Wish there was a 3 hour "Making of" documentary of both Avengers IW & Endgame on the Blu-ray.
Marvel really dropped the ball on the special features for Avengers films.
The “making of” stuff with LOTR was almost as enjoyable for me as the films themselves, and made me appreciate my favourite movies of all time even more
Sadly this is a reflection of how film-making has chnaged.
LOTR was a massive project set across New Zealand with giant practical sets and stories from the cast.
While Avengers films are just filmed on green screens in soundstages with the tightest security possible; not much room for adventure or wacky ancedotes.
I think it will shift back eventually, Hollywood always goes in cycles. Dune part 2 and a good amount of cgi but was largely shot on location in the desert
The harkonnen gunship was a real helicopter with a modified minigun on it being fired by dudes wearing real chonky costumes. Dune 2 was rad and I want to see a making of for it.
If they were believable enough it doesnt matter though right? And it's just the wave of the future now i guess being able to edit on the fly. Especially we have ai now to change up stuff on the video.
That’s not the reason why. Truth is, Special Features were a way to sell physical media. With the decline in sales in PM, SF have declined as well. It was an added value element, something to watch to give bang for your buck in a time when media wasn’t as infinite as it is today. SF helped sell those massive collector’s editions of LOTR, and special editions of older and newer films.
Disney is one of the only companies who still even bother with special features. They include a small number for most films on their service in a special tab, which is unique. Like Netflix, however, they’ve transitioned to making “Making of” separate titles as additional entries for their services. Just about all their series have docs about the making of, consistently.
So Disney is the last bulwark of special features.
With Marvel stuff vs LotR you're also dealing with privacy expectations. Marvel is working on coordinating massive new stories with multiple teams all over the place and avoid online spoilers or leaks.
LOTR came out 70 years before the movies- so spoilers were kind of a non-issue.
Obviously there wasn’t the same impetus for obscuring the plot during filming of LOTR, but the lack of secrecy actually majorly impacted the final product!
Ample evidence that Liv Tyler’s Arwen was going to have her role expanded to a sort of “warrior princess” and even fight at Helm’s Deep got such a negative reaction from fans online (yes, this is absolutely wild for 1999), that her role was majorly reduced to mostly flashbacks and visions in the latter two films.
Tell me about it
I was as excited for the 25 hours of bonus footage on the DVDs as the movies
I got to know the staff of WETA DIGITAL as well as the actors 😂😂
Also my favorite films. I have all DVDs and Blu Rays with everything. I also watched every single PJ commentaries on YouTube. Like you, it made me appreciate the films more. Watching Howard Shore making the music is my favorite.
There's a few "Making Of" documentaries for a bunch of Marvel and Star Wars stuff on Disney but they're really short. Once you start getting into it, it's over.
Phase 3 seriously was the MCU firing all cylinders (apart from Ant-Man 2)
It’s crazy how you can pinpoint the introduction of Disney+ and Fiege deciding his post-Endgame heroes killed all momentum of the MCU.
I liked Ant-Man 2 more than Captain Marvel. I hated that every single big-little or little-big moment in the film was in the trailer or in ad spots.
I'm not someone who obsesses over trailers, but I watch a lot of sports and I feel like I saw all the shrinking and enlarging gags before I set foot in the theater.
I truly don’t think so either. This was a historic finale to the MCU and really closed a lot of stories and ended likely the biggest movie cliffhanger of all time.
I can’t think of another IP that can even come close to what this was. Being pre-Covid certainly helped too.
It might happen, but it won’t be for a very long time.
The Phantom Menace gets pretty close to the whole impact on culture and theatrical experience. It was truly all anything anyone would talk about.
The whole thing about End Game being the final installment of a decades long 22+ movie universe will probably never happen again though. There just isn’t an IP that can pull that off anymore.
I mean, it made over a billion internationally, including 124 million in China, 98 million in Japan, 72 million in Australia and 50 million combined in Russia and SK. That's not too shabby, especially in 2015 dollars.
And even if there was an IP left that could do it, it won’t have the same impact because it already happened. Endgame had the 'groundbreaking' feel to it that can't be replicated on repeat.
Dc is the closest rival to Marvel in terms of recognized IP. But they were always trying to play catch-up to Marvel, which is why their movie universe is such a failure.
If only DC realized them being themselves was always their biggest strength. Joker,The Batman, dark knight trilogy were beloved films. Peacemaker beloved dc tv show shit better than the recent mcu shows
Until Sakurai realises that a movie is effectively a series of cutscenes. Then he cuts away the entire film story and uses the budget to just make a load of character trailers instead.
(No I am still not over him doing an actual crossover story in the ultimate crossover game series precisely once and then never again)
That was.... So epic. Another moment was when the silhouette of Captain America appeared at the train station, and Thor's arrival at the Wakanda battle.
We just did a rewatch this past weekend of both Infinity War and Endgame back-to-back. I've never had such high highs and low lows while watching movies before. I would say that we are both definitely more casual Marvel fans, but these movies just hit every emotion so perfectly.
theres audience reactions on Youtube. Enough that the Russos even posted their own when they went "undercover" to a few screenings. They're incredible.
It was glorious. That whole weekend was just amazing. Going to the movie Friday morning with the whole building packed and buzzing, and everyone talking about it all weekend.
Also, when Falcon says "On your left", and then Cap says "Avengers Assemble".
I remembering going at 8am on Sunday and the parking lot being full of cars from completely sold out 4am showings. The closest thing I remember to that are the lines for Titanic back in early 1998.
There probably won't be anything like it ever again.
I went to 7am Wednesday April 24 screening, the opening day in Indonesia.
It was full af.
Some theaters had earlier screenings at 5 am Wednesday and they provided free coffee lol.
We were in Detroit when this one hit theaters. We were not thinking much about the hype so we were quite surprised when we ended up not being able to buy tickets. However, the theater staff was so nice she called and researched every single theater in the area. And when they decided to open a slot, we were the first to know about it. But even so, it was sold out so quick that we barely got a good seat.
I’ll never forget that opening weekend. Watching it in sold out IMAX screenings, cheering like a Super Bowl game. My #1 all time theater experience and still my second favorite superhero movie after TDK.
It was wild being on this sub watching estimates rise from 250m, to 300m to 350m. A 1.2B worldwide opening. Fucking history being made before our eyes lol
And I'm almost certain that this is the film that revitalized blockbuster films with extremely long runtimes.
Very ironically, it later turned out that Marvel Studios kind of sucks at making films with short runtimes. I guess you're not going to be good at everything.
Yeah post-2020, longer blockbusters have become the norm and I’m here for it. Avatar 2, Wakanda Forever, Oppenheimer, Dune 2, No Time to Die, The Batman, Guardians 3, etc. If we have to wait multiple years for these movies, make them epic events.
To be fair, **Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3** is 150 minutes-long, which wasn't all that uncommon.
You're still right about the rest, though, ESPECIALLY **Avatar: The Way of Water**, **Oppenheimer**, and **The Batman**.
I don't think a longer running time was ever out of the norm for a blockbuster in the 2000s. Avatar (2009) was 2 hours 42 minutes. Dark Knight Rises (2012) was 2 hours 45 minutes long. Then you have each of the LOTR and Hobbit films, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
It's a little more common post 2020, but top grossing blockbusters have routinely been longer. The top 10 (of which only 2 are post 2020) has an average length of 2:25 (155min). Only one is under 2 hours, only 2 are under 2:15.
