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Avengers: Infinity War blows past $800M worldwide

The latest Marvel superhero outing's on track to set even more records at the box office both domestically and internationally.

Sean Hollister Senior Editor / Reviews
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Avengers: Infinity War has crossed the $800 million mark in worldwide box office receipts, CNET has confirmed with Disney.  $808 million, to be specific.

After a record-breaking opening weekend in the United States -- destroying even Star Wars: The Force Awakens there by $10 million -- Infinity War is on track to hunt down TFA's $2B global run. And it's poised to easily beat Black Panther, which has made $1.3B globally to date. (Black Panther took a week to cross $500 million at the global box office.) 

Next up for Avengers: Becoming a member of the $1B club, a feat which took Black Panther 26 days.

Exhibitor Relations was the first to report this news: 

For context, here's how Avengers is chasing other films, including the number one all-time grossing film, Avatar. 

Avengers take on the world

Avatar 2,788Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2,100The Avengers (2012) 1,518.8Avengers: Age of Ultron 1,405.4Black Panther 1,334Batman v Superman: Dawn od Justice 873.6Wonder Woman 821.8Avengers: Infinity War 808Justice League 657.9
Note: *All numbers in millions of US dollars

via Comicbook.com 

Update, 3:09 p.m. PT:  Originally published at 10:40 a.m. PT, now updated with confirmation from Disney and more numbers.