![]() ![]() "We're looking at more than 30 million American and more than 100 million global guests that experienced 'Endgame' on the big screen in one weekend," Fithian said. ![]() Fithian called it possibly "the most significant moment in the modern history of the movie business." But theaters dedicated more screens to "Endgame" than any movie before it to satiate the frenzy around Joe and Anthony Russo's film, one which ties together the "Avengers" storyline as well as the previous 21 releases of the Marvel "cinematic universe" begun with 2008's "Iron Man."įor an industry dogged by uncertainty over the growing role of streaming, the weekend was a mammoth display of the movie theater's lucrative potency. Not working in the film's favor was its lengthy running time: 161 minutes. show on Saturday morning before,' and they were doing it all across their circuit." "I talked to an exhibitor in Kansas who said, 'I've never sold out a 7 a.m. "We've got some really tired staff," said John Fithian, president and chief executive of the National Association of Theater Owners. In one fell swoop, "Endgame" has already made more than movies like "Skyfall," "Aquaman" and "The Dark Knight Rises" grossed in their entire runs, not accounting for inflation. "Avengers: Endgame" doesn't have a scene after the credits - it has something else instead.Worldwide, it obliterated the previous record of $640.5 million, also set by "Infinity War." ("Infinity War" didn't open in China, the world's second largest movie market, until two weeks after its debut.) "Endgame" set a new weekend record in China, too, where it made $330.5 million. and Canadian theaters, but moviegoers turned out in such droves that "Endgame" blew past the previous record of $257.7 million, set last year by "Avengers: Infinity War" when it narrowly surpassed "The Force Awakens." The movie had been forecast to open between $260 million and $300 million in U.S. ![]() The "Avengers" finale far exceeded even its own gargantuan expectations, according to studio estimates Sunday. "Avengers: Endgame" shattered the record for biggest opening weekend with an estimated $350 million in ticket sales domestically and $1.2 billion globally, reaching a new pinnacle in the blockbuster era that the comic-book studio has come to dominate. So, yeah, if I were Spider-Man: Far From Home, I'd take every possible chance to connect myself to Avengers: Endgame too."Avengers: Endgame" smashes box office records with $1.2 billion opening 00:39 Considering everything else from June save for Toy Story 4 and Annabelle Comes Home is mostly played out, we could see a scenario where Avengers 4 earns barely less worldwide than every other May and June release combined. A friend suggested that Cassie (now played by Emma Fuhrmann) become a teen superhero in a theoretical third installment alongside dad and dad's girlfriend, and that makes as much sense as anything.īut back to box office for a moment, Avengers: Endgame has earned as much by itself worldwide as (not yet counting Toy Story 4's $244 million cume as of Sunday) the rest of the summer's $2.668 billion worldwide gross combined. And if Peyton Reed's "Yeah, sorry about that!" prize for how Endgame messed with Ant-Man's continuity is that he gets to helm the Fantastic Four project he's always wanted, well, there are worse outcomes. The big company-wide cross-over screwed over the continuities of several stand-alone franchises (aging up Scott Lang's daughter into a teenager, Thanos killing Gamora, leaving Wakanda without King T'Challa for five years, etc.), but that's frankly par for the course in comic books. That the last two Avengers movies and the last two Captain America movies (both of which were the biggest "mythology episodes" among stand-alone franchises) were all helmed by the Russo Bros is probably why the Captain America franchise retroactively became the most important one in the MCU over the long haul. But, at least in the MCU, it has become the norm. Sometimes it's more successful ( Civil War dealing with the consequences of Tony's world-killing murder bot in Age of Ultron) than others ( Batman v Superman retroactively coping with Man of Steel's third act body count). and Chris Evans in 'Captain America: Civil War' Walt Disney ![]()
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