Fans Marvel at epic Avengers climax

The latest installment of the Disney-owned superhero franchise is set to smash box-office records, Xu Fan reports.

As the clock struck midnight on Tuesday, it signaled the start of a carnival for Marvel fans.

More than 2.1 million of them flooded to thousands of cinemas across China for the first batch of advance screenings of Avengers: Endgame, the epic conclusion of the current phase of the 11-year-long superhero franchise, which thus far has consisted of 22 films.