Chennai box office: Avengers: Endgame CRUSHES Kanchana 3 and Jersey to grab the top position

Avengers: Endgame is heading for a record-shattering opening weekend of about $300 million in North America.

By Ganesh Aaglave
Published: April 29, 2019 11:58 AM IST

It's Avengers: Endgame fever across the world and the fans are going all to make this film a monstrous blockbuster. The MCU film has taken the box office by storm and looks like will soon surpass James Cameron's Avatar to become the highest grossing film of all-time. While we have to wait for some time to see the last installment of the Avengers franchise wearing that crown, the film has already break every possible record in the Chennai market. Also Read - Avatar: The Way of Water to Avengers: Endgame; look at the fastest movies to hit $1 billion at the box office, globally [Watch Video]

Chennai Box-Office - April 26 to 28 : No.5 #VellaiPookal, No.4 #Jersey, #No.3 #Kanchana, No.2 #AvengersEndgame No.1 #AvengersEndgame.

— Sreedhar Pillai (@sri50) April 29, 2019

Chennai Box-Office - April 26 to 28 Analysis: 1. #AvengersEndgame totally dominated the box-office, with maximum footfalls . (2) 70 to 75 % of shows in multiplexes screened the film with 15 to 20% going to #Kanchana3 and rest of films put together 10 %, got 1 or 2 shows.

— Sreedhar Pillai (@sri50) April 29, 2019

It has beaten Nani's Jersey and Raghava Lawrence's Kanchana 3 to grab the top 2 positions at the Chennai box office. While the first spot is grabbed by its English version, other regional languages of the film debuted at the second position. Also Read - Jeremy Renner shares first selfie from hospital; Avengers star has a message for fans after his near fatal accident

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Talking about the good start that "Avengers: Endgame" has taken, Siddharth Bhardwaj, Chief Marketing Officer, UFO Moviez, said: "Marvel has worked really hard to build each of its superhero franchise fan base. The film is drawing audiences of all these individual superheroes... The record-breaking box office numbers are expected not only from top cities but huge occupancy is being reported from tier I and tier II towns also." Also Read - Avengers Endgame actor Jeremy Renner 'Critical' after snow plowing accident; suffers injuries

The star-studded cast includes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillan, Danai Gurira, Bradley Cooper and Josh Brolin.

According to variety.com, the film is heading for a record-shattering opening weekend of about $300 million in North America. It reported that the movie has taken in a stunning $305 million in its first two days of global release on Wednesday and Thursday in 46 markets, led by a powerful $154 million in China. The Chinese opening day broke a record, with $107 million. The UK is the second-largest international market with $15.3 million, followed by South Korea at $14.2 million and Australia at $13.9 million.

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ByGanesh Aaglave
Published: April 29, 2019 11:58 AM IST