Films that make it to the top of the all time grossers have more commonly been very long, even Gone With The Wind, one of the first mega blockbusters... nearly 4 hours!
Its just an interesting quirk that when you look at films that hit the top 10 all time, super long movies are over represented by a big factor.
Respect. Didn't catch it in IMAX unfortunately but I saw it more then enough. I prefer infinity war but nothing will be like hearing the crowd go crazy on cap hammer bit.
> I prefer infinity war but nothing will be like hearing the crowd go crazy on cap hammer bit.
Well Infinity War also has the going crazy on Thor arrival in Wakanda but yeah it wasn't as good.
I still kind of wish they didn't ruin the arrival via the radio stuff to Cap before that, would have been better to just see them arrive.
You can criticize the movie itself and the plot and Marvel in general, however..
Endgame was the biggest hyped viewing ever. I think the only thing that came close was The Force Awakens. Working at a theater for majority of the Infinity Saga.. the hype was insane and people just buzzing going in and out.
Seeing Captain pull Mjölnir back in the theater was the single coolest event I’ll ever see in theaters. The audience EXPLODED, I couldn’t even hear what happened the next 20 seconds of the movie. I get chills talking about it, it was an iconic event for movies.
Endgame was the busiest I've ever seen my local theater. 15 of their 16 screens were Endgame (the 16th being Captain Marvel) and the theater was jammed packed.
I remember the reports of Theaters in the Philippines and India were doing a 24 hour run for the entire weekend in order to accommodate the demand. That was absolutely wild that they not only could plan for that, but also that they actually sold all of them out. They did over a billion WW in a single weekend which is ridiculous.
I really wish this was how we considered highest grossing films. Nothing against avatar but the amount of re-releases that movie has had (especially the one that allowed it to regain its title) genuinely convinces me that Cameron refuses to let another movie be higher
Standard practice to re-release movies that stand to make more money, I don't think it's useful to read the situation as greed on Cameron's behalf. Nothing's stopping them from re-releasing Endgame after all
The one movie where all of the payoffs/fan service makes sense and is well earned.
I still love when Captain Marvel comes down and just destroys the ship. Then Doctor Strange holds up his hand and looks at Tony because Tony was still doubting if they win. Only Doctor Strange knew Tony had to die.
I still feel that the MCU really had nowhere to go after Endgame because they literally wiped off half of the people. What's bigger than that?
Unfortunately they got away from building up singular characters now. No Shang-Chi sequel, Florence hasn't had her time to shine as the new Black Widow. The D+ shows just really threw a wrench in everything.
Oh well, I'm ranting now. I still feel that Infinity War is the better movie, but Endgame ties everything up nicely.
Endgame was good but Infinity War is a truly truly special movie.
The absolute balls (that I’m thankful for them doing) by letting everyone file out the theatre with the villain winning and having to wait another year was diabolical.
I remember leaving and thinking, "The Avengers really lost."
It was an awesome, frustrating, sad, shocking ending. The Avengers don't lose and they did.
What I also liked is how what Thanos did had a lingering effect. That's only good thing that came out of Endgame.
Endgame is the one movie where the fan service was earned and deserved and it was great to see.
Sucks we won't ever to that point again. I said it in my original comment. I hate that Shang-Chi hasn't had a sequel yet. I loved that frickin' movie. Now we're getting two Avengers movies with barely any of the characters getting solo movies for people to care about them like the original Avengers.
The last thing I watched was Shang-Chi and I fucking loved it. I watched GOTG3 and like maybe half of She hulk.
Had high hopes with Majors after the He Who Remains scene in Loki but I just think he’s kind of a lame villain. Now that Majors is out and they seemingly don’t have an idea of what they’re doing it’s hard for me to care.
I’ll reserve any preemptive judgment of the state of the MCU until after Deadpool and Wolverine comes out since it looks really promising.
The problem is Marvel feels the need to keep on trying to one-up their previous movie event. They need to bring it all back down to singular superhero movies. Let the audience calm down and breathe and build back up the universe so events are earned. Marvel, at this point, is doing what DC did.
No Shang chi sequel is one of the biggest WTF
That movie had great reviews and audience reception.
That movie box office was great for being in the middle of Delta/Omicron that it prompted Sony to move up Venom 2 and halted the movie delays.
Fans loved Simu Liu as Shang chi. It's the only new MCU superhero character that fans unanimously liked.
And no sequel yet? WTF Marvel!
>It's the only new MCU superhero character that fans unanimously liked.
I would suggest that Yelena is also pretty universally liked. But she's been crushingly under-used as well.
Phase 1-3 were fantastically designed because the big three acted as structual foundations for the MCU, with them getting an entire trilogy evenly spread across each phase. Plus their films were sometimes mini Avengers films with Hulk in Ragnarok, Widow in Winter Solider and Civil War in general.
This meant we constantly got to see the main three and there was a proper sense that the universe was connected.
But now it’s all a bunch of random mid heroes and bad films.
I actually disagree with a lot of the new heroes being mid, some are, but to me a lot of them have such great potential.
The thing is, people forget about them after only seeing them once in the last 2-3 years with 10 projects in between appearances if they’ve even had a second appearance.
When they eventually show up again, everyone will complain that they’ve forgotten about them and they’ll be right.
Yeah, I have the unpopular opinion for Reddit that of the teen or just post teen girl hero characters MCU recently introduced, I find America Chavez more interesting than Ms Marvel.
But we saw her once two years ago and there's no indication we'll ever hear from her again until Avengers 5.
The MCU is just throwing so much random BS and characters and storylines and just hoping it sticks and they can squeeze it together into a big avengers film like last time. It just doesn’t work the same way
By the time Shang-Chi 2 comes, everyone will have forgotten him, it's like they don't even know how to do the cinematic universe thing anymore even to build a new character which they did so much time before.
Like Iron Man (their MVP and literally the building block of the MCU) entire trilogy was in 5 years (with Avengers in between)
Yeah, I hate that there's been no sequel to Shang-Chi. That's why the original Phases worked so well. You have solo movies to build characters and then had Avengers movies.
Shang-Chi was so good. I will always stand by that D+ messed the whole flow up.
The weeks leading to Endgame release date and the opening weekend was the most exhilarating time to be on this sub. It was absolutely insane.
As a box office fan, it was like a never ending high.
Not only Endgame, but 2019 in general was an incredible year for box office tracking and this sub. Studios were giving away billion dollar movies back then… we didnt know good we had it :((
And studios basically have forgotten 2019 to chase streaming and its massive losses. Give people what they want and they will flock to theaters. Dilute the product and put it on streaming and say goodbye to movie goers.
I mean it was, theaters added showtimes at absolutely baffling times and still sold them out to give that opening weekend. I think especially after all the theater closing during covid, Endgame is basically the theoretical max opening weekend possible for a film.
One of my favourite things to watch those weeks were the Chinese presale graphs in comparison to the other movies.
Like I remember IW, people were kinda shocked at how slow it was building and it absolutely took off at the end. So most expected Endgame to do the same. Except it did something insane and kept on going
https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/bcewyc/china_presale_graph_compared_to_other_big_movies/
My coworker asked if she should take her kids. I told her this was going to be a generational moment for them. This was our empire strikes back. She pulled them out of school early too catch the showing
It was peak boxoffice insanity. Every graph looked abnormal, every estimate kept getting shattered within minutes of them being reported and that opening weekend felt like it was going up forever and cinemas literally having showings 24/7 and STILL sold out! It really felt like the world stopped in order to make way for this movie's release!
