Post New Article

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Obliterates Records With $1.2 Billion Global Debut

Original Article

Posted By: Sunhan65, 4/28/2019 1:21:31 PM

It’s truly the Avengers’ world. The opening weekend of “Avengers: Endgame” demolished box office records with a stunning $350 million in North America and $1.2 billion worldwide. Disney-Marvel’s fourth and final Avengers superhero movie has captivated moviegoers, accounting for more than four of every five tickets sold domestically. “Avengers: Endgame” topped the year-old “Avengers: Infinity War” records by nearly $100 million domestically and a jaw-dropping $560 million worldwide.

Comments:

It´s extraordinary. I won´t spoil it in case you plan to see it. For those of us who have watched these movies and grown to love these characters, it´s everything I would have wanted it to be. Even the critics love it. And if you don´t like Marvel movies, that´s fine too. I´ll like it enough for both of us.

This one´s for the fans.

Post Reply

Reminder: “WE ARE A SALON AND NOT A SALOON”

Your thoughts, comments, and ideas are always welcome here. But we ask you to please be mindful and respectful. Threatening or crude language doesn't persuade anybody and makes the conversation less enjoyable for fellow L.Dotters.


Reply 1 - Posted by: SALady 4/28/2019 1:33:39 PM (No. 71164)
My husband and I usually drag ourselves to one movie a year. And I wouldn´t cry if we skipped that tradition from now on.

Most years, it´s a movie like "The Avengers". And we have enjoyed them.

Sadly, so many of the actors in these movies have started to take advantage of their fame and celebrity status to publicly preach socialist ideals and to constantly bash President Trump. When the actor that plays Captain America started doing it, that just so massively turned me off and we have no desire in the least to go see this movie. It may be the greatest movie ever made, but it will have to be so without our support of money.

I truly wish actors, singers, and other entertainers would just shut up and do their art!!! Stop alienating half of your potential fan base and ruining movies, music, art, etc, etc...
20 people like this.

Reply 2 - Posted by: TrueBlueWfan 4/28/2019 1:47:30 PM (No. 71172)
Can´t say i disagree about some of the stars spouting their stupidity and hate for our president. But I am dying to see this movie.
5 people like this.

Reply 3 - Posted by: Highlander 4/28/2019 2:02:59 PM (No. 71166)
I guess I’m too old. I don’t watch movies based on cartoons or graphic novels. Have fun y’all.
13 people like this.

Reply 4 - Posted by: Sunhan65 4/28/2019 2:05:34 PM (No. 71159)
#1 and I share some interesting movie history together, if I´m remembering correctly, and I understand that position. I too have learned forego some things I love because I can´t stand where they are coming from.

However, one of the many things I like about Marvel Studios is the refreshing lack of political posturing in their movies. With the exception of Black Panther, which I thought was agenda-driven and overrated, I´ve found them to be refreshingly free of political bias.

Marvel makes movies that are well worth watching. To make movies, they need to employ actors. Actors, in my experience, are not invariably over-contaminated by common sense. Nonetheless, some of them do their best work here, and all of them put their hearts into this film.

It´s a valentine to all the kids that grew up believing a man could fly. I understand if some won´t want to see it, but I truly wish you would.
4 people like this.

Reply 5 - Posted by: jalo1951 4/28/2019 2:26:56 PM (No. 71165)
I have never liked any of the super hero movies. Just not my cup of tea. Watched George Reeves play Superman in the 1950´s but that is as far as my interest goes. Obviously billions of people love them and from what I have read this is a great movie. And I too wish these entertainers would just do what they do and leave politics alone. I have a hard time separating them from their art and their politics which causes me not to open my wallet to support their craft.
13 people like this.

Reply 6 - Posted by: JHHolliday 4/28/2019 2:55:46 PM (No. 71157)
I am with #4 We don´t go to movies anymore and I don´t have much interest in ´superhero´ movies. I am sure it´s a good film and I use to eat up all the old sci-fi serials and Republic Pictures westerns. That was 60 years ago though. Anything I want to see, I stream. It´s a lot cheaper and much more comfortable.
8 people like this.

