Titanic director James Cameron congratulates Marvel after Avengers: Endgame beats box-office record
'It took the Avengers to sink my Titanic'
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Your support makes all the difference.James Cameron has offered his congratulations to Marvel and Kevin Feige after Avengers: Endgame surpassed Titanic’s box office gross.
Endgame beat the 1997 epic's $2.187 billion (unadjusted for inflation) after collecting another $145.8 million domestically and $282.2 million overseas in its second weekend, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Cameron joked that it “took the Avengers to sink my Titanic” after Endgame.
“To Kevin and everyone at Marvel. An iceberg sank the real Titanic. It took the Avengers to sink my Titanic,” he wrote on Twitter.
“Everyone here at Lightstorm Entertainment salutes your amazing achievement. You've shown that the movie industry is not only alive and well, it's bigger than ever!”
The top-grossing film of all time is still Cameron's Avatar (2009), with $2.8 billion at the global box office.
Reviews for Endgame have been mostly positive. The Independent’s Geoffrey McNab wrote: “The wonder here is the very dexterous way the film deals with such intricate subject matter. This is an extraordinary feat of planning and logistics.
“The Russo brothers, working from another screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, are dealing with death, bereavement and separation but show remarkable lightness of touch and humour in the way they do so.
"One of the most impressive elements is the ease with which the film switches back and forth in time, seamlessly changing storytelling styles.”
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