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'Avengers: Infinity War' tops North American box office again

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — "Avengers: Infinity War" dominated the North American box office for a third straight weekend, raking in US$61.8 million as it easily fended off competition, industry estimates showed Sunday. The Disney blockbuster, featuring a string of Marvel superheroes out to save the universe from powerful purple alien Thanos (Josh Brolin), has had a cumulative take over three weeks of US$547.8 million, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations. Returning to their Marvel roles are Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and Chris Hemsworth as Thor. Running a distant second was "Life of the Party," a Melissa McCarthy comedy that rang up a respectable US$18.5 million its first weekend out. McCarthy, who co-wrote the script with director Ben Falcone, stars as a newly divorced mother who returns to college, only to find herself in class with her daughter. Anothe...