Avengers: Endgame has witnessed a historic period at the box office in India on its opening day as the film has apparently earned close to Rs 50 crore on the first day of its release, as per a box office report. In Mumbai, Avengers: Endgame has expectedly collected Rs 14 crore so far while Rs 16 crore is what the film has earned in the southern regions.

Tickets to the film were made available online earlier this week and booking websites crashed as incredible numbers of impatient fans logged in for tickets.  On online ticketing platform BookMyShow, the film clocked the highest number of advance tickets sold for a Hollywood film and was on its way to hit 4 million in ticket sales on the first day of its release on Friday. The film hit a peak of 18 tickets per second on the first day of advance sales.

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Trade analysts had predicted prior to the release of Avengers: Endgame, which released in Hindi, English, Tamil and Telugu across 2845 screens in India, that it is likely to register an opening day collection of between Rs 50 crore and Rs 55 crore, and an opening weekend figure of around Rs 200 crore.

Avengers: Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson and Brie Larson. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, Avengers: Endgame is the Marvel Cinematic Universe's 22nd film. It will be the end of a phase that revolved around Iron Man, the Hulk and Captain America, among others.

Source: Box Office India (With inputs from IANS)