Hulk, Ant-Man, Thanos, the Wasp, and Hawkeye

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SCORE ONE FOR THE BAD GUY.AVENGERS INFINITY WAR ANNIHILATED

the box office record for biggest opening weekend, toppingStar Wars:

The Force Awakens’ previous record by nearly $10 million with a $257.7 mil-

lion domestic debut. On its way to shattering that record, the epic

culmination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe also left fans in pieces.

It didn’t end with a cliff-hanger as much as a plunge into the abyss.

Now moviegoers have a year before learning what happens next.

In the meantime, we’ll getAnt-Man and the Wasp (out July 6) and

Captain Marvel(out March 8, 2019), which is set further back in the

1990s. While those stories are self-contained,Infinity War screenwriters

Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely say they will foreshadow

events in the Avengers follow-up that will hit theaters May 3, 2019.

“There are certain requests we’ve made,” says McFeely.

“It has been a weird coordination-slash-dance,” Markus says.

“Sometimes you have to ask what they’re doing and sometimes you

have to tell them...”

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