Epic Avengers finale is the battle to end all box office battles
The latest instalment of the Marvel franchise is expected to exceed the takings of its earlier incarnations
The wait to find out what happens on the other side of the snap is over. By the time you read this, the roll-out of Walt Disney’s Avengers: Endgame will have already begun unspooling to fans across the world, the epic finale featuring gargantuan battles as well as a resurrection, of sorts, at the end of Marvel’s superheroes-and-foes saga. The film, which opens on April 26 on a record 4,600 screens across the US, and locally, is the culmination of a 21-movie build-up of standalone instalments, sequels, spin-offs and superhero mash-ups that began with the release of Iron Man in 2008. In that time the franchise has generated $18.6bn worldwide in ticket sales, a springboard for infinitely profitable television shows and merchandise.
Most of that has accrued to Disney, which bought Marvel in 2009 and under its auspice built up a wave of hits the likes of which Hollywood has never seen. Three of the top-10 worldwide grosses of all time belong to Avengers movies, and a fourth, Blac...
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