According to directors Joe and Anthony Russo, the record-breaking opening weekend box office of Avengers: Endgame will never be beaten by another film.
Avengers: Endgame Directors Joe and Anthony Russo say the film’s opening weekend box office record will never be surpassed. As the culmination of a decade of MCU storytelling, Avengers: Endgame was released in 2019 and received great reviews from both audiences and critics. The film is set after the shocking events of Avengers: Infinity Warwhich ended with Thanos wiping out half of the universe’s population from existence. Avengers: Endgame brings MCU Phase 3 to a close as the audience bids farewell to Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man. and Captain America by Chris Evans.
For a while, Avengers: Endgame was the highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing that of James Cameron Avatar before that movie was re-released and reclaimed the title. The worldwide gross for Avengers: Endgame currently stands at a whopping $2.79 billion, taking it number 2 to Avatar$2.92 billion. Despite no longer holding the title of highest-grossing film of all time, Avengers: Endgame still holds the record for its opening weekend worldwide box office, which stands at $1.2 billion. There is no avengers movie since Avengers: Endgamebut the superhero team will return to the big screen in 2025 with the release of Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.
In a recent interview with VarietyJoe Russo expresses his belief that Avengers: EndgameThe record-breaking opening weekend will never be surpassed by any other film. Although the filmmakers don’t go into detail about why they think Avengers: Endgame will continue to prevail, the changing theater landscape caused by COVID-19 is likely to be an important factor. Watch Russo’s full commentary below:
“It will never happen again. That was a pinnacle of that era of theatrical filmmaking. When we started AGBO, we could already feel the wind turning.”
Which movie can beat Avengers: Endgame opening weekend record?
Since the COVID-19 pandemic has caused movie theaters around the world to close their doors for many months at a time, moviegoers’ behavior has changed, with an increasing focus on which movies are worth getting out of the house. to go. The release of recent hits such as Top Gun: Mavericksuggests, however, that the tide may be turning again. While Avengers: EndgameIts opening weekend box office record will likely remain in place for several more years to come, it’s certainly possible future movies could still dethrone it. With the MCU already building its greatest movies ever with Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Warsit is not excluded that one of these films could surpass Avengers: Endgamethe opening weekend.
With the recent reissue of Avatar to make it clear that audiences are still interested in Cameron’s science-fiction/fantasy 3D epic, it’s also possible that a non-MCU movie could eventually beat Avengers: Endgamethe opening weekend. While the evolved theatrical landscape means the emerging Avatar: The way of the water The film is unlikely to break the record, but the film’s sequels, which are expected to come out much sooner, could spur audiences back to theaters at something akin to pre-pandemic levels. Although it is unclear whether Avengers: Endgame will hold its opening weekend record forever, the Russos are apparently something in the field of cinema that feels like the pinnacle of a particular era of blockbuster filmmaking.
Source: Variety
