Avatar Beats Avengers: Endgame s Box Office Collection, Russo Brothers Say Passing The Gauntlet Back To You
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James Cameron is currently busy shooting for the sequels of
Avatar while the film was recently re-released in China, as the theatres opened for business once again in the country. The film was best known as the world s highest-grossing film for over a decade, with a collection of $2.7897 billion worldwide until
Avengers: Endgame surpassed it in 2019 by earning $2.7902 billion in global ticket sales.
According to reports, the re-release has brought the sci-fi film back on the top spot by grossing $3.5 million, pushing its total to a historic $2.7926 billion. Marvel Studios and Russo Brothers congratulated the makers of
Avengers: Endgame Directors Pass Highest-Grossing Movie of All Time Baton Back to Avatar
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Joe and Anthony Russo applaud James Cameron after his 2009 sci-fi epic reclaimed its global box office title by earning an estimated total of $2.81 billion from its weekend relaunch. Mar 15, 2021
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Avengers: Endgame filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo have bowed down to fellow director James Cameron after his
Avatar blockbuster reclaimed the title as the highest-grossing movie release in global box office history.
The final
The Avengers movie previously knocked Avatar off the top spot in July, 2019, but on Saturday, March 13, the 2009 sci-fi epic edged past Endgame s $2.79 billion takings to retake pole position, thanks to its re-release in China to help boost the box office amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
A still from ‘Cherry’ on Apple TV+
The Russo Brothers can’t quite recreate their ‘Avengers: Endgame’ magic in this dreary adaptation of Nico Walker’s novel
One can feel every one of the 141 minutes of the grim drugs and crime drama,
Cherry, ticking by excruciatingly slowly. Earlier offerings by the Russo Brothers, Anthony and Joe,
Captain America: Civil War (147 minutes),
Avengers: Infinity War (149 minutes) and
Avenger: Endgame at a bottom-numbing 181 minutes zipped by merrily, immersed as we were in a click of Thanos’ fingers and its disastrous consequences.
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The Cleveland Institute of Art will honor internationally renowned producers, writers and directors Joe and Anthony Russo and Angelo Russo-Otstot with Honorary Doctor of Art degrees for their contributions to film, television and their hometown of Cleveland.
“Cherry” is like an audition reel for “Spider-Man” actor Tom Holland. The film showcases him in so many different ways you’re never quite sure what it’s trying to be.