Avengers Endgame Projected To Fall Well Short Of Domestic Box Office Record 

And Disney has star wars too

😂😂😂😂 Disney is laughing all the way to the bank...

M Mmc damn straight.

Disney owns all the top5 movies of all time

Especially since they own the biggest domestic release anyway.

Carlos Carreon and also less work for most people

but Spring and Summer films have larger Openings.

Excellent Point!!!

Not just less competition and much weaker competition, but winter holiday weekdays are much busier because kids are out of school and a lot of adults are also on vacation, especially the few days before Christmas up until the new year, so whatever lead Endgame had during the first weekend was already gone by the end of the second full week.

it will never. get your head out your ass.

@@natea2247 shut up, loser

Spartan003 That’s what I’m waiting for. I never really considered the American domestic to be as important a benchmark as some natives do. Oh and I’m also hoping for Endgame to get to the worldwide number one spot soon enough. Woohoo. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!!!!!!!

Spartan003 That’s what I’m waiting for. I never really considered the American domestic to be as important a benchmark as some natives do. Oh and I’m also hoping for Endgame to get to the worldwide number one spot soon enough. Woohoo!!! AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!!!!!!!

Some Say I'm The Reverse lol coming from a dc fanboy

True but endgame also had an advantage of a large ensemble cast of stars with 22 films of buildup.

@@jrad410 And force awakens had an advantage of 40 years of star wars history.

@@urbanintrovert BURN

Number 5 indeed and both films had a bigger advantage than avatar did which had nothing outside of the director name

@@jrad410, Avatar had the "new technology" thing in it, and the name of the director is acknowledged enough to bring people to the cinema.

2.640 billion ww in it's first month ...how many other film's cam make that claim ?

Landon Legate true, no one care about domestic 😂 avatar is famous because of its highest grossing film not because of its content.

And WHAT IF endgame doesn't beat Avatar, what will you say then?. No shade though, because I do want endgame to beat avatar because imo it's the best superhero film of all time and deserves it. But I'm just saying.

We have to watch it one more time this weekend

Helen Line endgame will beat avatar.

who cares if it breaks any records? it's not like your life is going to improve because it breaks a record.

I like endgame much more but i would like Avatar to stay on top. I like the fact that the highest grossing movie of all time is an original property

avatar isn't an original story, wtf

@Casey Duong I have seen it 4 times.

Blair Thandi 14 times!!!! WTF

Because nationwide there were more Star Wars fans since Star Wars was like the first cinematic franchise. My god, Vader’s breathing and the lightsaber sound are one of the most iconic sounds in cinema and pop culture history.

"Don't meet initial projections"? Its highest possible initial projections for opening weekend were $310M domestic and $900M worldwide for a theatrical run-end total of $2.2-2.6B. It not only shattered the opening projections but also passed the predicted total range in a month. It's true that some projections later on were claiming it to be the first film to pass $3B worldwide and/or $1B domestic but everything Endgame's accomplished thus far truly is still brilliant.....and it still has a chance at beating Avatar.

@TonyDracon ?

@@mathiyanz he is kidding 😀

@TonyDracon Didn't know that Endgame made alternate realities in our world too.

Ben McDonald Far from a failure. 2 billion is a success in itself

Well, it was a pretty mediocre film..

Mavis not according to the numbers or critical acclaim. Obviously....

@@AGEE_95 quality over quantity, Hun. Box office success does not mean the film is good, quality wise. There's been plenty of films that made so much but they were complete crap.

@@BubbaJohn_ I'm well aware of that. It's not the case for this film, which did have quality. It had commercial and critical success because it was so good. Some box office successes are crap, some aren't.

TonyDracon your brain is clearly a flop. are you stupid or what? People usually say “it flopped”, when something first comes out and doesn’t perform from the get go, you poor dumbass.

@TonyDracon Imagine calling the 2nd highest grossing movie of all time a fLoP....oh wait🤔

TonyDracon so a movie that got an A+ in CinemaScores, a 95% in RottenTomatoes and made over $2.64b in just 4 weeks is a “failure”?

Swiggity Swag that’s by choice Endgame cloud has done the same

@@bryannepeguero6747 No it couldn't. Marvel doesn't decide when its' movies are released. Disney does.

STONEMATT mmm Marvel is own BY DISNEY LOL

such a stupid comment.

Bryanne Peguero ....u stupid or something?

Yup basically lol. 2 kids and a full time job, I was lucky to see it once haha

The lenght only affect in opening weekend, and maybe the second weekend, but not the life time in theaters, Endgame should have a longer life because of the lenght, but that not the case.