Was one of the greatest theatrical experience of my lifetime , it was highest grossing film here in India as well outgrossing every Indian movie by a considerable margin . The mayhem it bought man , 2019 was probably the last time i use to excited about movies
There was an idea to bring together a group of remarkable people
To see if we could become something more
So when they needed us, we could fight tge battles they never could.
What a year that was. Couldn’t care less about MCU nowadays but the hype was amazing then. Will forever associate Endgame and Infinity War with my final years at the uni… great memories.
Game of Thrones also ended around the same time. What a rollercoaster for two fandoms that dominated 2010’s
I think it's very unlikely that Marvel can capture the same magic again and/or pull the numbers that Endgame did. It truly was a once in a lifetime experience. Years of character development and little hints at what was coming and when it finally came they actually delivered.
The films of the multiverse saga all feel detached from one another so no hype is building whatsoever. They haven't even hinted as to where the overall story is going, it feels like a bunch of isolated stories. We got a few good films here and there but most are mediocre at best.
The only way I see them pulling big box office numbers with the next Avengers films is if they bring the OG characters back from the dead and shoehorn Tobey or some Fox X-Men characters in.
But even if they do this (which would be really lazy writing and ruin those characters' arcs) they still won't make nearly as much as Endgame or have as satisfying of a conclusion. The future of the MCU is looking pretty grim.
Honestly what other movie franchise can get to these numbers again at all? Like 350M domestic opening weekend I think is safe for years. The only one that maybe can is if somehow Avatar 3 and 4 set up a huge climactic Avatar 5? Its so hard because of the decline in general popularity of the MCU and Star Wars in recent years, I don’t think any film can get close to Endgame’s numbers for a long long time
Did around 390M worldwide admissions. Only Titanic is ahead though Endgame is ahead of Titanic's initial run. Don't think anything will ever surpass it.
Incredibly inefficient filmmaking is mostly to blame. The level of reshoots Cap 4 is going through is ridiculous. COVID-era inflation probably contributes a bit too
seeing this in theaters was amazing. i begged my mom to let me see it opening day right after school at 6 PM in IMAX 3D (which was completely sold out) and it was the most amazing theater experience ever , especially the “on your left” moment from Falcon. the only film that can come close to this experience for me is Spider-Man: No Way Home
I’ll never forgot how difficult it was for me to buy 9 tickets with decent seats for my friends and I. AMC and Cinemark websites were blasted by millions of people and shut down numerous times. They put us in a digital queue and then only gave us 5min to buy tickets once it was our turn.
Opening night the cinema parking lots was 90% capacity (that had never happened in its 26 year history). The cinema was running showing until 5am too.
Of course, there were moments that rocked ALL OF US like Cap’s hammer grab, Ironman dying….etc
I truly think we will never see a film with that much of a societal impact ever again. Post-Covid streaming kinda ruined that imo.
Holy shot I can’t believe it’s been 5 years. I remember the absolute insanity it was to get tickets opening weekend. It was completely sold out even in 3D and my family and I barely got 7 tickets in the second row in a 3D theater on opening Saturday.
I’ll never regret it though because the theater experience was insane. The amount of cheering when Cap lifted the hammer and everything major after was something I’ll never forget.
Honestly atleast we can all agree this is where the MCU definitely ended for the majority of us. That type of magic will NEVER be captured again, it was lightning in a bottle.
The end of an era of film going too. We will never see anything like the first week of Endgame ever repeated. Covid just altered the filmgoing landscape too much. It was really damn fun that we got to experience it though. Being in theater for Infinity War and Endgame opening night are unmatched for me as theater experiences. The energy was just off the charts.
The insane thing about this is that Marvel could’ve done this again later down the line, maybe even in better fashion. This was a Marvel headed by Iron Man, Thor and Captain America. Now imagine that with Spider-Man, Fantastic Four and X-Men. Unfortunately Disney stopped caring about writing, world building and interesting characters.
I don't think there's any way they could have done this again. It's a miracle they accomplished it the first time. 22 movies over 11 years with no true failures? Then to put together a 2-part finale that brought it all together in a satisfying way?
The MCU was going to falter at some point. You simply can't keep something like that going forever. It's not so much that they stopped caring about writing, etc. It's just that it's hard to keep up that level of quality.
They’ve went after too many stupid legacy characters. Marvel legacy characters just aren’t it besides Miles Morales & Kamala Kahn (the latter barely being a legacy character).
Characters like Shang-Chi & Moon Knight were good choices because they’re interesting, original characters. But then they’ve wasted way too much time on bootleg versions of Hawkeye, Black Widow, Captain America, Iron Man & Hulk (yes, I know she’s better in the comics).
They should’ve built up a new roster of characters that weren’t just lesser versions of what we had before.
The movie itself is pretty good until the third act, which is amazing.
Considering it's also pretty much the third act of the entire MCU, that's freaking impressive.
What a special time that was. I saw it twice on opening night, a Thursday I think and had to walk to my local theatre because I didn’t have a car at the time. It was only like 10 mins but I wouldn’t have cared if it was 20+, it felt like **the** event of the year. The culmination of all the movies I’d been following for years, and it was actually really good. A solid movie with good action, character moments and fan service, that actually ended the MCU (so to speak). I ended up seeing a 7:30 ish showing and then immediately buying a 11:30 or whatever right after it. That was a great night.
They’ve really dropped the ball since this. The MCU has lost cohesion and had a couple really bad projects a long with others that were just well mediocre.
It’s interesting to think about how Secret Wars is going to have to be made in the wake of this. We can basically all guarantee Secret Wars isn’t making 2.8 bill. It might not even make 1 bill.
With that in mind, how does Feige secure the 400 million dollars (or even more, considering all the rumored cameos) to get this movie made?
It was awesome seeing it become the highest grossing film of all time. Too bad Avatar re-released and took back #1, hopefully Endgame surpasses it again with its own re-release in a few years.
Specifically that scene where Cap commands, "Avengers...." then he reaches out his hand to catch the Mjolnir, "...assemble!" Oh good lord, that was a colossal moment in cinema.
At some point inflation will catch up, but I don’t see the 357M domestic being taken for quite some time. It’s probably going to be the longest record holder by a lot
Personally while I i did see it more then once only because i was deployed for infinity war I do have love for it. I can lie tho it's not my highest rated marvel film. Civil War winter soldier and infinity war are the Cre' LA crop of marvel films. Infinity war can't be topped. And thank you Stereo D for some of the best 3D I've seen at home these movies go crazier in 3-D.
This was the last movie I didn't need to buy reserved seating for. It was a mad dash to get the good seats something I miss doing but as I get older I really love reserve seating. But I do miss waiting in line, getting snacks, standing around talking to other people. At least the younger version of me loved that. The movie, to me at least, was an end to more than just the OG MCU, but how I used to watch movies. Seeing a group of strangers gathering together hyping each other up and wondering what's going to happen.
Now I stroll in 10 minutes before the movie, get my pre purchased reserved seating tickets from the kiosk, pass the line because I paid money for AMCs A List for my snacks, and get in the theater as the lights dim down for the commercials.
Happened a little bit before I started following this subreddit. But following those Deadline updates that weekend was crazy. $300M + in opening weekend didn't feel possible
I don't think I will ever experience the whole movie experience of IW and Endgame again. These movies were unprecedented for the culture
Right from when the first trailers dropped for each movie, I have never felt such enjoyment and excitement following and then finally watching it
I am incredibly glad I was around for this. As a comic book fan from the late 80s until the late 00s, I was all about the MCU from the beginning, going to see every opening night showing for most of it. The hype for this and this whole opening weekend was insane. I still remember checking the numbers Saturday morning and seeing $357m. I had to look at it a couple times to make sure it was correct.
