For almost a decade, Avatar has held the record for the all-time global box office with $2.79 billion. Despite becoming the fastest movie to reach the 2 billion mark, Avengers: Endgame might not be able to dethrone the James Cameron film.
As of yesterday, Endgame is just $37M shy of taking the title, a sum that isn't impossible to overcome, but certainly not guaranteed either. The newly re-released version of Endgame contains a Stan Lee tribute, a Hulk deleted scene, and a short post credit clip from Spider-Man: Far From Home. This re-release will hit screens in the US, Canada, and 38 offshore markets.
The Na'vi might be a greater threat to the Avengers than Thanos. According to Deadline, it is currently "not expected" that Endgame will topple Avatar with its re-release, and if it does, this turn of events "would shock many in distribution circles."
The outlet explains that even if the fourth Avengers film grosses $10 million-$15 million worldwide in the following week, the remaining $22 million-$27 million will be "an uphill slog that might require an additional theatrical re-release." Still, it's not over until it's over, and there are many ways Earth's Mightiest Heroes could still come out on top in the battle for box office supremacy. For instance, Spider-Man: Far From Home might help push some extra weight.
Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, Avengers: Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, Paul Rudd as Ant-Man, Don Cheadle as War Machine, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Danai Gurira as Okoye and Bradley Cooper as Rocket, with Gwyneth Paltrow Pepper Potts, Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan, Benedict Wong as Wong, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie and Josh Brolin as Thanos. The re-released version of the film containing bonus post-credits content is now in theaters.