I think one thing they don’t realize is Endgame is a very conclusive film. It’s basically the end of these major arcs. The Force awakens had that rewatch ability to see things you may have missed the first time. Also to see what is being set up for future films, it was pretty exciting! Most of the excitement of Endgame is how they pull off this one major task. Once you see it, there isn’t much to see a second time around. I’ll admit I’ve only seen it twice and I’m kind of hesitant to go again for this reason.

PennyAfNorberg 160M is attainable maybe 3 weeks or so but attainable

@@meraamber5532 Not in 3 weeks, maybe a month or two if it can make $2-3 million on weekdays, and maybe $6-10 million dollars on the weekends will take it to the top.

John was right the other dude didnt take the time to understand because he was stuck with his opinion. (Englsih is not my first language sorry)

It should. It is at $2.624 billion right now, and Memorial Day weekend should garner in a good amount of cash, even with Aladdin out.

And no movie will ever come this close, and have so much hype.

@@masonwright7700, no what? Or you just wanted attention?

Devon Henry I don’t know if I’d advocate praying for a movie to fail but that’s fine if you don’t like the new movies. Star Wars still is and always has been a big part for cinema and cultural impact which is why people go out to see the episodic films

I don’t think it being a cultural phenomenon has anything to do with it because Avengers is one too.

Bex G now it’s one. The point I was trying to get at was that the force awakens was a culmination of 30 years before fans saw the continuation of the Skywalker storyline after Return of the Jedi

@@lightquest2 Yeah I get it. Star Wars has a much longer legacy behind it, but I think it's reasons for making as much money as it did domestically, reach far beyond that. It had some advantages that Avengers: Endgame didn't, like the time it was released, the lack of competition, etc.

@@AGEE_95 December trades a small OW for stronger legs, so it's not such a huge advantage, also December lives and dies off of WOM more than any month, then there's also the fact that Endgame has the advantage of being shown on far more theaters than TFA.

they had no real competition for 3 months, endgame is up against heavy hitters.

MovieGuy666 Yes and Godzilla is about to hit so I’m not sure if endgame will actually be at avatar worldwide but fingers are still crossed

Well the deaths got spoiled for me, but I actually didn't mind, because nothing else was spoiled, and I absolutely lost my shit during certain scenes.

Yeah bro

cristiano Ronaldo No, not at all

People wouldn't have gone out to see it if it wasn't a good movie. It had great word of mouth that allowed it to be successful for months after its release

@@taylorjakes2129 nah avatar is good but not 2.7 billion worth good. The reason it made 2.7 bil is the amazing vfx,3d and the beautiful world created by cameron not because of story and its characters it ran in theatres like a disneyland/universal studio ride rather than a movie thats why its in theatre for 8 months

Bhavik Parekh people hated TFA, everyone loved Endgame

@@hrdkorebp I think you talking about solo

@@hrdkorebp Christmas requires good WOM so TFA was really well liked

christmas mutes Opening Weekends, so not a huge difference

Actually Christmas is one of the biggest box office days of the year

It is earning all its money from MARVEL fans who read the comics, played the video games, and watched all the movies.

@@masonwright7700 It's still a LONG way to Avatar, and we're in the summer movie season now. It's been slowing down a lot. Plenty of articles out there about how they think Endgame won't catch it at this point.

Damn Straight

@Luis Martinez sure I mean its not like movies make more than 60% outside of america lol

The reason America is important is because worldwide box office between movie to movie is not always a one to one comparison. Some movies don’t open in certain markets and some movies are made for particular markets. Like you can’t compare worldwide opening weekend for a movie because a movie might not open the same weekend in every country every time. The only constant market is the US market

@@JS-jg7iv I didnt say america isnt important but it isnt MORE important than worldwide in most cases worldwide is more important

Roronoa Zoro well no one here, and not John, was arguing that domestic is more important so where’s your point? Obviously worldwide is more important because that’s the sum of all the money the studio gets in their pocket. Domestic is only used because NA is the biggest singular market and it’s easy to make comparisons

Force awakens have the advange of having older audience people who saw the OG star wars in their 20's or 30's are in 60's and 70's. Normally 60,70 year olds are not interested in superhero movies also christmas and newyear holidays

I saw it 4 times already, and did not fall asleep at all, just closed my eyes every here and there because I had a busy day, and was a bit tired.

TFA also had less screens, smaller openings and relied far more on Word of Mouth, TFA deserves it's performance just as much as Endgame does.

But there is a reason winter movies have longer legs (meaning they make more over an extended period of time). The lack of tent pole films in the winter gives it better staying power.

@@Telmarine55 The Holiday season but they sacrifice OW and rely heavily on WOM, Summer/Spring= Bigger OW with Weaker legs, while Dec is Weaker OW with stronger legs.