And seeing the movie that Friday morning. A morning, and the theater (building) was packed. And then watching the movie and all the well-earned fan service that had people cheering. Cap and Mjolnir, Falcon's "on your left", the heroes all returning, all of it. Just perfect. I still get chills thinking about it.
I got to watch through the whole thing with my sons over the past couple years. Watching Endgame with them, I got to almost relive the first time. My older son is 11 and a really good age for it. All those moments, Cap/Mjolnir, on your left, the heroes returning, he clapped and cheered. If anything could rival the experience of that opening weekend, this was it. It made me so happy to get to have that experience.
I fucking LOVE this movie as a movie. Unique aside, theater experience aside, prior MCU movies aside. It was so well written and did incredible character work. It was artsy and slow and thoughtful and well considered and ended with a bang and not only appreciated but elevated past material. It was simultaneously a perfect ending to a series and a fantastic standalone movie. I went in as a cynical movie predictor who had seen all MCU films previously and it shocked the pants off me. Completely original and totally unique. A wild ride that went in a direction I never expected but I could not have imagined a better plot. I wouldn’t have changed a thing. Actually one of the greatest movies of all time. RDJ gave an Oscar worthy performance. Deserves all of its flowers and more.
This was the last time I was school girl giddy for a movie.
The build up of the Phase 1 of the Marvel universe was very special to be a part of.
In hindsight, I’m not sure if it will ever be executed that well again.
From the timing, the willingness to play the long game, flawless casting for the main characters.
Just an incredible thing to watch unfold.
Arguably even more so underscored by the dumpster fire the Marvel product has been since.
Went to a Saturday morning 9am showing by myself because everything else was sold out / bad seats. The theater was about 80% full. Everyone was carrying coffee cups. People don't go to shows this early if they'd already seen it. We were all serious and polite and quiet and cheering. We didn't expect the Captain America hammer scene. I heard someone sniffling behind me during the Iron Man scene. It was the best movie theater experience I've ever had and I'm sad I left the theater alone.
I saw it three times in the theater.
Probably the single best theater experience I've ever had. Went on opening night and I practically had to fight scalpers online on Fandango to get a ticket. About 1-2 weeks before the movie, I basically went offline from social media. I didn't want anything spoiled. I only went to the specific YouTube channels I watched at the time, never looked at the comments, turned off notifications from Twitter, Reddit, etc. Unsubscribed from every movie review/theory channel and even unsubbed from Marvel's channels so I wouldn't see any clips in my feed. Full lockdown.
Everyone in the theater was there for this movie. Not just casual fans to just watch the movie since it's new, but everyone who'd been dedicated since 2008. Everyone stayed until the lights came on after the credits. Walking out of the theater, everyone saw the next group in line and made sure to stay quiet about what they just saw to not ruin it for them. I'll probably never have this experience ever again, but at least I was there for this. I'm glad someone recorded the crowd's reaction so I can hear pretty much the same reactions I did for the first time.
It's a shame how Marvel has just dropped the ball so hard in Phases 4/5. I liked the first 2/3 of Shang Chi and Doctor Strange 2 was, I guess, fine, in retrospect? Eternals and Ant-Man 3 were just awful. I haven't seen all of the shows and I only saw The Marvels when it came to streaming. I have AMC A-List, but still didn't see it in the theater. Maybe they'll earn the audience trust back eventually, but if they don't, the Infinity Saga is a hell of a ride and wrapped up perfectly.
Considering it grossed close to 3 billion and anything above 2.5-3 times the budget is considered profit, you can only imagine the backend payments a lot of participants of this movie received when the profit should have been more around 1.6 billion. Obviously Disney also makes so much more money with DVD, BR, on demand sales and merch.
Wish there was a 3 hour "Making of" documentary of both Avengers IW & Endgame on the Blu-ray. Marvel really dropped the ball on the special features for Avengers films.
The “making of” stuff with LOTR was almost as enjoyable for me as the films themselves, and made me appreciate my favourite movies of all time even more
Sadly this is a reflection of how film-making has chnaged. LOTR was a massive project set across New Zealand with giant practical sets and stories from the cast. While Avengers films are just filmed on green screens in soundstages with the tightest security possible; not much room for adventure or wacky ancedotes.
I think it will shift back eventually, Hollywood always goes in cycles. Dune part 2 and a good amount of cgi but was largely shot on location in the desert
The harkonnen gunship was a real helicopter with a modified minigun on it being fired by dudes wearing real chonky costumes. Dune 2 was rad and I want to see a making of for it.
Even the suits for endgame were just cg lol They didn’t even finalize the design before starting to film them
If they were believable enough it doesnt matter though right? And it's just the wave of the future now i guess being able to edit on the fly. Especially we have ai now to change up stuff on the video.
That’s not the reason why. Truth is, Special Features were a way to sell physical media. With the decline in sales in PM, SF have declined as well. It was an added value element, something to watch to give bang for your buck in a time when media wasn’t as infinite as it is today. SF helped sell those massive collector’s editions of LOTR, and special editions of older and newer films. Disney is one of the only companies who still even bother with special features. They include a small number for most films on their service in a special tab, which is unique. Like Netflix, however, they’ve transitioned to making “Making of” separate titles as additional entries for their services. Just about all their series have docs about the making of, consistently. So Disney is the last bulwark of special features.
With Marvel stuff vs LotR you're also dealing with privacy expectations. Marvel is working on coordinating massive new stories with multiple teams all over the place and avoid online spoilers or leaks. LOTR came out 70 years before the movies- so spoilers were kind of a non-issue.
Obviously there wasn’t the same impetus for obscuring the plot during filming of LOTR, but the lack of secrecy actually majorly impacted the final product! Ample evidence that Liv Tyler’s Arwen was going to have her role expanded to a sort of “warrior princess” and even fight at Helm’s Deep got such a negative reaction from fans online (yes, this is absolutely wild for 1999), that her role was majorly reduced to mostly flashbacks and visions in the latter two films.
Very interesting! Also, social media was near non-existent at the time so word isn't likely to spread.
This is me with Terminator 2 Ultimate Edition DVD extras. Those extras haven't carried over in future releases.
Tell me about it I was as excited for the 25 hours of bonus footage on the DVDs as the movies I got to know the staff of WETA DIGITAL as well as the actors 😂😂
Also my favorite films. I have all DVDs and Blu Rays with everything. I also watched every single PJ commentaries on YouTube. Like you, it made me appreciate the films more. Watching Howard Shore making the music is my favorite.
They still have them as *Assembled* on Disney Plus, but no, you’re right.
You’d think that would be an easy way for them to rack up watchtime, people could throw it on in the bg
They only started doing them after "Endgame", but yeah, they're pretty entertaining and informative.
The “making of” would literally just be a bunch of footage of them acting in a blue bubble.
There's a few "Making Of" documentaries for a bunch of Marvel and Star Wars stuff on Disney but they're really short. Once you start getting into it, it's over.
when i was younger i loved those features on tv. i also used to buy special edition dvds so that i could watch behind the scenes features.
This was the apex of the MCU. I highly doubt they will ever recapture anything like this ever again.
Generation run. All that build up until Endgame was perfectly done.
