Avengers: Endgame is in its opening weekend dominated many records including a $350 million domestic opening and a $1 billion globally. Now, rolling into its second week of release the film is continuing to crush box office records.
Endgame in its second weekend of released reached an astounding $2.189 billion at the global box office in just 10 days. This is the fastest a film has ever surpassed the $2 billion mark at the box office. It took the previous record holder, the now Disney owned Avatar, which has several sequels in the works, 47 days to reach that mark a decade ago. The film officially passed Titanic ($2.187 billion) to become the second highest-grossing film of all time.
With Endgame’s continued box office strength, it is being believed by industry insiders that the film has a chance to gross anywhere from $2.7-$3.5 billion worldwide at the end of its theatrical run to become the highest-grossing film of all time. The record still belonging to Avatar which currently sits at $2.7 billion.
A culmination of 22 interconnected films the fourth installment of the Avengers saga will draw audiences to witness the turning point of this epic journey. Our beloved heroes will truly understand how fragile this reality is and the sacrifices that must be made to uphold it.
Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillan, Danai Gurira, Benedict Wong, Jon Favreau, Bradley Cooper, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Josh Brolin.
Produced by Kevin Feige, Avengers: Endgame is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo (aka. the Russo Brothers) with Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Michael Grillo, Trinh Tran, Jon Favreau, James Gunn, and Stan Lee as the executive producers. Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely wrote the screenplay.
Avengers: Endgame is in theaters now!