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'Avengers: Endgame' on pace to crack Sh30 billion on debut

Avengers: Endgame poster [Photo: Courtesy]

Marvel superhero spectacle “Avengers: Endgame” hauled in a record Sh6 billion ($60 million) at U.S. and Canadian box offices on Thursday night, and distributor Walt Disney Co “cautiously” predicted an unprecedented $300 million weekend debut.

That would smash the current opening-weekend domestic record of Sh25 billion ($258 million), set a year ago by predecessor “Avengers: Infinity War.”

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