Avengers Endgame vs Detective Pikachu box office battle: Can Pokemon movie WIN?
The Marvel all-star team-up is expected to remain atop the US charts for a third straight weekend.
But Detective Pikachu opened with a strong first day yesterday, and – looking solely at Friday’s estimated figures – beat Iron Man, Captain America et al.
According to Deadline, Detective Pikachu was on track to net around $20 million on Friday – a hairline higher than Avengers: Endgame’s $18 million.
But the forecast for the entire weekend is much more in Marvel’s favour.
Endgame is predicted to finish at around $70 million for the weekend, a 53% drop week-on-week but still an enormous figure – and enough to take it well over the $700 million barrier in the US alone.
Detective Pikachu, meanwhile, is expected to sit in second place with a gross of around $54 million.
Both films will finish miles ahead of the competition: the critically-lambasted The Hustle, starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson, is looking at a $13.5 million opening weekend.
Detective Pikachu is the first major blockbuster of the summer to give Endgame a run for its money.
There are many more to come over the next few weeks: John Wick Chapter 3 is out next weekend, with Aladdin, Rocketman and The Secret Life of Pets 2 due the week after that.
For now, Endgame is continuing to smash records, and gets ever-closer to beating Avatar’s all-time global record.
As things stand, Endgame is believed to be at around $2.33 billion worldwide, now a mere $450 million behind Avatar.
It’s already comfortably surpassed Titanic, the total for which was $2.19 billion.
In terms of domestic takings, Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the one to beat: the 2015 release has made $936.7 million in the US alone, with Avatar in second on $760.5 million.
By the end of the weekend, Endgame should have leapfrogged Black Panther’s $700 million to take third place.
Detective Pikachu, meanwhile, has enjoyed mostly warm reviews and should be the most successful video game adaptation of all time.
Both Detective Pikachu and Avengers: Endgame are out now.
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