On its opening weekend, “Avengers: Infinity War” surpassed “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” to earn the biggest domestic opening of all time. To pass the lightsaber, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy and the “Star Wars” team shared their congratulations for “Earth’s mightiest heroes” on social media.
Congratulations, @MarvelStudios and @Avengers: #InfinityWar. pic.twitter.com/PnHfaouOlP
— Star Wars (@starwars) May 1, 2018
“Avengers: Infinity War” earned $258.2 million on its opening weekend. For a while, “The Avengers” held the top spot but Marvel passed the honor to Universal Pictures when “Jurassic World” surpassed them with $208.8 million domestically in 2015. “Jurassic World” was then surpassed by “The Force Awakens” later that year.
Congrats Mr. Spielberg @UniversalPics @Legendary @LeDoctor @colintrevorrow and especially @prattprattpratt pic.twitter.com/5DxlDM8pgK
— Kevin Feige (@Kevfeige) June 16, 2015
Cheers to J.J., Kathy, the cast and crew, and DIS/LFL marketing teams! #TheForceAwakens @Disney @StarWars @Bad_Robot pic.twitter.com/oa0zwuAb2Q
— Frank Marshall (@LeDoctor) December 21, 2015
With the upcoming arrival of “Solo: A Star Wars Story” (May 25) and “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” (June 22), we’ll see if the trend of Star Wars – Universal Pictures – Marvel congratulatory messages continues.
Source: EW