Moviegoers line up for the first showing of “Avengers: Endgame” midnight Tuesday in a cinema in Beijing’s Tongzhou district. The film opened two days earlier in the country than in North America. Photo: IC Photo 

Moviegoers line up at the box office for the first showing of “Avengers: Endgame.” According to Chinese box office monitoring platform Maoyan, the film’s box office surpassed 928 million yuan ($137.73 million), as of Thursday at 4 p.m. Photo: IC Photo

Moviegoers line up at self-service ticket machines for the first showing of “Avengers: Endgame.” Photo: IC Photo

A cinema in Beijing’s Haidian district was packed Tuesday at midnight. Photo: IC Photo

A Marvel fan wears Iron Man’s helmet to the cinema Tuesday at midnight. Photo: IC Photo