Avatar passes Avengers: Endgame to retake box office crown after China re-release
Image: 20th Century Fox Avatar has once again retaken its crown as the most lucrative movie of all time, with James Cameron's 2009 film reaching a new all-time box office high to beat out 2019's Avengers: Endgame, which took the top spot with its $2.7902 billion take that year.
But thanks to a re-release of Avatar in China, Deadline reports that Avatar has already grossed enough to push its box office total to $2.798 billion, which edges out Earth's Mightiest Heroes once again for largest worldwide total.
The surge in Avatar ticket sales comes as China theaters are re-opening in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has seen a rush of theatergoers eager to return to theaters. And seeing as most major Western film studios have yet to release new titles...