James Cameron’s Avatar, thanks to its release in China, is now bigger than Avengers: Endgame in terms of global box office revenue. According to the deadline, the current total of the sci-fi epic now stands at $ 2.802 billion, thus surpassing Endgame’s $ 2.797 billion.
Interestingly, Zoe Saldana was part of both films and played characters outside the two. In Endgame, she played the role of Gamora and in Avatar she was the female protagonist and played Princess Na’vi Neytiri.
The official Marvel Studios account, MCU directors Russo Brothers and James Gunn, congratulated Cameron on the feat. Of course, Disney congratulates Disney as it owns both properties. Disney took possession of the Avatar franchise after its recent acquisition of 21st Century Fox, now called Fox Corporation.
Returning the glove to you … @JimCameron
Thanks for the beautiful art @bosslogic. pic.twitter.com/URSxUMzf8D
– Germans Russo (@Russo_Brothers) March 13, 2021
“Turning your glove on … @JimCameron,” Joe and Anthony Russo wrote on Twitter while sharing Boss Logic art.
Gunn, known for the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, tweeted: “It was fun while it lasted, but I’m no longer the executive producer of the highest-grossing film of all time. Congratulations to James Cameron and the #Avatar team. (And, of course, @zoesaldana, which is kind of a loss situation here). “
Avatar was released in 2009 with a quick reception from both critics and the public. The film quickly became the highest-grossing film ever made, establishing Cameron as Hollywood’s most banking director, at least in terms of monetary profitability. His epic romantic-disaster Titanic had also broken several box office records, as had his Terminator movies before.
Endgame, which came out in 2019, had the Avengers, or what’s left of them, who teamed up to eliminate Thanos ’threat for the last time and to recover his dead comrades.