“Avatar” could once again be the biggest grossing film in history after a rerun in Chinese cinemas on Friday, where it grossed more than $ 3.5 million on the first day, surpassing “Avengers: Endgame.” (2019), current holder of the title.
“Avengers: Endgame”, the film called to culminate in style a decade of narration between the stories of Marvel comics, reached in 2019 $ 2,790.2 million worldwide collection, a figure that exceeded 2,789.7 million made by ” Avatar ”in 2009.
But 18 months later, the 2009 blockbuster returned to its premiere in China, where audiences are approaching theaters after relaxing the coronavirus blockade.
The results of the collection at the box office will not be known until the end of the weekend, but specialized media in the industry such as Deadline estimate that they could exceed 5.8 million on Saturday.
The mark refers to the absolute box office conditions and does not take into account price variations over time or successive reruns of the same film.
For example, in the ranking of the highest-grossing films that count inflation, a figure that allows a more accurate comparison between films from different periods, “Gone with the Wind” (1939) occupies this list in the US and Canada with “Avengers: Endgame” on the sixteenth place, according to the specialized portal Box Office Mojo.
In 2019, James Cameron said he was hopeful when “Avengers: Endgame” was proclaimed the biggest grossing film in history, taking the record from his own film.
“It gives me a lot of hope, it is a demonstrable proof that people will continue to go to the theaters,” he said while working on two sequels to “Avatar” that can be seen from 2022. EFE