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It may, in fact, even have a shot at the all-time record.<\/p>\n<p>The loaded Marvel Universe film earned roughly $107 million at the Friday box office (with $39 million in Thursday previews included).  Based on that performance, analysts believe it could close the weekend with $240-250 million in receipts.<\/p>\n<p>Should it land at the high end of that range, it would break the $247.97 million record held by &#8220;Star Wars: The Force Awakens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At worst, it takes second place on the all-time leaderboard.  &#8220;Star Wars: The Last Jedi&#8221; currently holds that distinction with $220.0 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Infinity War,&#8221; obviously, ranked as Friday&#8217;s #1 film.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A Quiet Place&#8221; took second place with $3 million, while a gross of $2.5 million positioned &#8220;I Feel Pretty&#8221; as the day&#8217;s #3 film.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rampage&#8221; (just under $2 million, #4) and &#8220;Black Panther&#8221; (just over $1 million, #5) completed the Top 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The star-studded \u201cAvengers\u201d film predictably had a mammoth opening day.","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[36,1050],"tags":[10801,10857,10445,10898,10847],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Avengers: Infinity War&quot; Dominates US Friday Box Office, Set For Massive Weekend<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Based on very early numbers, &quot;Avengers: Infinity War&quot; appeared to have a shot at the #2 weekend gross in US box office history. 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