Tag: Avengers: Endgame
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‘Avengers: Endgame’: Hollywood Should Be Scared of Disney’s Box Office Dominance
One April weekend in 1964, the Beatles achieved the impossible when they notched the top five spots on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. That achievement — never accomplished before or since — erased any remaining doubts about their dominance. Marvel’s three-hour “
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‘Avengers: Endgame’ Decimates Record Books with $1.2 Billion Global Debut
Heading into the weekend it was a foregone conclusion that Avengers: Endgame would deliver the largest opening weekend of all-time, both domestically and globally, but to deliver a three-day domestic gross totaling an estimated $350 million and a global weekend over $1 billion was almost inconceivable.Today that figure has become a reality as Endgame not…
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‘Avengers: Endgame’ Smashes Every Record On Its Way To $1.2 Billion Worldwide [Box Office]
$1.2 billion. One. Point. Two. Billion. Dollars. Welcome to the absolutely bonkers world of box office reporting in the era of “Avengers: Endgame.”We all knew this weekend was going to be massive. But even our wildest expectations didn’t brace box office nerds for the reality. “Avengers: Endgame” arrived and, as expected, was the biggest film…
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‘Avengers: Endgame’ Obliterates Records With $1.2 Billion Global Debut
It’s truly the Avengers’ world. The opening weekend of “Avengers: Endgame” demolished box office records with a stunning $350 million in North America and $1.2 billion worldwide.Disney-Marvel’s fourth and final Avengers superhero movie has captivated moviegoers, accounting for more than four of every five tickets sold domestically. “Avengers: Endgame” topped the year-old “Avengers: Infinity War”…
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‘Avengers: Endgame’ Proves That Thrills, Humor, Emotional Payoff & Messiness Can All Co-Exist [Podcast]
Welcome to another edition of The Playlist Podcast, a discussion about film, television, and any other pop culture topics worthy of discussion, and this week, it’s arguably the pop culture event to end all pop culture events: “
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‘Avengers’ Star Karen Gillan Wants to Direct an McU Film
Karen Gillan discussed her dream of directing an McU film on “The Big Ticket” podcast with Marc Malkin.“I keep asking Kevin Feige when that’s going to be. I’m still waiting,” she said.She clarifies that she “wouldn’t just do any film,” though. “I think it would need to be one where I had a strong feeling…
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‘Avengers: Endgame’ and the Problem with a Cinematic Universe That Never Stops Expanding
[Editor’s note: The following article contains spoilers for “Avengers: Endgame.”]Of the two major characters who die in “Avengers: Endgame,” one already has a standalone spinoff planned. That’s par for the course in a cinematic universe that managed to convince exactly zero viewers that the heroes snapped out of existence in last year’s “Infinity War” were…
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‘Avengers: Endgame’: Burning Questions About Where the McU Goes From Here (Spoilers)
Note: This article contains major spoilers about the events in “
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‘Avengers: Endgame’: Paul Rudd Knows About That Asinine Ant-Man/Thanos Theory
As anticipation for “Avengers: Endgame” reached a fever pitch in recent months, a semi-serious theory took the internet by storm: What if Ant-Man shrinks down, climbs into Thanos’ butt, and then expands, killing the bad guy instantly? It adheres to the story’s internal logic that such a thing is possible, albeit gross and juvenile, which…
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‘Avengers: Endgame’ Scores Record-Setting $156.7 Million on Friday
“Avengers: Endgame” is on its way to a record-breaking debut — to put it mildly — with an estimated $345 million from 4,662 North American locations.The final installment in the Avengers saga landed an enormous $156.7 million on Friday after a stunning international debut on Wednesday, which included a $107 million opening day in China.…