The movie ‘Avatar’ could once again be the top-grossing movie in history after a rerun this Friday in theaters in China, where it raised more than $ 3.5 million on day one, making ‘Avengers: Endgame’ (2019) would exceed. ), current holder of the title.
Avengers: Endgame, the film called to culminate in style, a decade of interwoven narration of Marvel comics’ storytelling, reached the global collection of $ 2,790.2 million in 2019, a figure that represents 2,789.7 million achieved by ‘Avatar’ was defeated. in 2009.
But a year and a half later, the 2009 blockbuster has returned to its premiere in China, where audiences are flocking to theaters following the relaxation of lockdown measures due to the coronavirus.
The results of the collection at the box office won’t be known until the end of the weekend, but specialist industry media outlets like Deadline estimate they could hit more than 5.8 million on Saturday.
The brand refers to absolute box office terms and does not take into account price variations over time or successive iterations of the same movie.
In the ranking of top-grossing movies that count inflation, a figure that allows for a more accurate comparison between movies from different periods, ‘Gone with the Wind’ (1939) tops this list in the US and Canada with ‘Avengers: Endgame ‘according to the specialized portal Box Office Mojo in sixteenth place.
In 2019, James Cameron assured that he was hopeful when the movie ‘Avengers: Endgame’ was named the highest grossing movie in history, taking the record from his own movie.
“It gives me a lot of hope, it is demonstrable proof that people will continue to go to the cinema,” he said while working on two sequels to “Avatar” that will be screened from 2022. EFE