Looking back at Avatar's global box office figures, it appears that it made $2.74B from the original theatrical run, with the Special Edition release adding another $48M. So, if you exclude the SE re-release of Avatar, Endgame has already surpassed it. Of course, while Avatar benefited from a re-release, Endgame benefits from a decade's worth of ticket price inflation. In inflation-adjusted terms, Endgame will end up far short of Avatar. It might have had the huge opening, but its legs weren't nearly as strong as Avatar's, which were turbo-charged.

Speaking of Endgame's (relatively) unimpressive legs, I wonder why it wasn't considered a disappointment by the same people who called The Last Jedi a box office disappointment. Endgame actually bled out at a noticeably faster rate than TLJ, and, at least according to some people apparently (TLJ's critics, namely), it's the money made after the fourth week in the box office that's the real test of a movie's success.

A lot of people are forgiving the drop off because of the "must see it before I get spoiled" approach that presumably frontloaded the movie so much.  Endgame was the final movie of an 11 year movie chain, with the next Spider-Man movie serving as the epilogue.  TLJ is a Star Wars movie, which means that it opens to too much hype, unrealistic expectations, and a segment of vocal cannibalistic fans that I think now hate the franchise more than they ever loved it just because its the cool thing to do.

A lot of people are forgiving the drop off because of the "must see it before I get spoiled" approach that presumably frontloaded the movie so much.  Endgame was the final movie of an 11 year movie chain, with the next Spider-Man movie serving as the epilogue.  TLJ is a Star Wars movie, which means that it opens to too much hype, unrealistic expectations, and a segment of vocal cannibalistic fans that I think now hate the franchise more than they ever loved it just because its the cool thing to do.

Because Endgame was still the highest grossing entry in its franchise, and by a very large distance at that, which means that it was seen by pretty much all of its target audience. The Last Jedi, however, grossed considerably less than its predecessor, meaning that many people who saw The Force Awakens didn't bother to see The Last Jedi, or didn't bother rewatching it.

It's not rocket (raccoon) science.

You could've at least bothered typing raccoon right.

You're right, i just read this now as well.

https://ca.ign.com/articles/2019/06/19/avengers-endgame-returning-to-theaters-with-post-credit-extras

I wonder what they mean by the movie popping back?  I believe it's still showing across North America.  Does that mean the countries that have stopped showing it will return?

Endgame is currently around $44M shy of reaching #1.

Only one theatre in my area is still showing it and its one of those matinee places that keeps movies in for like 6 months showing only 2 movies at a time.  All the big theatres here dropped it when Dark Phoenix came out.

You're right, i just read this now as well.

https://ca.ign.com/articles/2019/06/19/avengers-endgame-returning-to-theaters-with-post-credit-extras

Count me in!! 

I'd like to see the deleted scene between Nat and Banner.  Even the one with Tony and adult/teenage Morgan?  Maybe a teaser from GotG3?  Wishful thinking, I know.  Or an extended Rescue sequence?  Tribute scenes, most def!!  Okay, I need to stop now, just too much feels already.

I also gotta make sure the run-time is beyond the initial-screening to get the right version.

More cheeseburgers please.