Joe Russo claimed no movie could take over Game over opening at the box office. The trailer for Avatar: The Way of the Water was released on November 2, 2022. After its release, people started comparing the film’s visuals and CGI with some of the MCU’s Phase 4 movies and shows. The first movie Avatar, released in 2009, broke all records and became the highest-grossing film of all time. After which Anthony and Joe Russo’s Avengers: Endgame picked up the title with a box office earning of $2.797 billion.
However, that was only for a while. Avatar once regained the top-grossing film title with its re-release in China. It currently has a total box office collection of over $2.9 billion. The sequel to the 2009 film is set to be released in December this year. And it’s expected to be the biggest hit of all time. However, the director of Avengers: EndgameJoe Russo has something else to say on this.
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Joe Russo Says No Movie Can Beat Avengers: Endgame’s Opening Weekend Record
Avengers: Endgame marks the end of Marvel’s Infinity Saga. The film followed the events of the Avengers: Infinity War and told how the Avengers defeated Thanos with the help of Infinity Stones. The film was one of the most anticipated films by Marvel fans.
After its release, the film crossed the billion mark just a week after its release. The film grossed $1.2 billion worldwide in its opening weekend. With that End of Game became the biggest world opening in history. The movie also became the movie to cross the billion mark faster than any movie in history.
Avengers: Endgame also became the highest-grossing film of all time, but was quickly overtaken by by James Cameron Avatar. Joe Russothe director of End of Game recently said no End of Game record cannot be beaten by any other film.
In his recent interview with Variety, Joe Russo said “It will never happen again. It was the height of this era of theatrical cinema. When we launched AGBO, we already felt the winds turning. He did not go into detail as to why he thinks End of Game will continue to hold the record.
This could be due to the post-pandemic effect on the box office. Many movies didn’t see huge audiences after the pandemic, the same can happen with Avatar 2 as well.
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Why Avatar: The Way of Water can challenge Avengers: Endgame?
However, Avatar has a huge following and as the movie holds the title of most hired movie, anything is possible. The original 2009 Avatar was re-released in September ahead of the release of The way of water.
Its reissue led it to cross the 2.9 billion mark at the global box office. It was the first time a film recorded such a collection. And seeing that the franchises are doing quite well at the box office, James Cameron may be about to break several world records with The way of water.
Joe Russo is certain that no film will ever be able to break Endgame’s record. However, the trailer for Avatar 2 received a good response. The sequel is about a month away from release. It would be interesting to see if Avatar: The way of the water breaks Game over save or not.
Avatar: The way of the water is set to release on December 16, 2022.
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