Avengers: Endgame earned an astonishing $1.2 billion in its opening weekend

Disney's latest blockbuster has smashed box office records, pulling in an astonishing $1.2 billion globally in its opening weekend, according to Variety. It's the eighth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to cross the billion-dollar mark, and it's the fastest any film has ever earned that much. The film topped The Force Awakens opening day record from 2015 with a $305 million global box office on Thursday (it pulled in $60 million in the US), and went on to earn around $300 million in the US ...