TheAvengers: Endgamespoiler-banis officially over, but the box office numbers show few signs of slowing down. The movie, which is the culmination of the MCU’s story so far, has already made a habit ofdestroying existing box office records; many more are likely to fall. Take, for example, the current list of top-earners from theall-time worldwide box office, which now has a new member.
AsTHRreports,Avengers: Endgamehas already made $1.785 billion in its first week of release, easily giving it the fifth spot on this historic list. That pushes the 2015 filmJurassic Worldand its $1.764.3 billion down to sixth. The new total comes after a Thursday earning of $121.4 million globally, a total that most movies would kill for on an opening weekend let alone a Thursday night. The latest MCU movie is in for another big weekend with little competition in sight from newcomers likeEl Chicano,The Intruder,Long Shot, andUglyDolls.
ButAvengers: Endgamestill needs quite the push to move up the all-time worldwide box office list. It currently sits behind its own sister film,Avengers: InfinityWarwith only a paltry $264 million separating them; this one’s within striking distance. Beyond that, in third place, is yet another Disney product:Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with roughly $20 million more thanInfinity War. This one could and should fall toEndgamejust as easily. The main competition here is in the two top spots, movies which have reigned for 10 and 20+ years, respectively. In first place isAvatarwith $2.788 billion, followed byTitanicin second with $2,187.5 billion.
That’s a lotta bucks. DespiteTitanic’s silver medal, won from more than 20 years worth of re-releases and box office boosting, it’s only about $400 million ahead ofEndgame. The first ofJames Cameron’s two epic box office busters may soon slip to third. ButEndgameis going to need more than another billion dollars if it wants to sneak pastAvatarand its own decade of re-releases. But as far as Disney’s concerned, it’s just bragging rights since they own/have acquired the properties that reside in the top spots, with the exception ofTitanic. Yay for mergers, I guess.
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