Avengers: Endgame release day highlights — Round-the-clock screenings, high ticket prices as frenzy around Marvel film rises

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

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"Avengers: Endgame” features a cameo by one of the movie’s directors, Joe Russo, playing a gay man. “We felt it was important that one of us play him, to ensure the integrity and show it is so important to the filmmakers that one of us is representing that,” Russo told Deadline 🎬🏳️‍🌈 (📷: Getty/Marvel)

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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. 

Avengers cast answer some of the most Googled questions in this video

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!

Read more here

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.

Don Cheadle tweets about Avengers: Endgame

tweeps, thank you all for keeping it 🙈🙉🙊 on #AvengersEndgame and preserving the experience for everybody else! hope all you who've yet to see it really enjoy yourselves when you get to check it out. it really is a fitting end to a great decade worth of marvel mythology. ✌🏿♥️✊🏿

— Don Cheadle (@DonCheadle) April 25, 2019

Top MCU moment over the years

MCU phase 3 has been a hell of a ride, as Robert Downey Jr puts it, with 11 years and 22 films.

Ahead of the release of Avengers: Endgame, we put together the top 10 moments from MCU over the years, from the "Shawarma" scene to "I am Iron Man."

Read it here.

Avengers fans are very passionate about their watching experience

In what is now a viral post, a woman shared a text that her boyfriend sent her about what rules they need to follow while watching Avengers: Endgame.

My boyfriend sent me a very sternly worded note about our cinema trip to see #AvangersEndgame tomorrow. Mad because I thought it was just date night 😩🤷🏽‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/ZWfsCwRqV7

— Kamilla Rose (@KamillahRose) April 24, 2019

MCU and spoilers

Several times in the past, key cast members of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have inadvertantly revealed spoilers to much-awaited films. 

From Mark Ruffalo's meltdown during Infinity War promotions, to Tom Holland revealing spoilers for Spiderman: Homecoming, here's a compilation of six instances of spoiler reveals.

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.

Stan Lee's twitter account shares BTS photos

#AvengersEndgame premieres tonight! To celebrate, here’s some behind-the-scenes photos of Stan on the set of the 1st Avengers movie. He always got a kick out of shooting his Marvel cameos! #tbt pic.twitter.com/2pjtyfujpa

— stan lee (@TheRealStanLee) April 25, 2019

Chris Evans wishes everyone 'Happy Endgame Day'

Happy #Endgame Day!! https://t.co/CFipXu5uUj

— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) April 25, 2019

Avengers: Endgame is paced well

"Despite the three hour runtime, as well as the more dramatic approach instead of the adventure-movie genre trappings of the previous film, it seldom feels like you’re watching something that could be cut down," writes Mihir Fadnavis.

Read the full review 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!

Mark Ruffalo gives us an epic throwback

#TBT to my favorite Banner line from the first #Avengers film 😉 pic.twitter.com/Ctf8yCS0P0

— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) April 25, 2019

Mihir Fadnavis calls Avengers: Endgame 'a spectacle' tailor made for big screens

"Drop everything and book your tickets for Avengers: Endgame, because this is a spectacle is tailor made for the biggest possible movie screens in your city. Whether or not your expectations are surpassed, there’s no denying the utter power of this movie event, and even though this is a conclusion of sorts, its final moments neatly promise a lot of interesting things in the years to come."

Read the full movie review here. 

Robert Downey Jr calls the film 'a ride of a lifetime'

Today's the day we've been waiting for... It's been the ride of a lifetime. #EndGame pic.twitter.com/mJBt7e0BRp

— Robert Downey Jr (@RobertDowneyJr) April 25, 2019

Cast of Endgame are "excited" for the release

Watch a red carpet interview ahead of the release of Avengers: Endgame. The press tour for the film is still underway.

#EndGameIsHere and the cast is beyond proud. 🎥 #AvengersEndgame pic.twitter.com/GW8lhRwMAq

— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) April 26, 2019

Fans call the film "epic blockbuster"

#AvengersEndgame is an Epic blockbuster. Watch the movie in Theaters 👌👌👌 pic.twitter.com/EwvhPrwKSl

— Suresh Konatham (@SureshKonatham2) April 26, 2019

#AvengersEndgame is THE greatest experience we've ever had in the theater. Not only is it EPIC, hilarious, beautifully scored, & paced to perfection, but it's also a touching & fulfilling tribute to the fans of this universe. Perfect is an understatement. We give it a 10/10. pic.twitter.com/0LPtQ3sPYw

— DR Movie News 🎥 (@DRMovieNews1) April 26, 2019

Avengers: Endgame releases today

Our reviewer Mihir Fadnavis calls the film, "a bonafide blockbuster".

"This is huge, ultimate blockbuster filmmaking that essentially plays out like a singular payoff, a release for something that has been built up for a decade, with a large emotive core designed not just for the audiences but for the people within the film."