Reply 7 - Posted by: F15 Gork 4/28/2019 3:44:38 PM (No. 71161)
I’ve been clean 4 years now! No NFL and no Hollywood!
12 people like this.

Reply 8 - Posted by: aerocrafter 4/28/2019 3:54:46 PM (No. 71170)
For a "comic-book movie," this one is a true cinematic achievement. (Not that the academy would ever recognize it as such, but clearly the fans will.) If you´re a fan of the Marvel films, you will be amazed at how neatly Endgame ties up ten years of filmmaking and 20+ films, and it doesn´t miss a beat. It is everything you would hope it to be.

Culturally, the last time we saw something like this was the end of the original Star Wars trilogy back in the early 80s. (One might include the end of the Prequel trilogy in the early 2000s, but I´m not sure the culture as a whole was as wrapped up in the prequels.)

I think Marvel has managed to penetrate even deeper into the public conscious than the Star Wars saga did. Especially after the most recent disappointment there. (As a fan from the very beginning, it pains me to admit that.) That´s not to say that the epic mythology of the Star Wars saga can´t make a recovery, but for now, Marvel has worked a true cinematic wonder.

If you´re a fan at all, go see it. You won´t be disappointed.
8 people like this.

Reply 9 - Posted by: DVC 4/28/2019 5:02:43 PM (No. 71160)
Uh, OK. Whatever. I didn´t read those comic books, likely won´t bother with the movie unless an intelligent friend recommends it.
2 people like this.

Reply 10 - Posted by: GO3 4/28/2019 5:15:22 PM (No. 71171)
I might go see it even if Chris Evans plays Captain America with a friggin´ beard and no helmet/mask.
3 people like this.

Reply 11 - Posted by: Lawsy0 4/28/2019 5:34:22 PM (No. 71158)
This isn´t movie-making. It is CGI arranging. Adherents are apparently hooked on the stuff.
8 people like this.

Reply 12 - Posted by: Rather Read 4/28/2019 6:50:48 PM (No. 71163)
I´m almost 70. I grew up with the comic books and have seen all the movies with the exception of Captain Marvel (I don´t like Brie Larson). I´m going for sure and from what I fear, Marvel may make the rest of the movies "woke". So if they do, bye guys, it was fun while it lasted.
5 people like this.

Reply 13 - Posted by: envirodude 4/28/2019 9:43:09 PM (No. 71168)
people were crying during the movie. it was epic.
7 people like this.

Reply 14 - Posted by: Highlander 4/29/2019 11:32:31 AM (No. 71169)
Second post: Re: #13. My wife twisted my arm for us to see “Avengers - Infinity Wars.” Out of respect for her, tried not to fall asleep. It was like watching a lonnnngggg video game.
0 people like this.

Reply 15 - Posted by: Jack44 4/29/2019 1:19:25 PM (No. 71173)
Writer with so little imagination that they make movies from comic books. Viewers deserve better than this.
0 people like this.

