Los Angeles (AFP)
The latest opus of the "Avengers: Endgame" superheroes has thrilled Sunday the record for "Avatar", with more than $ 2.790 billion raised globally since its release in April, the Disney group announced.
The 22nd film of the Marvel film universe, which cost about $ 500 million, could pay even more, since it remains projected on hundreds of US screens.
Its directors, the brothers Joe and Anthony Russo, had said Friday that the record held for ten years by James Cameron ($ 2.789 billion in revenue since its release in 2009) would be "thrilling".
"James Cameron has always been an idol for us, he has nurtured our passion for making movies from the beginning and being so close to one of his great films is really special," said Anthony Russo at the Comi-Con San Diego, great meeting of pop culture.
The fourth and final installment of the adventures of Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and Company, riddled with spectacular fights, special effects, humor and tears, had a flying start all over the world and especially in China, where his success has not been denied.
He had made his first record by becoming the first film in history to surpass the symbolic $ 1 billion mark in five days.
Another good news for Disney, its new version of the "Lion King" in 3-D has reported $ 433 million in revenue worldwide for its first weekend of operation, according to Disney.
This result, surpassing his budget of $ 250 million, puts him in "ninth position of films having made the best debut in the history of cinema," says the company.
To tell the adventures of Simba the cub, director Jon Favreau used a completely new process: the film was shot by a traditional cameramen team, but within a world of virtual reality in 3D, and appealed to a cast of stars like Beyoncé for the voices of the characters.
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