No I think that was necessary. We’re not here today celebrating this level of performance if marvel didn’t have the pressure of using their “forgotten” characters.
TFA’s OW seemed like the untouchable holy grail when it occurred. So much pent up hype. The return of the royal family of cinema. Then this motherload comes and takes a steaming crap on that line of thinking
Batman - 50m barrier
Spider-Man - 100m barrier
The Dark Knight - 150m barrier
Avengers - 200m barrier
Avengers: Infinity War - 250m barrier
these things aren’t going anywhere.
Goodness. If China opened this weekend, we’d get a global opening haul that might not be touched for a decade. Except A4 of course.
With the US now officially on board the record breaking train, this is officially the most shocked I’ve ever been with a Box Office performance when it comes to world wide.