Stumbled on an old Ray Subers article on The Avengers that had him peg the OW at $172.5M
I miss Ray Subers
Interestingly enough, you could replace 'The Avengers' with 'Avengers: Infinity War' in this article and it would still be fairly accurate.
... even down to the under-prediction
So I was trying to picture what was happening in my throat this morning.
Fighting a virus is like the Helm's Deep battle in LOTR: your white cells try to hold the fort (but mostly fail) until, like Éomer, the antibodies arrive and wipe the floor with the virus
Black Panther grossed over 1.3 billion worldwide. Like the ultimate finale to the most popular book series ever, Harry Potter... and more than a Star Wars episode.
I mean, jesus christ
It's nuts!
October still at $55M for Gravity
But yes, I think it's quite obvious now that the month of release for a tentpole hasn't really anything to do with the gross for it.
Infinity War would have made a truckload of money even in January or October