Avengers: Endgame on course to overtake Jaws

Avengers: Endgame has continued its lightning ascent of the UK and Ireland alltime box office chart, leapfrogging the likes of The Full Monty and Jurassic Park after only three weeks.

The latest film in the Marvel franchise has so far taken £80.4 million in cinemas, enough to place it just outside the top 10 highest grossing films since current records began.

It has now outperformed the original 1977 Star Wars film (£74.4 million) and its 1999 prequel The Phantom Menace (£78.8 million), along with 1997’s The Full Monty (£74.5 million) and 1993’s Jurassic Park (£75.8 million).

By next week, Endgame is likely to have overtaken 1975’s Jaws (£80.6 million) and 2010’s Toy Story 3 (£81.5 million).