WORLDWIDE: $3 billion or more
WORLDWIDE: $2.50-$2.99 billion
WORLDWIDE: $2.0-$2.49 billion
DOMESTIC: $900 million to $1 billion+
DOMESTIC: $800 million to $899 million
DOMESTIC: $750 million to $799 million
DOMESTIC: $700 million to $749 million
It beat Jurassic world and will beat avengers iw's full box office take in just 2 weeks!
Not all of them are crappy cam versions.
I'll admit I watched a pirated version of the rebooted Star Trek some years ago. It was movie quality and there was a logo at the bottom indicating which media company it had been given to. Film reviewers get movie quality releases ahead of time and they sometimes leak which is what happened with the Star Trek I saw. I did end up seeing it in the theater later and own it on DVD now so I don't feel guilty but as such I can definitely say there was no difference in quality.
I also have a co-worker who pirates EVERYTHING. His position (basically a greeter behind a desk) is such he can watch videos all day and I've seen bits of some of his pirated stuff thats still in the theaters. Its movie quality.
piracy absolutely hurts tickets. Tons of people who are lukewarm or just cheap. Also, bootlegs are way better than they were a decade ago. Camera's are much improved and you can make out a lot more. Plus movies ain't cheap. I'm not gonna go on an economic rant here but if we look at generational wealth trends piracy is certainly an option people indulge in.
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Domestically Endgame brought in 40 million on its second Friday while Force Awakens brought in 49 million. Endgames lead is now down to 74 million (from 110 million 5 days ago). Interestingly though Box Office Mojo is still forecasting Endgame to break Force Awakens record for the 2nd weekend even though it lost on Friday.
Its now up 1.9 billion worldwide with an outside shot of getting up to #2 all time by the end of the weekend. Avatar is still 800 million away though.
Adjusted for inflation Endgame is now #74 all time but will likely be in the 30's by the end of the weekend and into the 20's by next weekend.
If you go back some posts in the thread you'll see a link where boxofficemojo compares Endgame, Infinity, Force Awakens, Last Jedi, and Avengers all the way down to a daily basis. Thus far Endgame is playing just like Infinity did relative to Force Awakens: beat Force Awakens on opening weekend and then lost EVERY day thereafter which is why Infinity ended up something like 250 million behind Force Awakens. Endgame got off to a much bigger start but otherwise has played just like Infinity did losing to Force Awakens every day since.
Endgame will crush Force Awakens internationally but thats largely because Star Wars doesn't have as big a global cultural imprint as Marvel does, especially in China. Domestically though I'm willing to say right now that Endgame will not beat Force Awakens.
I don’t care if it makes $1.00 or $3billion, it’s not going to change my life.
Don't know about the want part but movies absolutely can change your life. I have no idea how my life might have turned out otherwise but I know it changed forever when as an 8 year old I saw Star Wars in the theater. Because of it I became obsessed with Star Wars and any other sci fi I could get my hands on. Which led me to the Star Wars comics Marvel was putting out at the time and in turn led me to Marvel superhero comics and eventually other comics (I'm guessing I have about 30,000 comics in my collection in my basement). And then to fantasy novels of the time to go along with the sci fi. Star Wars was the beginning for me of my lifetime of sci fi / fantasy / comic obsession.
Sure, it can happen. Especially to impressionable 8 year olds, for whom Star Wars (for example) was their first foray into Sci-Fi, a genre which was obviously appealing to said impressionable 8 year old.
But I mostly watch movies just to be entertained. I suppose though, in lots of smaller ways, every movie changes my life, if one wants to broaden their horizon on the matter. But that's a very generous use of the phrase at that point.
Mostly: expecting a movie to change your life (and thereafter being disappointed it didn't) is like...wha--?
But I also question what kind of life an 8 year old had that could be "changed" instead of just "molded".
The day Avengers release there was decent cam,Not great but watchable. 3 days later there was a near dvd quality bootleg available. I am always going to support movies with a trip to the theater. But knowledge that there is good copy that I can watch in my home and not spend 32 dollars in food is very appealing. Piracy hurts tickets and Piracy today is fast with in 2 weeks there is solid copy out nearly always and for a big movie it is less than week a lot of times with in 2 days.
More on topic this movie is insane,It is basically making a 1 billion dollars per week right now
More than that.
It was only a week on Wednesday.