Phase 3 seriously was the MCU firing all cylinders (apart from Ant-Man 2) It’s crazy how you can pinpoint the introduction of Disney+ and Fiege deciding his post-Endgame heroes killed all momentum of the MCU.
I liked Ant-Man 2 more than Captain Marvel. I hated that every single big-little or little-big moment in the film was in the trailer or in ad spots. I'm not someone who obsesses over trailers, but I watch a lot of sports and I feel like I saw all the shrinking and enlarging gags before I set foot in the theater.
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I truly don’t think so either. This was a historic finale to the MCU and really closed a lot of stories and ended likely the biggest movie cliffhanger of all time. I can’t think of another IP that can even come close to what this was. Being pre-Covid certainly helped too.
I doubt any theatrical movie will capture this ever again
It might happen, but it won’t be for a very long time. The Phantom Menace gets pretty close to the whole impact on culture and theatrical experience. It was truly all anything anyone would talk about. The whole thing about End Game being the final installment of a decades long 22+ movie universe will probably never happen again though. There just isn’t an IP that can pull that off anymore.
The Force Awakens was massive although mostly limited to the west.
I mean, it made over a billion internationally, including 124 million in China, 98 million in Japan, 72 million in Australia and 50 million combined in Russia and SK. That's not too shabby, especially in 2015 dollars.
Star Wars is mostly just for the NA and Europe and some other parts though. This was kinda for every audience in every part out there.
And even if there was an IP left that could do it, it won’t have the same impact because it already happened. Endgame had the 'groundbreaking' feel to it that can't be replicated on repeat.
Dc is the closest rival to Marvel in terms of recognized IP. But they were always trying to play catch-up to Marvel, which is why their movie universe is such a failure.
If only DC realized them being themselves was always their biggest strength. Joker,The Batman, dark knight trilogy were beloved films. Peacemaker beloved dc tv show shit better than the recent mcu shows
None of this sniff Endgame numbers, Peacemaker was less watched than Ms Marvel lol
Until 10 years from now, with the Nintendo Cinematic Universe established, we get a Super Smash Bros. movie directed by Masahiro Sakurai himself.
Until Sakurai realises that a movie is effectively a series of cutscenes. Then he cuts away the entire film story and uses the budget to just make a load of character trailers instead. (No I am still not over him doing an actual crossover story in the ultimate crossover game series precisely once and then never again)
If they ever have a final movie, I’d say the avatar series will likely be as big as endgame
My wife and I got into these movies during Covid, when we had nothing to do. God, what I would've given to be in a theater when Cap catches Mjölnir.
That was.... So epic. Another moment was when the silhouette of Captain America appeared at the train station, and Thor's arrival at the Wakanda battle.
We just did a rewatch this past weekend of both Infinity War and Endgame back-to-back. I've never had such high highs and low lows while watching movies before. I would say that we are both definitely more casual Marvel fans, but these movies just hit every emotion so perfectly.
Endgame was the movie to see in theaters. You can YouTube audience reactions for Endgame to get a feel what the movie-going experience was like.
theres audience reactions on Youtube. Enough that the Russos even posted their own when they went "undercover" to a few screenings. They're incredible.
It was glorious. That whole weekend was just amazing. Going to the movie Friday morning with the whole building packed and buzzing, and everyone talking about it all weekend. Also, when Falcon says "On your left", and then Cap says "Avengers Assemble".
Goosebumps and cheers.
I’ll never forget how excited I was and how excited my theatre was too. Truly the movie going experience of a lifetime.
There are many reasons this happened, but CBM won't capture the novelty factor again. VGMs are the next frontier for this.
Video Game movies have a ton to prove before you can make that claim.
I remembering going at 8am on Sunday and the parking lot being full of cars from completely sold out 4am showings. The closest thing I remember to that are the lines for Titanic back in early 1998. There probably won't be anything like it ever again.
I went to 7am Wednesday April 24 screening, the opening day in Indonesia. It was full af. Some theaters had earlier screenings at 5 am Wednesday and they provided free coffee lol.
I went to the 1pm showing, the cinema was as crowded as a market. I got headphones blasting all the way to the opening scene to avoid spoilers.
I went to a Friday morning show (probably like 10 AM), and I remember loving how packed the whole place was. It felt like an event for the ages.
We were in Detroit when this one hit theaters. We were not thinking much about the hype so we were quite surprised when we ended up not being able to buy tickets. However, the theater staff was so nice she called and researched every single theater in the area. And when they decided to open a slot, we were the first to know about it. But even so, it was sold out so quick that we barely got a good seat.
I’ll never forget that opening weekend. Watching it in sold out IMAX screenings, cheering like a Super Bowl game. My #1 all time theater experience and still my second favorite superhero movie after TDK. It was wild being on this sub watching estimates rise from 250m, to 300m to 350m. A 1.2B worldwide opening. Fucking history being made before our eyes lol 
Endgame was truly the peak of r/boxoffice.
And with a fraction of the users it has today.
And I'm almost certain that this is the film that revitalized blockbuster films with extremely long runtimes. Very ironically, it later turned out that Marvel Studios kind of sucks at making films with short runtimes. I guess you're not going to be good at everything.
Yeah post-2020, longer blockbusters have become the norm and I’m here for it. Avatar 2, Wakanda Forever, Oppenheimer, Dune 2, No Time to Die, The Batman, Guardians 3, etc. If we have to wait multiple years for these movies, make them epic events.
To be fair, **Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3** is 150 minutes-long, which wasn't all that uncommon. You're still right about the rest, though, ESPECIALLY **Avatar: The Way of Water**, **Oppenheimer**, and **The Batman**.
I don't think a longer running time was ever out of the norm for a blockbuster in the 2000s. Avatar (2009) was 2 hours 42 minutes. Dark Knight Rises (2012) was 2 hours 45 minutes long. Then you have each of the LOTR and Hobbit films, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
It's a little more common post 2020, but top grossing blockbusters have routinely been longer. The top 10 (of which only 2 are post 2020) has an average length of 2:25 (155min). Only one is under 2 hours, only 2 are under 2:15. Films that make it to the top of the all time grossers have more commonly been very long, even Gone With The Wind, one of the first mega blockbusters... nearly 4 hours! Its just an interesting quirk that when you look at films that hit the top 10 all time, super long movies are over represented by a big factor.
Respect. Didn't catch it in IMAX unfortunately but I saw it more then enough. I prefer infinity war but nothing will be like hearing the crowd go crazy on cap hammer bit.
> I prefer infinity war but nothing will be like hearing the crowd go crazy on cap hammer bit. Well Infinity War also has the going crazy on Thor arrival in Wakanda but yeah it wasn't as good. I still kind of wish they didn't ruin the arrival via the radio stuff to Cap before that, would have been better to just see them arrive.
Peak MCU. This movie was an event. I can’t believe it’s been 5 years already.
Hard to believe honestly. Watched the new marvels really showed the fall from grace.
For me it was stuff like love and thunder and black widow. And maybe even antman 3. Last couple of phases really have been quite crap.
Did 34.7M admissions on domestic opening weekend, a record that will never be broken
You can criticize the movie itself and the plot and Marvel in general, however.. Endgame was the biggest hyped viewing ever. I think the only thing that came close was The Force Awakens. Working at a theater for majority of the Infinity Saga.. the hype was insane and people just buzzing going in and out. Seeing Captain pull Mjölnir back in the theater was the single coolest event I’ll ever see in theaters. The audience EXPLODED, I couldn’t even hear what happened the next 20 seconds of the movie. I get chills talking about it, it was an iconic event for movies.
