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Will Avengers:Endgame beat Avatar?

Yes 68 80.00%
 
No 17 20.00%
 
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Chris Hu on 07 May 2019
morenoingrato said:

I think the more interesting question is if it can pass Star Wars 7 in the Domestic Box Office. That one is a tighter race.

Doesn't look like it will do it it had a huge drop on Monday domestically it will probably fall behind it soon. 



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Azelover on 07 May 2019

I just watched the movie last night. I was one hour in line to get the tickets, and I almost couldn't make it. There were about a dozen seats left by the time I got there.

And all I could say is, I don't know what the fuss is all about. Considering the amount of interest this movie is getting, I thought it would be an incredible movie, but it isn't. The pacing was a little off, there was too much fake drama. The action scenes, especially the big one, were nice. And there were a lot of holes within the script. Which is normal considering the time travel technicalities, which they always get wrong. I wish they'd stop making movies with that theme.

I don't quite understand why this is so popular. Would anybody please explain it to me?



Azelover on 07 May 2019
Bristow9091 said:
Azelover said:
I just watched the movie last night. I was one hour in line to get the tickets, and I almost couldn't make it. There were about a dozen seats left by the time I got there.

And all I could say is, I don't know what the fuss is all about. Considering the amount of interest this movie is getting, I thought it would be an incredible movie, but it isn't. The pacing was a little off, there was too much fake drama. The action scenes, especially the big one, were nice. And there were a lot of holes within the script. Which is normal considering the time travel technicalities, which they always get wrong. I wish they'd stop making movies with that theme.

I don't quite understand why this is so popular. Would anybody please explain it to me?

At a guess I'd say because it's the big conclusion to a 22 film story arc spread over 10 years?

That answer doesn't satisfy me. No movie can perform this way out of hype and expectation alone. Remains a mystery, and probably always will be..



flashfire926 on 07 May 2019

About time we have an actual great movie holding the box office record rather than a tech demo for 3D cinemas.



Bet with Intrinsic:

The Switch will outsell 3DS (based on VGchartz numbers), according to me, while Intrinsic thinks the opposite will hold true. One month avatar control for the loser's avatar.

HandofPrometheus on 08 May 2019
haxxiy said:

Isn't inflation-adjusted Gone with the Wind, like, way above 3 billion? More than half of it in the US too...

Adjusted Avatar should be a bit higher than its numbers nowadays, as well.

Edit - somewhat sad to think the next Avatar and Star Wars are the most likely candidates for $2 billion+ and Disney is the only one profiting and pocketing all that entertainment money.

Second fake edit - at the same time, buying Marvel and Lucasfilm for some $4 billion each was the best entertainment industry deal of all time.

Crazy how they most likely made that money back already.



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Dark_Lord_2008 on 08 May 2019

Avatar released in 2009. Avengers: End Game released in 2019.
Population in 2019 roughly 1 billion more than 2009 and more people are going to see the latest films and obvious the latest film
Over hyped blockbuster films frequently get huge sales regardless if the success is deserved or not. Lower budget films with better acting and better stories rarely get the commercial success they deserve.



AngryLittleAlchemist on 08 May 2019
flashfire926 said:
About time we have an actual great movie holding the box office record rather than a tech demo for 3D cinemas.

But we're talking about Endgame holding the box office record? 



ninjapirate42 on 08 May 2019
CaptainExplosion said:
ninjapirate42 said:
Passing Avatar is an absolute given at this point. Passing $3B also shouldn't be very difficult for it. It's an absolute monster overseas. It'll probably crap out around 3.3-3.5 billion.

That'd be huge if it happened!! :D

It's definitely going to slow down a lot, but I don't see them not hitting the 3 billion mark. I feel my estimate above may be a little high but it would be almost impossible to not pass Avatar now :)



XD84 on 08 May 2019

I was contemplating to create exactly this thread.

Yes it will.



haxxiy on 08 May 2019
Dark_Lord_2008 said:
Avatar released in 2009. Avengers: End Game released in 2019.
Population in 2019 roughly 1 billion more than 2009 and more people are going to see the latest films and obvious the latest film
Over hyped blockbuster films frequently get huge sales regardless if the success is deserved or not. Lower budget films with better acting and better stories rarely get the commercial success they deserve.

Yes. James Cameron grossing over $6.5 billion (adjusted) and 14 oscars between two movies without any sort of franchise or build-up around them is definitely a most impressive achievement than the MCU, same for George Lucas with Star Wars, and the first one specifically.