While on first look it might seem inconsequential to Star Wars fans whether Avatar or Avengers: Endgame is the all-time box office champ globally, but as a site that covers Lucasfilm related projects – primarily Star Wars, of course – then today saw a film with ILM visual effects step back up to the number one position, toppling a fellow ILM project.
Today, the directors of Endgame the Russo brothers and Marvel Studios congratulated Avatar.
https://twitter.com/Russo_Brothers/status/1370790032114479104
As has been expected over the past few days, James Cameron’s Avatar has swapped places with Avengers: Endgame, reclaiming the title of highest-grossing movie ever worldwide. The China reissue of the 2009 3D sci-fi phenomenon had taken an estimated RMB 58M ($8.9M) through 5PM local time on Saturday after re-releasing on Friday in the market. This closes and surpasses what was a $7.82M gap between the two films prior to China’s resissue. Disney/Marvel’s Endgame previously snapped up the top global crown from Avatar in July 2019. The current (and fluid) Avatar global total is an estimated $2,798,579,794 versus Endgame‘s $2,797,501,328.
What are the odds that Marvel will re-release Endgame at some point to snap back that top slot and put right a temporary blip.