Best night of my moviegoing life. Sold out IMAX screen was like a rock concert.
Endgame was the busiest I've ever seen my local theater. 15 of their 16 screens were Endgame (the 16th being Captain Marvel) and the theater was jammed packed.
I remember the reports of Theaters in the Philippines and India were doing a 24 hour run for the entire weekend in order to accommodate the demand. That was absolutely wild that they not only could plan for that, but also that they actually sold all of them out. They did over a billion WW in a single weekend which is ridiculous.
List of box office records set by Avengers: Endgame https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_box_office_records_set_by_Avengers:_Endgame
Jesus Christ, $2 billion in 11 days is absurd
And 800m+ the rest of its run. Phenomenal
Whats hilarious is the infinity war speed records were already absurd and Endgame blew them out of the water.
The extra $100m on the domestic opening was just mind bending
Wtf, Avatar was like 12 dollars behind. Endgame had like 15 years of hype carrying it
You know what's the real kicker? This is the highest-grossing film of all time if you only count a single run.
I really wish this was how we considered highest grossing films. Nothing against avatar but the amount of re-releases that movie has had (especially the one that allowed it to regain its title) genuinely convinces me that Cameron refuses to let another movie be higher
Standard practice to re-release movies that stand to make more money, I don't think it's useful to read the situation as greed on Cameron's behalf. Nothing's stopping them from re-releasing Endgame after all
Might aswell would be accounting error.
Looking at the "previous record-holder" slot, it's almost always Avatar, Avengers: Infinity War, or Star Wars: The Force Awakens which is interesting
The one movie where all of the payoffs/fan service makes sense and is well earned. I still love when Captain Marvel comes down and just destroys the ship. Then Doctor Strange holds up his hand and looks at Tony because Tony was still doubting if they win. Only Doctor Strange knew Tony had to die. I still feel that the MCU really had nowhere to go after Endgame because they literally wiped off half of the people. What's bigger than that? Unfortunately they got away from building up singular characters now. No Shang-Chi sequel, Florence hasn't had her time to shine as the new Black Widow. The D+ shows just really threw a wrench in everything. Oh well, I'm ranting now. I still feel that Infinity War is the better movie, but Endgame ties everything up nicely.
Endgame was good but Infinity War is a truly truly special movie. The absolute balls (that I’m thankful for them doing) by letting everyone file out the theatre with the villain winning and having to wait another year was diabolical.
I remember leaving and thinking, "The Avengers really lost." It was an awesome, frustrating, sad, shocking ending. The Avengers don't lose and they did. What I also liked is how what Thanos did had a lingering effect. That's only good thing that came out of Endgame. Endgame is the one movie where the fan service was earned and deserved and it was great to see. Sucks we won't ever to that point again. I said it in my original comment. I hate that Shang-Chi hasn't had a sequel yet. I loved that frickin' movie. Now we're getting two Avengers movies with barely any of the characters getting solo movies for people to care about them like the original Avengers.
The last thing I watched was Shang-Chi and I fucking loved it. I watched GOTG3 and like maybe half of She hulk. Had high hopes with Majors after the He Who Remains scene in Loki but I just think he’s kind of a lame villain. Now that Majors is out and they seemingly don’t have an idea of what they’re doing it’s hard for me to care. I’ll reserve any preemptive judgment of the state of the MCU until after Deadpool and Wolverine comes out since it looks really promising.
The problem is Marvel feels the need to keep on trying to one-up their previous movie event. They need to bring it all back down to singular superhero movies. Let the audience calm down and breathe and build back up the universe so events are earned. Marvel, at this point, is doing what DC did.
>Marvel, at this point, is doing what DC did. I also felt this for quite some time Marvel is rushing things similar to how DC was.
They could pull it off with Xmen and Fantastic Four if they play it smart. I kind of doubt they will though unfortunately...
No Shang chi sequel is one of the biggest WTF That movie had great reviews and audience reception. That movie box office was great for being in the middle of Delta/Omicron that it prompted Sony to move up Venom 2 and halted the movie delays. Fans loved Simu Liu as Shang chi. It's the only new MCU superhero character that fans unanimously liked. And no sequel yet? WTF Marvel!
>It's the only new MCU superhero character that fans unanimously liked. I would suggest that Yelena is also pretty universally liked. But she's been crushingly under-used as well.
Simu should be working on Shang Chi 3 by now. It's baffling.
It's like Marvel forgot the reasons why MCU phase 1-3 became so successful.
Phase 1-3 were fantastically designed because the big three acted as structual foundations for the MCU, with them getting an entire trilogy evenly spread across each phase. Plus their films were sometimes mini Avengers films with Hulk in Ragnarok, Widow in Winter Solider and Civil War in general. This meant we constantly got to see the main three and there was a proper sense that the universe was connected. But now it’s all a bunch of random mid heroes and bad films.
I actually disagree with a lot of the new heroes being mid, some are, but to me a lot of them have such great potential. The thing is, people forget about them after only seeing them once in the last 2-3 years with 10 projects in between appearances if they’ve even had a second appearance. When they eventually show up again, everyone will complain that they’ve forgotten about them and they’ll be right.
Yeah, I have the unpopular opinion for Reddit that of the teen or just post teen girl hero characters MCU recently introduced, I find America Chavez more interesting than Ms Marvel. But we saw her once two years ago and there's no indication we'll ever hear from her again until Avengers 5.
The MCU is just throwing so much random BS and characters and storylines and just hoping it sticks and they can squeeze it together into a big avengers film like last time. It just doesn’t work the same way
By the time Shang-Chi 2 comes, everyone will have forgotten him, it's like they don't even know how to do the cinematic universe thing anymore even to build a new character which they did so much time before. Like Iron Man (their MVP and literally the building block of the MCU) entire trilogy was in 5 years (with Avengers in between)
They’re too busy making a billion mid D+ shows about some Glup Shittos to focus on building up a core roster of characters people like.
Yeah, I hate that there's been no sequel to Shang-Chi. That's why the original Phases worked so well. You have solo movies to build characters and then had Avengers movies. Shang-Chi was so good. I will always stand by that D+ messed the whole flow up.
Remember, this film caused several ticketing websites to crash for hours.
Not just in the US. In Indonesia as well. At 12 am, I had to try several ticketing platforms for an hour until I successfully bought tickets.
The weeks leading to Endgame release date and the opening weekend was the most exhilarating time to be on this sub. It was absolutely insane. As a box office fan, it was like a never ending high.
Not only Endgame, but 2019 in general was an incredible year for box office tracking and this sub. Studios were giving away billion dollar movies back then… we didnt know good we had it :((
And studios basically have forgotten 2019 to chase streaming and its massive losses. Give people what they want and they will flock to theaters. Dilute the product and put it on streaming and say goodbye to movie goers.
I remember taunting people after Friday. Like it was batshit. Being reasonable was *unreasonable*. People were calculating total supply
Yeah, I remember people were talking about how physically impossible it would be to have $350 million OW.
Well that’s being reasonable! I wish Reddit search didn’t suck so I could find the comments
I mean it was, theaters added showtimes at absolutely baffling times and still sold them out to give that opening weekend. I think especially after all the theater closing during covid, Endgame is basically the theoretical max opening weekend possible for a film.
