"Avengers 4" box office forecast: Over $200 million in the first week of release

Earth's greatest heroes could be on their way to breaking box office records later this month, with a new forecast predicting Avengers: Endgame could gross between $200 million and $250 million over its first weekend, which would make it the biggest opening weekend of the year and only the sixth film in history to do so.

According to Variety, the length of Avengers 4 exceeds three hours, which may be one of the unfavorable factors affecting the box office revenue. Because the longer the film is, the fewer screenings the theater can schedule in a single day. Currently, the champion record of the first weekend box office of a new film in 2019 is held by another Marvel Universe movie Captain Marvel, which took in $153 million in its first weekend box office.

Of course, these predictions may not be accurate. Variety pointed out that the box office forecast for "Avengers 3: Infinity War" was between 180 million and 225 million US dollars, but the actual box office reached 257 million US dollars in the end. It became the strongest movie opening in history, and it has remained unbroken until now. The expected box office of "Avengers 4" is already on par with this record, so if it exceeds expectations again, it will break the first-week box office record again. It is also worth mentioning that the global box office of "Avengers 3" reached 640 million US dollars without counting the Chinese mainland market, and the global release plan of "Avengers 4" properly considered the Chinese mainland market, so the prospects are quite optimistic.

The high box office expectations are not surprising. The pre-sale of "Avengers 4" has already started. As a key node in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series, it should inherit the quality and box office performance of previous works.