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If Avatar 2 happens to appeal to China's collectivist nature, it's game over.

Some people specifically mentioned Avatar. They don't want that movie to remain #1 and want Endgame. China has weird patterns for blockbuster but one thing has been consistent for them, if something takes root like a trend or a fad, they will cling to that. Avatar 2 will most likely be that. It already has many want-to-see ratings despite having no promotions at all. Avatar has "nostalgia" there. However, I am not saying it'd be like 3B floor 🙄 I'm just saying I can see China going crazy over Avatar 2. I don't belong to that group.

It might make $1B from China alone. The rest depends on other territories. 3D isn't a fad anymore in many places. It's up to that movie if* it causes another 3D resurgence. Though it's funny how many people on Twitter (under those news tweets about Endgame's OW) want Endgame to get to $3B. They really don't like Avatar having that crown 😂

Thanks. I was thinking of Scarlett earlier but I wasn't sure. And hers was unique because one was voice and the other live-action. Too bad TJB was almost close to $1B. BP was released in February though while IW was in April. So it wasn't consecutive but they did star in those 1st two billion-dollar movies.

Brie Larson stars in the 1st two billion-dollar movies of the year, billion-dollar movies in 2 consecutive months, and #1 and #2 movies this weekend. Pretty cool trivia. Has another actor done all these before? Genuinely asking the trivia folks here.

Fox was the offeror in this scenario. Any other studio buying it will always come out having that kind of industry share. Hate on Fox for offering it in the first place.

Let the actuals be $357M on Monday and we're all good 😎

Would love that. They can expand more on that world. The swashbuckling adventure is honestly awesome.

I get that this is a box office forum and we are all partial to the movie side of things and you have strong feelings against remakes. I get it. For Disney, live action remakes are just forms of media that they have recently focused on. Were you also against them producing their original IPs in other forms of media? Their old movies were also made into storybooks, coloring books, musicals, TV shows, etc. And I never said children don't appreciate old movies. I just said 2D animation has somewhat been stale on them because they grew up with the film technology in the stage that it is now. 3D and CGI is the norm for them. Of course I am strictly talking to the film side of things. TV still has 2D animation. But look at the output of the film industry for strictly children as target market. The sheer amount of computer animation relying on 3D is massive. This is just where things are now, just like streaming is taking center stage now.

Disney is risking a lot of money on movies that may or may not be a hit when it comes to the remakes but they are playing the long game. They are risking to get to red for a long-term gain. Also, as someone who majored in marketing, Disney is obviously doing remakes for the new generation. Their target market will always be children because that is where they get their money and that is where they can establish their brand, which will last a person's lifetime if things go their way. You probably grew up with their Disney classics or 2D animation, but this new generation did not. And this new generation grew up with 3D characters and great CGI as the norm. 2D animation has become somewhat stale for them compared to the other wondrous things technology has brought to them. Disney is trying to capture this new generation with their remakes through live-action and CGI because, as earlier reiterated, they grew up with CGI and 3D. And when they manage to capture their audience, the Disney brand will continue existing until a new generation comes along for them to work their magic again. It has always been the long game for Disney. Don't blame Disney for playing their game right. No one's stopping other studios (some owned by bigger fishes than Disney) to be successful. That is up to them. Disney's brand strategy is not exactly a secret.

These companies have access to the same resources as Disney. Heck some of the film studios are owned by bigger corporations than Disney and have more money to invest in their IPs. They should be assessing themselves and see where they can improve on, and not blame another studio that is trying its best to succeed.

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Feige in Marvel HQ after the worldwide OW:

Last year, @CJohn's $300M IW OW club seemed out of reach. I still remember lurking here and people talking about how $300M OW is highly impossible unless almost all screens were given to a movie and tons of people were to fill almost all of them. A year later and here we have Endgame cruising through $300M OW like it's nothing. Also insane how Dom and China are basically competing on which territory goes higher than $300M OW. A true world event.

Endgame marketing has been topnotch.. need a permanent infinity gauntlet emoji tbh. Iconic.

For comps: IW 5-day OW: lc 650.1M IW OW Sat: lc 151.8M (#1 biggest single day) IW OW Sun: lc 148.3M (#2 biggest single day) IW was PH's first movie to earn lc 1B So I guess EG's OD just broke the biggest single day record. Might get broken again* this weekend.

Endgame is not gonna get Best Picture noms. The 3rd act alone will give Hollywood elitists the fits. Zoe Saldana spilled the tea on this. A bunch of them are allergic to CBMs and thinks Marvel actors are sell-outs. BP was a zeitgeist and was treated as an exception, hence the noms.

Yes they looked pretty cool in anime form. But after having watched Endgame, IW and EG would definitely look beautiful if they were made into anime. The action scenes would look awesome.

I would like to see how Japan would react if Marvel were to produce the MCU movies into anime. Even just the Infinity War and Endgame. I'm imagining them in my head and they look so pretty.

It's movie 4 under the Avengers franchise, but it's basically season finale, as Feige dubbed the 22-episodic films The Infinity Saga.

Weird thing to complain about in a forum that talks box office, in time for a movie that is poised to break many historic box office records domestically and internationally. Best avoid the forum for like a month then.

Nvm

Is there no Marvel regional office in Vietnam? If there isn't, I guess that decision is with the local distributor.