Below, you will find ...
Most Recent Articles posted by "Sunhan65"
and
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)
Most Recent Articles posted by Sunhan65"
Tornado rips through
Dallas, leaving
significant damage
and thousands
without power
3 replies
Posted by Sunhan65 10/21/2019 3:13:15 AM Post Reply
A tornado ripped through Dallas Sunday night, leaving a trail of heavy damage across the area, including collapsed buildings and downed power lines. The damage, estimated to have stretched 17 miles long, left more than 95,000 people without power. No major injuries have yet to be reported, however, first responders were going door to door in some
‘Avengers: Endgame’ Obliterates Records With $1.2 Billion Global Debut 15 replies
Posted by Sunhan65 4/28/2019 1:21:31 PM Post Reply
It’s truly the Avengers’ world. The opening weekend of “Avengers: Endgame” demolished box office records with a stunning $350 million in North America and $1.2 billion worldwide. Disney-Marvel’s fourth and final Avengers superhero movie has captivated moviegoers, accounting for more than four of every five tickets sold domestically. “Avengers: Endgame” topped the year-old “Avengers: Infinity War” records by nearly $100 million domestically and a jaw-dropping $560 million worldwide.
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)
CBS’s Norah O’Donnell Accuses Trump
‘and His Supporters’ of ‘Giving
No Grace’ to Biden over ‘Garbage’ Comments
44 replies
Posted by Imright 10/31/2024 12:09:38 AM Post Reply
CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell accused former President Donald Trump “and his supporters” of not giving President Joe Biden “grace” over his “garbage” remarks. O’Donnell referred to how Trump rode on a garbage truck to his rally in Wisconsin a day after Biden described Trump voters as being “garbage.” “Former President Donald Trump was in North Carolina earlier, and tonight he’s also in Wisconsin,” O’Donnell. “He landed in Green Bay just a short time ago, and pulled, then, this campaign stunt, speaking to reporters from a garbage truck, proof that he and his supporters are giving no grace to a gaffe by President Biden, where he in his explanation, inadvertently
Video: Robert De Niro Calls Trump ‘A
Piece of S***’ at Harris Pennsylvania Rally
28 replies
Posted by Imright 10/30/2024 2:07:18 PM Post Reply
Days before President Joe Biden called the tens of millions of Americans who support former President Donald Trump “garbage,” Hollywood actor Robert De Niro called Trump “a piece of s***” while speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania for Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign. “It makes me so f****ng angry that we’re here talking about a piece of s*** like Donald Trump,” De Niro said, eliciting cheers from the audience. (X Video) As Breitbart News reported, De Niro joined fellow actor Leonardo Di Caprio, along with several other celebrity elites, in an attempt to boost Harris in the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania on Saturday.
Biden bites three babies at White House
Halloween party
26 replies
Posted by Imright 10/30/2024 11:58:19 PM Post Reply
President Joe Biden bizarrely bit three babies as he greeted the children of staff to his final Halloween party at the White House. Biden - infamous for his playful interaction with children at public events - also feigned fright at the creepy costumes of his young visitors alongside his wife Jill who was dressed in a full-body panda suit. The 81-year-old president was pictured biting the leg of a baby dressed as a turkey, chomping the toe of a child in an ice cream cone costume and nibbling at a third baby wearing a blue dress.
Supreme Court Allows Virginia to Remove
Noncitizens from Voter Rolls before Election
25 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 10/30/2024 10:28:17 AM Post Reply
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Virginia is entitled to remove noncitizen aliens from its voter rolls, siding with the commonwealth over lower courts less than a week out from the election. The order comes two days after Virginia attorney general Jason Miyares filed an emergency application, requesting that the Court stay an injunction that ordered Virginia to restore some 1,600 suspected noncitizens who are ineligible to vote to the state’s voter rolls. A federal appeals court upheld the injunction on Sunday, quickly prompting the attorney general to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Trump calls for supporters to 'forgive'
Biden in show of unity after president
calls supporters 'garbage'
25 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 10/30/2024 1:01:47 AM Post Reply
President Trump called on a crowd of supporters to "forgive" President Biden after he compared the former president's supporters to garbage. "Wow. That's terrible," Trump said, invoking Hillary Clinton’s infamous "deplorable" remarks in the weeks before the 2016 election. "And then she said irredeemable. That didn't work out." The Republican nominee called on his supporters to forgive him during a packed rally at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. "Garbage, I think, is worse," he said. "But he doesn't know. You have to please forgive him."
