Avengers: Endgame has become the most tweeted about film of all time, with more than 50 million posts about the epic since the start of the year. The movie, which opened on April 26, became the 10th highest grossing film of all time when it surpassed a total of $1.342 billion at the worldwide box office on Monday. In addition to setting records with its ticket sales, Endgame has now topped the charts on Twitter - with almost half the 50 million total sent in the past week alone. Record breaker: Avengers: Endgame has become the most tweeted about film of all time with more than 50 million posts since the start of the year (pictured Chris Hemsworth as Thor) Avengers: Endgame saw the conclusion of the decade-long Infinity Saga - which documented Thanos' plot to wipe out half of the universe's living creatures. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the franchise's villain was the most talked about character online - followed by Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr), Captain America (Chris Evans) and Hulk (Mark Ruffalo). Tom Hiddleston's Loki also grabbed a top spot - despite the character only appearing in the three-hour-long epic for two minutes. Spider-Man (Tom Holland) was the seventh most talked about character, followed by Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Groot (Vin Diesel) and Nebula (Karen Gillan) in tenth place. Impressive: The film, which opened on April 26, became the 10th highest grossing film of all time when it surpassed a total of $1.342 billion at the worldwide box office on Monday Fans appeared most excited about the release in the US, with those in the country sending the most tweets about the film. They were followed by Marvel enthusiasts in Brazil, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Japan. The UK came in seventh place - followed by Mexico, Indonesia and France. The star-studded movie is a direct sequel to Avengers: Infinity War, which opened a year ago, and wraps up the stories told in 21 films in the MCU starting with 2008's Iron Man. At the end of Infinity War, half of the population of the universe was destroyed in the 'snap'. Social hit: In addition to setting records with its ticket sales, Endgame has now topped the charts on Twitter - with almost half the 50 million total sent in the past week alone Endgame: The film saw the conclusion of the decade-long Infinity Saga - which documented Thanos' plot to wipe out half of the universe's living creatures With only Black Widow, Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Hulk, Rocket (Bradley Cooper), Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), Okoye (Danai Gurira), Thor, War Machine (Terrence Howard) and Captain America left on Earth - the team were left in limbo. Iron Man and Nebula were adrift in space with Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) and Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) alive in an unknown location. The cast and directors of the movie mounted a #DontSpoilTheEndgame campaign urging all fans to give each other a chance to have the same experience when watching the movie for the first time. The hashtag #DontSpoilTheEndgame has since trended globally, with fans (mostly) abiding by the rules and keeping their silence. Spoilers: The cast of the movie mounted a #DontSpoilTheEndgame campaign urging all fans to keep plot details to themselves Fans shared tweets documenting their efforts to remain spoiler-free on Twitter - with some teachers, professors and even London tube stations joining the campaign. Endgame is the latter end of Marvel's 'Phase Three', but the superhero giant shows no signs of slowing down just yet, with 'Phase Four' set to begin in 2020. The fourth phase is set to include the long-awaited Black Widow solo film, and sequels for Doctor Strange, Black Panther and Guardians of the Galaxy. Finale: The star-studded movie is a direct sequel to Avengers: Infinity War, which opened a year ago, and wraps up the stories told in 21 films in the MCU starting with 2008's Iron ManAll rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility