'Avengers: Infinity War' Breaks Ticket Presales Record in China

The release of Avengers: Infinity War in China is drawing closer, and the film is already breaking records.

Avengers: Infinity War has brought in $47.5 million in ticket pre-sales in China, already surpassing the previous pre-sale record in China set by local film Monster Hunt 2 with $47 million during the Chinese new year with another full day let before its debut in the region.

For further comparison, The Fate of the Furious set a new ticket pre-sale record for a Hollywood film last year with $25 million. Avengers: Infinity War has crushed that total.

As previously reported, China will play a major role in deciding if Avengers: Infinity War can become the first summer release to achieve $2 billion worldwide at the box office. So far, things are looking pretty good for the film in the market.

Avengers: Infinity War had the highest-grossing opening weekend of all time at the domestic box office, earning $257.6 million. The film earned $112.5 million in its second weekend at the domestic box office, which is the second-highest second weekend of all time behind only Star Wars: The Force Awakens' $149 million.

Avengers: Infinity War is also the fastest movie to ever reach $1 billion at the box office globally, making it the sixth Marvel Studios film to reach that benchmark, and the 15th highest-grossing film of all time. Its box office total currently stands at $461.4 million domestic and $1.2 billion worldwide.

Avengers: Infinity War also broke a record with its opening in Russia. Here's a list of some of the other box office records that Avengers: Infinity War has broken so far.

Avengers: Infinity War ranked highly in ComicBook.com's definitive ranking of all 19 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies. You can see the complete list here. If you're wondering about the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, here are some of the movies that Avengers 4 is likely to set up.

Avengers: Infinity War is now playing in theaters. Other upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe movies include Ant-Man and the Wasp on July 6th, Captain Marvel opens on March 8, 2019, the fourth Avengers movie on May 3, 2019, the sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming on July 5, 2019, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in 2020.

[H/T The Hollywood Reporter]