We know that Avengers: Infinity War has been tracking to break records when it opens next week, and while many didn’t think Star Wars: The Force Awakens‘ opening record was in danger; it now looks like the culmination of ten years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be the movie to beat Star Wars as the box office.

Yesterday Variety pointed out that Infinity War is tracking at upwards of $235 million for its opening weekend. For reference, The Force Awakens‘ record is about $248 million. BoxOfficePro is estimating that Infinity War could make as much as $255 million.

If it gets even close tot hat $255 million, it’ll break The Force Awakens‘ record. Bolstering that is the Wall Street Journal who said that while the pre-orders for Infinity War are just behind those of the last two Star Wars saga episodes, the audience anticipation and desire to see the Marvel film is actually higher.

As people who watch this sort of thing know, most of the time tracking for movies (especially Marvel movies) usually is much lower than what actually happens. If that’s the case with Infinity War, next weekend is going to be a historic one at the box office.

Jeremy Conrad Jeremy has been active on the web since the 90s. He once ran IGN DVD as well as other sites, and worked in the video game industry on Star Wars Galaxies. When he’s not pursing the future of Marvel movies, he studies computer programming. See author's posts

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