《复仇者联盟3:无限战争》经济学人学习笔记

Box office 票房

Infinite  无限大的

filmgoer    n.（常）看电影的人≈The people who go to films

－goers  ...的人

Concergoers  去听演唱会的人

Record    adj.创记录的（只用于名词前）

Crowd    v.挤满 n.大众

Crowd cinemas  挤爆电影院

flimgoers will crowd cinemas across America for what may be a record opening weekend for "Avengers:Infinity war"

全国:across the country

全球:across the world

A record sth.        ...的最高纪录

Marvel studios  漫威影业

Marvel Cinematic Universe  漫威电影宇宙

Feature sb.    vt.以...为主演

Star-studded    adj.明星云集的

Cast    n. 演员阵容

Thus for 迄今为止

The film from Disney's Marvel Studios is the 19th in the Marvel Cinmatic Universe ,featuring a star-studded cast representing virtually every superhero introduced in the series thus far.

(featuring a star-studded cast是前面 the 19th的定语)

这句话的总体结构是:主句＋后置定语＋后置定语

Villainous  adj.罪恶的；坏透的

Villain    n.恶棍，坏人，反派

fate  命运

hangs in the balance悬而未决；安危未定

The fate of the universe hangs in the balance.

Film-makers  制作电影的人

Succeed with sth.在某事上取得成功

Succeed with sth. by doing sth.在某事上靠做什么而取得成功

embrace the limitations (of the genre) 拥抱（这种类型）的局限性/缺陷

Let the audience in on the joke让观众笑而置之

lucrative    adj.利润丰厚的

Be on the mark    正确；准确

Projected    adj.预料的；预测的

Profitable    adj.盈利的，有益的

And if projected ticket sales are on the mark , it may also be the most lucrative.

Break the record  打破纪录

Set the record  创造记录

Hulk smash indeed.大大打破往日的票房记录

原文

Infinite box office: Avengers

From today, filmgoers will crowd cinemas across America for what may be a record opening weekend for "Avengers: Infinity War".

The film from Disney's Marvel Studios is the 19th in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, featuring a star-studded cast representing virtually every superhero introduced in the series thus far.

Their task is to stop the villainous Thanos.

The fate of the universe hangs in the balance.

You get the idea.

So do the film－makers, who succeed with "Infinity War" by embracing the limitations of the genre, and letting the audience in on the joke.

This may be the funniest Marvel film yet.

And if projected ticket sales are on the mark, it may also be the most lucrative.

"Infinity War" could take $250m at the box office in America and Canada alone this weekend, which would break the record set by "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", another Disney flick, in 2015.

Hulk Smash indeed.