office: Only Black Panther has a higher Rotten Tomatoes score, at 97%. The box office is down 18% through April 23 versus the year-earlier period, but it could still grow 3% for the quarter, according to MKM analyst Eric Handler, according to Market Watch. Although the film is 30 minutes longer than last year's Avengers Infinity War, it will likely account for more than 50% of all the industry's screens during the weekend and in a number of cases will be running for 72 straight hours, he wrote in a note to clients. Analysts are expecting the three-hour film to dominate the box office, buoyed by stellar reviews it has a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score and to mark an industry inflection point for both the second quarter and the full year. Cinema chain AMC Entertainment Holding Inc. We have set aside approximately 10 million seats and 58,000 showtimes for this historic event, said AMC CEO Adam Aron, according to a company statement. AMC, 0.65% said earlier that the film has already set a record for Thursday-night box office, a fact confirmed by Disney DIS, 1.95% . The record has shattered AMC's previous record for single-movie screenings over a weekend, and the film will have 10,000 more showtimes than the previous record weekend, held by the opening of Avengers Infinity War in 2018.
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