‘Avengers: Endgame’ Returns to No. 1 on All-Time Global Box Office Chart, Surpassing ‘Avatar’

Heat Vision Home Movies Movie News Marvel Studios' 2019 release headed back to theaters last weekend ahead of this year's 'Doomsday.' Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man in 'Avengers: Endgame.' Courtesy Everett Collection Logo text Avengers: Endgame has powered its way back to the top spot on the all-time global box office chart. With the second weekend of Disney‘s Avengers Endgame: Encore rerelease that is timed to drum up excitement for this year’s Avengers: Doomsday, the 2019 superhero blockbuster collected $4.4 million domestically and $14.4 million overseas. This brought the overall global sum for Avengers: Endgame to $2.9255 billion, barely enough to surpass Avatar‘s $2.9237 billion. After hitting theaters from 20th Century Fox in 2009, James Cameron’s Avatar held the crown as the highest-grossing movie of all time globally for a decade until Avengers: Endgame moved past it in 2019. Two years later, Avatar reclaimed the crown with its rerelease ahead of the 2022 sequel Avatar: The Way of Water. Last weekend, Endgame: Encore’s $86 million global haul marked the No. 2 worldwide rerelease ever, behind only 2012’s Titanic 3D rerelease. Endgame rerelease took the top spot at the domestic box office last weekend in its first frame with $26 million, landing on top of a crowded marketplace that included such fellow newcomers as Paramount’s Brad Pitt-led Heart of the Beast, A24’s Robert Pattinson-starring Primetime and DreamWorks Animation’s Forgotten Island. More to come. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up