion mark. It also became the highest earning movie in China with $330.5 million in five days.

Directed by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo, Avengers: Endgame features Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, and Brie Larson.