Avengers: Endgame releases worldwide today amid much buzz and fanfare. Follow our live blog for all updates and reactions to the film.
Rs 2400 per ticket for Avengers: Endgame show in Gurgaon
The frenzy around Avengers: Endgame continues with one show in a PVR in Gurgaon being priced at Rs 2400 and another in Mumbai at Rs 1700, a report in Business Insider states.
Multiplexes across the country are also being allowed to have round-the-clock screenings of the film, with midnight and early morning shows.
Marvel Cinematic Universe and the real world
Ahead of the release of Avengers: Endgame, we did a five-part essay series that attempts to understand the relationship between the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the state of the world today. This series sought to engage with the MCU critically, and argue how their films have real world anxieties built within it.
Part One: What makes Marvel films so popular?
Part Two: How Tony Stark is a metaphor for governmental outreach
Part Three: How MCU phase 3 subverts the superhero genre
Part Four: How MCU complicates the idea of an Alien
Part Five: Thanos and the idea of evil
Avengers: Endgame has a smashing opening in China
Avengers: Endgame has had a record-smashing opening day in China, surpassing $100 million mark within one day of its release. Variety reports that by 9 pm in China ( 6:30 pm IST), the Marvel tentpole had already hauled in $102 million.
Read more here.
Book my show registers 2.5 million tickets of Endgame in advance bookings
Although the website crashed several times and many users complained that they could not book tickets for Avengers: Endgame, BookMyShow has recorded close to 2.5 millions tickets in advance bookings. That is no mean feat!
Google tweets about its Thanos snap trick
Oh snap... That's one way to get rid of spoilers. #Thanos
— Google India (@GoogleIndia) April 26, 2019
Joe Russo talks about his cameo in the film to Buzzfeed
*Spoilers below*
Rs 2400 per ticket for Avengers: Endgame show in Gurgaon
The frenzy around Avengers: Endgame continues with one show in a PVR in Gurgaon being priced at Rs 2400 and another in Mumbai at Rs 1700, a report in Business Insider states.
Multiplexes across the country are also being allowed to have round-the-clock screenings of the film, with midnight and early morning shows.
Kevin Feige and Russo brothers suprise fans in theatres in US
Kevin Feige and The @Russo_Brothers surprised fans at the @ElCapitanThtre on #AvengersEndgame opening night! pic.twitter.com/I7fOKc5z1E
— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) April 26, 2019
Marvel Cinematic Universe and the real world
Ahead of the release of Avengers: Endgame, we did a five-part essay series that attempts to understand the relationship between the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the state of the world today. This series sought to engage with the MCU critically, and argue how their films have real world anxieties built within it.
Part One: What makes Marvel films so popular?
Part Two: How Tony Stark is a metaphor for governmental outreach
Part Three: How MCU phase 3 subverts the superhero genre
Part Four: How MCU complicates the idea of an Alien
Part Five: Thanos and the idea of evil
MCU cast members say #DontSpoilTheEndgame
Don’t do it. #DontSpoilTheEndgame pic.twitter.com/BoCzPHO4PJ
— The Avengers (@Avengers) April 25, 2019
Scarlet Johansson and Brie Larson's red carpet looks go viral
At the LA premiere of Avengers: Endgame, Scarlet Johasson and Brie Larson wore jewelry with the Infinity Stones and their images went viral.
both Scarlett and Brie are with the infinity stones as rings but until now just them, this means something??? #AvengersEndGame #EndgamePremiereLA pic.twitter.com/3v3SowqADM
— Cat || TS7 BABYYY🔥 (@mendelodge) April 23, 2019
Brie Larson is literally wearing all six Infinity Stones. Thanos really is over. #AvengersEndgame pic.twitter.com/I0s8rr5v2x
— 𝓮𝓃𝒹𝑔𝒶𝓂𝑒 TONIGHT (@itsjustanx) April 23, 2019
Google introduces Infinity Gauntlet theme that wipes out half the results
If you Google 'Thanos' and find an Infinity Gauntlet, click on it and half of your google results will be wiped out in a snap!
MCU films and box office collections in India
Ahead of the massive release of Avengers: Endgame, we tracked how Marvel films has fared at the box office in India.
With Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Age of Ultron being the top 2 films, Ant-Man has been the lowest faring of the lot.
Read more here.
Avengers: Endgame releases today, on 26 April, worldwide. This is the last film in a massive 22-film marathon. What a marvelous feat of vision and execution the Marvel Cinematic Universe is, enriching pop culture in a manner that is without parallel.
It's been a long, emotional and sometimes exhaustive journey for fans following Marvel films, from Iron Man in 2008 to Captain Marvel, which releases just last month.
Read our movie review of Avengers: Endgame here.
The film focuses on the dynamics of the six original Avengers: Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, with the help of Antman and Captain Marvel. The plot points in Endgame explore the aftermath of Thanos' snap, as seen in Infinity War.
Ahead of the release, the film was leaked on torrent websites in India. The film had reportedly been leaked on Tamilrockers website with a bad camera print of the entire film available on the website for free download.
In an interview with Firstpost, Joe Russo had said, "Endgame follows the 22 MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) movies that have been watched over and over again. There is context to every shot we show in the trailer. Both my brother (Anthony) and I are dedicated to saving the film for those who want to enjoy it without knowing too much about it and contribute to the culture of discovering things as they watch it"
The Russian defence ministry said that the Ukrainian prisoners of war included members of the Azov battalion, who defended the Azovstal plant in the port city of Mariupol
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