Hi all Well yes, Avengers: Infinity War rewrote the record books last weekend, certainly in the States and elsewhere, and also apparently here, judging by a news report I saw. We're still waiting for the official numbers, there are computer problems somewhere causing a holdup. It's more than likely to remain top of the US and local charts again this weekend. By way of comparison, here's the top five from the UK, compare the earnings of the top few ... figures are in British pounds. 1 Avengers: Infinity War 29,379,496 2 Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society 968,681 3 A Quiet Place 920,235 4 Rampage 735,856 5 Peter Rabbit 585,713 From the US, these comments from BoxOfficeMojo: ============== Audiences assembled worldwide as Disney and Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War broke both the domestic opening weekend box office record and worldwide opening record with a massive $257.7 million domestically and $630 million worldwide. Infinity War's opening weekend bests the previous record of $247.9 million set by Star Wars: The Force Awakens back in December 2015 by just under $10 million. Additional domestic records of note include the largest single Saturday gross, largest single Sunday gross, largest April opening, largest Spring opening, widest PG-13 release and fastest film to $150, $200 and $250 million. ============== Note that the film has not opened in Russia or China yet, which would have boosted the numbers even more. Anyway, back down to earth and this weekend has a full lineup, but in reality it's a bit of a breather while Avengers sets the pace. Lets do this age-wise, more or less: For the very little kiddies, the second Maya the Bee movie has landed, with a plotline "borrowed" from The Hunger Games, more or less. Then we have Disney's A Wrinkle in Time, which is not getting saturation coverage, presumably due to a tepid reception Stateside. The less dramatic Every Day will take up the slack in this market, capturing the tweens and younger teens. As a bit of counter-programming to all that sweetness and light, the comedy I Feel Pretty is adult-comedy-lite, while the older teens and adults can catch the latest Steven Soderbergh release, Unsane, mostly at the Nouveaus. Also on the art circuit is My Blind Date with Life, in German. Lastly Bollywood supplies a comedy about getting old. As a matter of interest, Sony is releasing 102 Not Out in the USA, into 102 theatres... Art lovers can catch Cosi Fan Tutte (opera) and The Flames of Paris (ballet) at the Nouveas. On the previews side, there are a few previews next Wednesday night for Traffik, which deals with human trafficking in the USA. 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