Still Super: ‘Avengers’ Is Forecast to Set Box-Office Record

“Star Wars” may have sputtered some, but “Avengers” looks to keep delivering big for Walt Disney Co.

“Avengers: Endgame,” the fourth film in the Marvel superhero series, is expected to set a weekend box-office record when it opens April 26. Researcher Exhibitor Relations predicts $282 million in North American ticket sales, topping the $258 million mark set last year by “Avengers: Infinity War.”