In the four days since the launch of “Marvel Avengers Assemble”, the film has already taken £15.8m at the UK box office, Disney have confirmed – more than the entire UK runs of “The Hulk”, “Captain America”, and “Thor”.

It’s no. 1 in 39 countries, and the film’s massive $178.4m international take also saw it become Disney’s biggest 3-day opening of all time, the biggest single-day taking for a Disney film (£5.4m), and the biggest superhero movie opening of all time.

There’s a little discussion of sequels so far: comic book creator Stan Lee has commented that he’d like to see Black Panther, Dr Strange, and Ant-Man introduced in the future, while Scarlett Johansson wants to see a solo Black Widow movie.