The Box-Office Crown Has Become a Lease
Avengers: Endgame is once again the highest-grossing movie in box office history, reclaiming the title from Avatar after Disney's recent theatrical re-release pushed it to $2.925 billion worldwide, Variety reports. The two blockbusters have traded the crown back and forth over the years as each returned to theaters for various engagements, which says something about what the record now measures: not just opening appetite, but the willingness to keep selling the same tickets again.
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A title that flips on a re-release schedule is closer to a scoreboard of theatrical engagements than a verdict on which film audiences actually preferred.
Re-releases still mean people bought tickets with money. If the crown can move, it moves because audiences keep showing up for both of them.