@@masonwright7700 The people who kept going back to see TFA obviously lol

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John is making an overall point, but Robert's point is also valid. Let's not forget John's logic fell short of how big the opening of Endgame would be cause he didn't consider the 'greed' of cinema operators knocking other movies off their showtime to put Endgame which was how that movies got the massive amount of screens it did. Love John and his show his logic is not always business savvy but it is plausible.

Not sure how you are supporting Robert's point... He is saying the 3 hour runtime really hurt Endgame's box office and that's why it is lower than Force Awakens. However, in reality the 3 hour runtime did not have that big of an impact. During the opening weekend theaters were squeezing out other movies and staying open for 72 hours, which should more than make up for the lost showings due to a longer runtime, as reflected by the box office number as well. During subsequent weeks the runtime limitation matters even less and less, since there are more and more empty seats in most showings.

@@tjislost I am not sure I agree. The movie theaters still generally schedule at least one morning, one afternoon and one evening showings, which should satisfy majority of people's needs. None of the showings are selling out anymore, which means there are about 10-15 readily available time slots to pick from during a single weekend. I find it hard to believe that none of these 10-15 slots fit people's schedules... The 2.5 hour vs 3 hour theory doesn't make much sense to me either. 3 hours only sound scary, but it's only 30 more minutes compared to a 2.5 hour typical movie. If that extra 30 minutes really sways people's decision, then in my opinion these people don't "really" want to see the movie that bad.

@@rog9278 When all is said and done, Endgame will have made less than 10% less than The Force Awakens. But it's over 20% longer and currently has about 20% less screenings. Even less than when you consider that there is more competition from other studios that have guarantees from the theaters to have a certain amount of screenings dedicated during the first week, as well as the more expensive premium format screenings which often have ticket prices that are over 20% more expensive. So it's already losing those screens and has less showtimes for the cheaper screens. It doesn't matter if those showings aren't selling out, because there are less options. The Force Awakens wasn't selling out its later showings either, but 30% of 5 showings is more than 30% of 4 showings. It's also harder to fit a nearly 4 hour slot (factoring trailers, buying tickets/concessions and transportation/parking) in your schedule vs a little over 3 hour slot (for a more typical movie). If a movie starts at or after 7pm, you might not get home from the movies until well after 11pm. That might be too late for parents and their kids who have get up early the next day for school or work. If a movie starts at 5pm, that might be too early for a parent to get out of work and have dinner and get ready in time. There's just less flexibility with the longer running times, particularly as the screen count (not the theater count) for a movie decreases. In my case, i enjoyed Endgame, but i didn't have much interest in paying to spend close to another 4 hours in the theater to see it again. If it was an hour shorter, it would have been easier and more likely to find time for it. I have no idea why so many people (teenage girls?) went to rewatch Titanic, but i can only imagine if the movies were shorter, they would have made even more money.

yet Endgame had 600 more screens than TFA

The Ridiculous Otaku it still would have had the extra 600 screens

@@jamesc1760 no because Opening Weekend would have been muted by the Dec release

Whatever ya say champ 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@@jamesc1760 these are facts but okay lol

The Force Awakens***... it has made much more than TLJ!

@@Geohillierneo yeah we know, Episode 9 in being released in Dec. What's your point? I'm commentating on the video discussion.

IW made $100mln on 4th-8th week run, so I guess it's possible. And it had Deadpool on its 3rd weekend and Jurassic World soon after.

Judith Cohen Ahh okay, makes sense. But from now, only time will tell

@@optimusprime5446, I hope it will, as by the 8th weekend a movie is mostly done, collecting some last numbers afterwards. And hoping, that international share for that period will be 50% (by now it has been 70%+), Engame might get $200 additional millions and become the #1.

@@queenofnevers6990 Well with Memorial Day weekend, t should get a good boost.

@@blairthandi7058 I hope so

Its doing ok, 850 million and with second highest domestic boxoffice i dont think its falling hard. If its falling hard it would have 60% + weekend drops it never had a 60% + weekend drop.Also compared to force awakens endgame have detective pikachu,john wick 3,aladdin,godzilla 2, dark phoneix a huge competition just in one month time

@@naveen.119 It needs to reach $2.7 billion before Dark Phoenix comes out, so then it will be able to knock off Avatar, and take the throne ad kings crown.

@@blairthandi7058 it will definitely reach 2.7 bil before dark phoenix by the end of this four day weekend endgame will be between 2.68 - 2 69 so it only need 10 to 20 mil before dark phoenix i think it has the cgance to make 2.7 bil before the release of godzilla

It will. I tweeted MARVEL when it first came out. If I am indeed right, ta us bragging rights.