Women Call Out Julia Roberts for Voicing
'Insulting' and 'Disgusting' Pro-Harris Ad
24 replies
Posted by Northcross 10/31/2024 11:54:06 AM Post Reply
An ad that encourages women to lie to their husbands about supporting Kamala Harris is getting blasted on social media. The ad supporting Vice President Kamala Harris, which was released by Vote Common Good, was voiced by actress Julia Roberts. “In the one place in America where women still have the right to choose, you can vote any way you want,” Roberts says. “And no one will ever know.” In the ad, a woman wearing a bedazzled American flag hat votes for Harris. When she leaves the voting booth, her husband asks if she made the “right choice.”
How Barack Obama really feels about daughter
Malia’s decision to drop her last name professionally
24 replies
Posted by Imright 10/31/2024 7:03:24 AM Post Reply
Barack Obama shared his reaction to his daughter Malia dropping her last name for her directorial debut. The former president said he warned her that dropping her name wouldn’t hide her connection to her famous parents. “Her first film went to Sundance and all these fancy film festivals and she didn’t use Obama as a director on the credits,” he said during Tuesday’s episode of the “Pivot” podcast. “I was all like, ‘You do know they’ll know who you are.'”
Staffers quit and 200,000 subscribers
cancel after WaPo says its role is to
report the news
24 replies
Posted by Big Bopper 10/30/2024 5:42:42 PM Post Reply
The venerable Washington Post may or may not have been a force for good, but it certainly was great. They brought down Richard Nixon for crimes that were only modest by today’s inflated standards but serious at the time. They helped lose the Vietnam War – a war that was criminal, or just, depending on your view of history, but the losing of which was certainly a tragedy for the conquered South Vietnamese and most of the rest of the world. They won the Pulitzer Prize 76 times, and many of those times were back when the Prize rewarded true excellence.
ABC mistakenly airs election results declaring
Harris winner of key swing state
21 replies
Posted by Imright 10/30/2024 6:53:58 PM Post Reply
ABC ignited a flurry of conspiracy theories after it aired what appeared to be official election results for Pennsylvania that showed Kamala Harris easily winning the key swing state — more than a week before Election Day. The shocking result popped up at the bottom of the screen during Sunday’s broadcast of the Formula 1 Mexico Grand Prix by ABC local affiliate WNEP-TV, which services the northern part of the Keystone State. It showed the Vice President capturing 52% of the votes, compared to 47% for Republican challenger Donald Trump, with 100% of the precincts reporting.
White House, media allies blame ‘missing
apostrophe,’ edit transcript in desperate
bid to spin Biden’s ‘garbage’ comment
21 replies
Posted by mc squared 10/30/2024 11:50:50 AM Post Reply
The White House and its media allies ran a coverup for President Biden after he maligned former President Donald Trump’s supporters as “garbage” — going so far as to edit an official transcript of his remarks, to the outrage of conservatives and other critics who called out “flat out lying” by Democrats and their allies. Democrats went into damage-control mode Tuesday night due to the president’s trash talk, claiming that Biden hadn’t intended to demonize his party’s political opponents just seven days before voters head to the polls. “The President referred to the hateful rhetoric at the Madison Square Garden rally as ‘garbage,’” White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement.
Arnold Schwarzenegger makes rare presidential endorsement 20 replies
Posted by VirtuDawg 10/30/2024 6:43:17 PM Post Reply
Arnold Schwarzenegger has made a rare presidential endorsement just six days before the 2024 election. The former Republican Governor of California - who refused to vote for Donald Trump in 2016 - announced that he will be voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. In the shocking endorsement, the actor wrote: 'I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians.' Despite that, the Terminator star, 77, said that it's time for the country 'to move forward', and that 'the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz'.
ABC 'mistakenly' airs election results
sparking wild conspiracy theories
20 replies
Posted by OhioNick 10/30/2024 3:12:04 PM Post Reply
ABC has sparked wild conspiracy theories after mistakenly airing election results for Pennsylvania. The results appeared on the ticker along the bottom of the screen during a broadcast of the Formula 1 Mexico Grand Prix by ABC local affiliate WNEP-TV on Sunday. It showed Kamala Harris taking the state with 52 percent of the votes, while Donald Trump's share was 47 percent. It instantly prompted claims of election rigging on social media, with one person tweeting: 'The cheat is on.' WNEP-TV said that the numbers came up on the screen in 'error' and that they had been 'randomly generated' as part of a test ahead of election night on November 5.
Post New Article