Imagine having almost three billion dollars in your bank account. A vast sum of cash, with so many zeroes that it might be impossible to spend all that cash in a single lifetime. For Disney, that absurd number isn’t a fantasy but rather a reality that has paid off handsomely at the box office as more than a decade’s worth of storytelling culminated in a film spectacle that has so far grossed over $2,73 billion worldwide.
That’s a hell of an achievement by any measure, but it still makes Endgame only the second highest-grossing movie of all time as James Cameron’s tale of lanky dragon-molesting Smurfs is still king of the box office. Avengers: Endgame is tantalisingly close to dethroning king Avatar though, and Disney knows this. The house of mouse is hellbent on taking the crown away from Avatar, and even though it has been two months since the film came out, they’re going for broke at cinemas once again.
As revealed by Comicbook.com, Disney will re-release the film with a couple of minutes of extra content that was cut from the film originally, with the re-release arriving in just over a week’s time as Marvel Studios big cheese Kevin Feige explained:
“We are doing that. I don’t know if it’s been announced. And I don’t know how much… Yeah, we’re doing it next weekend.
So what extra content will there be in the new cut? According to Screenrant’s chat with Feige, this!
There will be a version going into theaters… w/a few new things… If you stay & watch the movie, after the credits, there’ll be a deleted scene, a little tribute, and a few surprises.
A three-hour flick padded out with some deleted scenes to draw audiences back in? Combine that with a marketing effort to make Endgame the number one grossing film of all time and Disney might have the mother of all box office infinity stones in their golden gauntlet if they can cross the $2.788 billion record that Avatar made so many years ago back before the buzz around 3D movies still felt fresh and innovative.
Avengers: Go Suck On A Lemon, James Cameron, remains to be seen. It’s just as Doctor Strange said back in 2018: We are indeed in the endgame now.
Last Updated: June 19, 2019
Pariah
June 19, 2019 at 15:45
Maybe I can afford to go watch it this time around.
Original Heretic
June 19, 2019 at 16:01
My thoughts exactly. I really want to watch it again. And again.
I might even…assemble my friends. In a non-Frankenstein way.
Pariah
June 19, 2019 at 16:01
Build-a-friend is about the only way I make friends.
For the Emperor!
June 19, 2019 at 16:01
You forget the stalkers. We..I mean THEY, are never far away 🙂 https://media2.giphy.com/media/JNKy9CJSsCmiY/giphy.gif
Pariah
June 19, 2019 at 16:01
Sometimes I pretend I have a stalker and look over my shoulder while watching po… Netflix. Just in case someone’s watching, you know?
For the Emperor!
June 20, 2019 at 08:28
Just in case in turns into your own creepy po…Netflix episode? 😛
Original Heretic
June 19, 2019 at 16:16
I have some of the best friends a guy can have, but damn, we’ve all gathered once in the last year. Very sad. Life is a bastard.
Guz
June 19, 2019 at 17:16
Make it a thing, but you all have to cosplay xD
Magoo
June 20, 2019 at 13:59
Ahw Pariah.. I would totally… help you build friends.
Guz
June 19, 2019 at 17:16
Those Imax tickets bro 🙁
Will
June 19, 2019 at 20:04
It has about another 10M left in the tank from the US and overseas might be good enough for another 5M. It’s going to be an uphill struggle even with the re-release. If Disney was savvy they would ask China for a major expansion and tell them to keep 100% of the earnings. But I don’t see that happening.
CrAiGiSh
June 20, 2019 at 08:28
Bastards …
Magoo
June 20, 2019 at 13:59
But isn’t it a different movie then? Or at least, the money is being spent by the same people to see something new.
I’m just salty because Pandora > MCU