To wit, and with a hearty thanks to Box Office Mojo, last month was either a great May at the domestic box office or a terrible May at the domestic box office depending on how you look at it. As noted three months ago, the date-change of Avengers: Infinity War from May 4 to April 27 was always going to throw a wrench into the month-to-month comparisons. Thanks to a whopping $258 million domestic debut, Infinity War helped power April to its first $1 billion+ monthly cume. Comparatively, this April had Paramount/Viacom Inc.'s A Quiet Place, WB and New Line's Rampage and Disney's Avengers: Infinity War. Tracking total box office is important, especially to theaters that don't care which studios' films are filling up the seats at a given moment.

Source: Forbes June 04, 2018 18:00 UTC