Marvel’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron was on course to reach the milestone on Friday, its 24th day of release.
The film will become Marvel Studios’ third release to cross $1bn worldwide alongside The Avengers and Iron Man 3.
It will also become the eighth Disney release to do so.
As of Friday morning the film stood at $990m overall and had grossed $76m in South Korea and $69m in China after two days.
Didi director Sean Wang, Sugarcane co-directors Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie are also being feted in January 2025.
Jon M. Chu’s Broadway adaptation goes up against Paramount’s ‘Gladiator II’. ‘Glicked’, anyone?
Also out this weekend: Sundance drag queen romance ‘Layla’ and a raft of documentaries, including ‘Bread & Roses’ and ‘Silent Men’.
’Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’ swinging towards $500m worldwide.
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