Can 'Avengers: Infinity War' Deliver a Record Opening Weekend?(updated)

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: With an estimated $105.9 million on Friday, Disney and Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War is currently looking at an opening weekend that could top $240 million, which would make it the second largest domestic debut all-time behind only Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($247.9m). The film's Friday performance already ranks as the second largest opening day and single day of all-time, behind Force Awakens, and by end of day today it will hold the largest April opening ever before even counting Sunday's grosses. Infinity War scored an "A" CinemaScore from opening day audiences.

The film's opening day helps push Disney over the $1 billion mark domestically after just 117 days, breaking the studio's own record of 128 days set in 2016.

Internationally, Infinity War's overseas gross has now grown to an estimated $178.5 million after three days in release.

At the same time, while most every film is dropping significantly this weekend in the face of Infinity War, fellow Marvel film Black Panther is looking to play evenly or perhaps even improve on last weekend's performance after an estimated $1.27 million on Friday, looking at a weekend around $4.7 million.