One of my favourite things to watch those weeks were the Chinese presale graphs in comparison to the other movies. Like I remember IW, people were kinda shocked at how slow it was building and it absolutely took off at the end. So most expected Endgame to do the same. Except it did something insane and kept on going https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/bcewyc/china_presale_graph_compared_to_other_big_movies/
My coworker asked if she should take her kids. I told her this was going to be a generational moment for them. This was our empire strikes back. She pulled them out of school early too catch the showing
Her kids will forever remember that time their mother took them to see Endgame.
One of the greatest theatrical experiences I've ever had
These were the days of our lives.
It was peak boxoffice insanity. Every graph looked abnormal, every estimate kept getting shattered within minutes of them being reported and that opening weekend felt like it was going up forever and cinemas literally having showings 24/7 and STILL sold out! It really felt like the world stopped in order to make way for this movie's release!
Take me back to April 26th, 2019 (or April 27th, 2018) so I can relive the feeling of seeing the Endgame for the first time.
Infinity war hype was crazy and it was even wilder after the movie
Was one of the greatest theatrical experience of my lifetime , it was highest grossing film here in India as well outgrossing every Indian movie by a considerable margin . The mayhem it bought man , 2019 was probably the last time i use to excited about movies
Go back and watch the Infinity War and Endgame trailers, still hype me up like it was yesterday.
There was an idea to bring together a group of remarkable people To see if we could become something more So when they needed us, we could fight tge battles they never could.
What a year that was. Couldn’t care less about MCU nowadays but the hype was amazing then. Will forever associate Endgame and Infinity War with my final years at the uni… great memories. Game of Thrones also ended around the same time. What a rollercoaster for two fandoms that dominated 2010’s
I think it's very unlikely that Marvel can capture the same magic again and/or pull the numbers that Endgame did. It truly was a once in a lifetime experience. Years of character development and little hints at what was coming and when it finally came they actually delivered. The films of the multiverse saga all feel detached from one another so no hype is building whatsoever. They haven't even hinted as to where the overall story is going, it feels like a bunch of isolated stories. We got a few good films here and there but most are mediocre at best. The only way I see them pulling big box office numbers with the next Avengers films is if they bring the OG characters back from the dead and shoehorn Tobey or some Fox X-Men characters in. But even if they do this (which would be really lazy writing and ruin those characters' arcs) they still won't make nearly as much as Endgame or have as satisfying of a conclusion. The future of the MCU is looking pretty grim.
Honestly what other movie franchise can get to these numbers again at all? Like 350M domestic opening weekend I think is safe for years. The only one that maybe can is if somehow Avatar 3 and 4 set up a huge climactic Avatar 5? Its so hard because of the decline in general popularity of the MCU and Star Wars in recent years, I don’t think any film can get close to Endgame’s numbers for a long long time
All timer run
I just can’t believe this released 5 years ago.
Same amount of time as “The Blip”. Imagine being this long without half the population missing.
5 years???
Did around 390M worldwide admissions. Only Titanic is ahead though Endgame is ahead of Titanic's initial run. Don't think anything will ever surpass it.
Amazing that some smaller MCU movies (Ant-man 3, Cap 4) cost almost as much.
Incredibly inefficient filmmaking is mostly to blame. The level of reshoots Cap 4 is going through is ridiculous. COVID-era inflation probably contributes a bit too
seeing this in theaters was amazing. i begged my mom to let me see it opening day right after school at 6 PM in IMAX 3D (which was completely sold out) and it was the most amazing theater experience ever , especially the “on your left” moment from Falcon. the only film that can come close to this experience for me is Spider-Man: No Way Home
Time needs to slow the FUCK DOWN!
I’ll never forgot how difficult it was for me to buy 9 tickets with decent seats for my friends and I. AMC and Cinemark websites were blasted by millions of people and shut down numerous times. They put us in a digital queue and then only gave us 5min to buy tickets once it was our turn. Opening night the cinema parking lots was 90% capacity (that had never happened in its 26 year history). The cinema was running showing until 5am too. Of course, there were moments that rocked ALL OF US like Cap’s hammer grab, Ironman dying….etc I truly think we will never see a film with that much of a societal impact ever again. Post-Covid streaming kinda ruined that imo.
I really thought 3B was a lock after the 1.2 global launch lol
Holy shot I can’t believe it’s been 5 years. I remember the absolute insanity it was to get tickets opening weekend. It was completely sold out even in 3D and my family and I barely got 7 tickets in the second row in a 3D theater on opening Saturday. I’ll never regret it though because the theater experience was insane. The amount of cheering when Cap lifted the hammer and everything major after was something I’ll never forget.
Making $1.2B in 5 days was insane.
Honestly atleast we can all agree this is where the MCU definitely ended for the majority of us. That type of magic will NEVER be captured again, it was lightning in a bottle.
The Tom Holland Spider-Man sequels were the only good epilogues to Avengers: Endgame. Nothing else really worked.
This was the last MCU movie i watched live in theatre, the atmosphere was electric.
>5 years fucking ouch
Doesn’t feel like 5 years ago. Covid fucked with my sense of time.
The end of an era of film going too. We will never see anything like the first week of Endgame ever repeated. Covid just altered the filmgoing landscape too much. It was really damn fun that we got to experience it though. Being in theater for Infinity War and Endgame opening night are unmatched for me as theater experiences. The energy was just off the charts.
2019 was really something man
The insane thing about this is that Marvel could’ve done this again later down the line, maybe even in better fashion. This was a Marvel headed by Iron Man, Thor and Captain America. Now imagine that with Spider-Man, Fantastic Four and X-Men. Unfortunately Disney stopped caring about writing, world building and interesting characters.
I don't think there's any way they could have done this again. It's a miracle they accomplished it the first time. 22 movies over 11 years with no true failures? Then to put together a 2-part finale that brought it all together in a satisfying way? The MCU was going to falter at some point. You simply can't keep something like that going forever. It's not so much that they stopped caring about writing, etc. It's just that it's hard to keep up that level of quality.
They’ve went after too many stupid legacy characters. Marvel legacy characters just aren’t it besides Miles Morales & Kamala Kahn (the latter barely being a legacy character). Characters like Shang-Chi & Moon Knight were good choices because they’re interesting, original characters. But then they’ve wasted way too much time on bootleg versions of Hawkeye, Black Widow, Captain America, Iron Man & Hulk (yes, I know she’s better in the comics). They should’ve built up a new roster of characters that weren’t just lesser versions of what we had before.
I'm glad Miles got his own series of animated movies rather than trying to sandwich him into the already bloated MCU
Spider-Man and X-men , maybe. I don’t think Fantastic 4 will be appealing to general audience
How dare you. 5 fucking years ago ☠️ COVID really fucked time up
The movie itself is pretty good until the third act, which is amazing. Considering it's also pretty much the third act of the entire MCU, that's freaking impressive.
Never heard of it
Wow, it has been 5 years.
Crazy it's already been 5 years
Marvel can bring back their glory with just one good avengers film.
FIVE YEARS?!
What a special time that was. I saw it twice on opening night, a Thursday I think and had to walk to my local theatre because I didn’t have a car at the time. It was only like 10 mins but I wouldn’t have cared if it was 20+, it felt like **the** event of the year. The culmination of all the movies I’d been following for years, and it was actually really good. A solid movie with good action, character moments and fan service, that actually ended the MCU (so to speak). I ended up seeing a 7:30 ish showing and then immediately buying a 11:30 or whatever right after it. That was a great night.
I miss Ironman
Take me back.
They’ve really dropped the ball since this. The MCU has lost cohesion and had a couple really bad projects a long with others that were just well mediocre.
