the second part of infinity war was released on july 14, 2017.
when does the second part of infinity war?
july 14, 2017
in october 2014, marvel announced a two-part sequel to "" (2015), titled "avengers: infinity war". "part 1" was scheduled to be released on may 4, 2018, with "part 2" scheduled for may 3, 2019. in april 2015, marvel announced that anthony and joe russo would direct both parts of "avengers: infinity war", with back-to-back filming expected to begin in 2016. the next month, christopher markus and stephen mcfeely had signed on to write the screenplays for both parts of the film, which draws inspiration from jim starlin's 1991 "the infinity gauntlet" comic and jonathan hickman's 2013 "infinity" comic. anthony russo added the film was inspired by 1990s heist films, with thanos "on a smash-and-grab [to acquire the infinity stones], and everybody's trying to catch up the whole movie". producer kevin feige said that the "infinity war" films were subtitled "part 1" and "part 2" "because they [have] such shared elements, it felt appropriate... but i wouldn't call it one story that's cut in half. i would say it's going to be two distinct movies". in may 2016, the russos revealed that they would retitle the two films, to further remove the misconception that they were one large film split in two, with joe stating, "the intention is we will change [the titles], we just haven't come up with [them] yet". that july, marvel revealed "part 1"s title would be shortened to simply "avengers: infinity war".
avengers: infinity war
in december 2017, a survey from fandango indicated that "infinity war" was the most anticipated film of 2018. fandango later reported that "infinity war" achieved the largest initial 24-hour ticket pre-sales for a superhero film, taking just 6 hours to surpass the previous 24-hour record set by "black panther". atom tickets reported that "infinity war" sold more tickets in its first pre-sales day than "black panther" sold in its first month. within 72 hours, the film generated the largest pre-sales for any superhero film at amc theatres, with its advance ticket sales being 257.6% ahead of "black panther"s, 751.5% ahead of "captain america: civil war", and 1,106.5% ahead of "avengers: age of ultron" during the same time frame. two weeks before its release, fandango revealed that advance ticket sales for "infinity war" were outpacing the last seven mcu films combined in the same timeframe, and had become the company's top april release. it was also on pace to become the top superhero film. a week before the film released, "the wall street journal" said the film had sold more than $50 million worth of advance tickets, behind only "the force awakens" and "" (2017), with fandango reporting that more than 2,500 showtimes had sold out. on atom tickets, "infinity war" had the most pre-sale volume, selling 7% higher than "the last jedi" and 250% higher than "black panther" at the same point in their sales. atom also reported that ticket sales for "infinity war" were doubling daily the week of its release, the fastest rate of increase the service has seen for any mcu title.
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