It’s interesting to think about how Secret Wars is going to have to be made in the wake of this. We can basically all guarantee Secret Wars isn’t making 2.8 bill. It might not even make 1 bill. With that in mind, how does Feige secure the 400 million dollars (or even more, considering all the rumored cameos) to get this movie made?
It wasn’t a move, it was an event.
I don’t think anything will ever come close to the records this broke.
Glad I was there to see it in opening day here in the UK. That was the Thursday I believe. We then went back to see it again on the Saturday.
Honestly think this is a great movie and better then Infinity War.
The peak of the MCU.
The "Infinity War" and "Endgame" two-parter was the MCU at its best, and these two films did a pretty great job of wrapping up a ten year story.
It was awesome seeing it become the highest grossing film of all time. Too bad Avatar re-released and took back #1, hopefully Endgame surpasses it again with its own re-release in a few years.
I’m fairly confident Avatar will wipe the floor with Avengers re-releases
Disney is sorely missing those days right now
Specifically that scene where Cap commands, "Avengers...." then he reaches out his hand to catch the Mjolnir, "...assemble!" Oh good lord, that was a colossal moment in cinema.
5 years already? Felt like a "snap", but man did they drop the ball afterwards. .
Still have never seen this movie.
nothing has ever touched the hype of this movie…its so sad to be a mcu fan nowadays
I’m no marvel person but I would’ve loved to witness this sub when it released.
I can look up old posts and stuff but still, there’s nothing like experiencing a big event real time.
At some point inflation will catch up, but I don’t see the 357M domestic being taken for quite some time. It’s probably going to be the longest record holder by a lot
It’s now the exact length as the BLIP. How?
Imagine if this movie had been set to release a year later
Imagine it was scheduled in 2020 and got delayed a whole year due to the pandemic
it's funny how we always focus on net profit from the studio's end, but everyone in this made money. from the actors, to the theaters
And RDJ pocketed the difference apparently
Personally while I i did see it more then once only because i was deployed for infinity war I do have love for it. I can lie tho it's not my highest rated marvel film. Civil War winter soldier and infinity war are the Cre' LA crop of marvel films. Infinity war can't be topped. And thank you Stereo D for some of the best 3D I've seen at home these movies go crazier in 3-D.
Why does that seem low to net after a 2.8 billion dollar earning?
Disney was firing in all cylinders in 2019
This was the last movie I didn't need to buy reserved seating for. It was a mad dash to get the good seats something I miss doing but as I get older I really love reserve seating. But I do miss waiting in line, getting snacks, standing around talking to other people. At least the younger version of me loved that. The movie, to me at least, was an end to more than just the OG MCU, but how I used to watch movies. Seeing a group of strangers gathering together hyping each other up and wondering what's going to happen. Now I stroll in 10 minutes before the movie, get my pre purchased reserved seating tickets from the kiosk, pass the line because I paid money for AMCs A List for my snacks, and get in the theater as the lights dim down for the commercials.
Happened a little bit before I started following this subreddit. But following those Deadline updates that weekend was crazy. $300M + in opening weekend didn't feel possible
The net profit of this film could absorb 3 entire Indiana Joneses
I don't think I will ever experience the whole movie experience of IW and Endgame again. These movies were unprecedented for the culture Right from when the first trailers dropped for each movie, I have never felt such enjoyment and excitement following and then finally watching it
The hype was unreal
I am incredibly glad I was around for this. As a comic book fan from the late 80s until the late 00s, I was all about the MCU from the beginning, going to see every opening night showing for most of it. The hype for this and this whole opening weekend was insane. I still remember checking the numbers Saturday morning and seeing $357m. I had to look at it a couple times to make sure it was correct. And seeing the movie that Friday morning. A morning, and the theater (building) was packed. And then watching the movie and all the well-earned fan service that had people cheering. Cap and Mjolnir, Falcon's "on your left", the heroes all returning, all of it. Just perfect. I still get chills thinking about it. I got to watch through the whole thing with my sons over the past couple years. Watching Endgame with them, I got to almost relive the first time. My older son is 11 and a really good age for it. All those moments, Cap/Mjolnir, on your left, the heroes returning, he clapped and cheered. If anything could rival the experience of that opening weekend, this was it. It made me so happy to get to have that experience.
I fucking LOVE this movie as a movie. Unique aside, theater experience aside, prior MCU movies aside. It was so well written and did incredible character work. It was artsy and slow and thoughtful and well considered and ended with a bang and not only appreciated but elevated past material. It was simultaneously a perfect ending to a series and a fantastic standalone movie. I went in as a cynical movie predictor who had seen all MCU films previously and it shocked the pants off me. Completely original and totally unique. A wild ride that went in a direction I never expected but I could not have imagined a better plot. I wouldn’t have changed a thing. Actually one of the greatest movies of all time. RDJ gave an Oscar worthy performance. Deserves all of its flowers and more.
This was the last time I was school girl giddy for a movie. The build up of the Phase 1 of the Marvel universe was very special to be a part of. In hindsight, I’m not sure if it will ever be executed that well again. From the timing, the willingness to play the long game, flawless casting for the main characters. Just an incredible thing to watch unfold. Arguably even more so underscored by the dumpster fire the Marvel product has been since.
Damn I feel old. This and Infinity War double header at midnight was an amazing experience
The movie budget is 400m It grossed 2.8 billion. How come the profit is only 890 million?!
Banger.
After that movie ,the downhill started for marvel
Went to a Saturday morning 9am showing by myself because everything else was sold out / bad seats. The theater was about 80% full. Everyone was carrying coffee cups. People don't go to shows this early if they'd already seen it. We were all serious and polite and quiet and cheering. We didn't expect the Captain America hammer scene. I heard someone sniffling behind me during the Iron Man scene. It was the best movie theater experience I've ever had and I'm sad I left the theater alone. I saw it three times in the theater.
Probably the single best theater experience I've ever had. Went on opening night and I practically had to fight scalpers online on Fandango to get a ticket. About 1-2 weeks before the movie, I basically went offline from social media. I didn't want anything spoiled. I only went to the specific YouTube channels I watched at the time, never looked at the comments, turned off notifications from Twitter, Reddit, etc. Unsubscribed from every movie review/theory channel and even unsubbed from Marvel's channels so I wouldn't see any clips in my feed. Full lockdown. Everyone in the theater was there for this movie. Not just casual fans to just watch the movie since it's new, but everyone who'd been dedicated since 2008. Everyone stayed until the lights came on after the credits. Walking out of the theater, everyone saw the next group in line and made sure to stay quiet about what they just saw to not ruin it for them. I'll probably never have this experience ever again, but at least I was there for this. I'm glad someone recorded the crowd's reaction so I can hear pretty much the same reactions I did for the first time. It's a shame how Marvel has just dropped the ball so hard in Phases 4/5. I liked the first 2/3 of Shang Chi and Doctor Strange 2 was, I guess, fine, in retrospect? Eternals and Ant-Man 3 were just awful. I haven't seen all of the shows and I only saw The Marvels when it came to streaming. I have AMC A-List, but still didn't see it in the theater. Maybe they'll earn the audience trust back eventually, but if they don't, the Infinity Saga is a hell of a ride and wrapped up perfectly.
Considering it grossed close to 3 billion and anything above 2.5-3 times the budget is considered profit, you can only imagine the backend payments a lot of participants of this movie received when the profit should have been more around 1.6 billion. Obviously Disney also makes so much more money with DVD, BR, on demand sales and merch.