{"id":93924,"date":"2026-10-18T10:08:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T02:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=93924"},"modified":"2026-10-18T10:08:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T02:08:59","slug":"james-cameron-congratulates-marvel-after-avengers-endgame-beats-avatar-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=93924","title":{"rendered":"James Cameron Congratulates Marvel After Avengers: Endgame Beats Avatar Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">James Cameron celebrated <u>Avengers: Endgame<\/u> beating <u>Avatar<\/u> at the box office with another social media post after the two movies traded places yet again.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The director behind the smash-hit sci-fi franchise brought Iron Man to the world of Pandora with an image he shared on Instagram today. The update arrived after Marvel Studios&#8217; recent re-release, <u>Avengers: Endgame Encore<\/u>, managed to bring in enough cash to (re)secure its place as the highest-grossing film of all time.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;&#8216;You are one of the people,'&#8221; the post, accompanied by a picture of Iron Man surrounded by Na&#8217;vi, said. &#8220;Congratulations to Marvel and the #1 Avengers: Endgame: Encore for bringing moviegoers to the cinemas \u2013 Jim Cameron.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DekguBhygNx\/embed\" height=\"710\" width=\"612\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">It&#8217;s more friendly competition in the movie space that is only the latest update in a race that has seen Avatar and Avengers: Endgame trading titles for years. Marvel originally overtook Avatar&#8217;s record as the highest-grossing movie in the world when it released in 2019. Cameron shared a <u>similarly congratulatory post<\/u> at the time but later went on to predict that <u>Avatar would reclaim the throne<\/u> just a few months later. He was <u>proven right<\/u> in 2021.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">As Avatar sequels <u>The Way of Water<\/u> and <u>Fire and Ash<\/u> came and went, so too did more Marvel Cinematic Universe movies. As Marvel prepared for the release of its new team-up movie, <u>Avengers: Doomsday<\/u>, this December, it saw an opportunity to revisit the events of Endgame with <u>new bonus footage<\/u>, thrusting it into the future by revisiting the past.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">It was a re-release that proved fruitful for the comic book movie company, with Avengers: Endgame going on to nab <u>a big opening weekend at the box office<\/u>. Despite a massive drop in its second return weekend in theaters, the film <u>reclaimed its title as the highest-grossing movie ever<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">27 Awesome MCU Callbacks in Avengers: Endgame<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"From Captain America's most quotable line to Morgan Stark's love of cheeseburgers, here are Endgame's coolest callbacks to previous MCU movies!\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2277167929 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Re-releases and original premieres included, the final tally, as shared by <u>Box Office Mojo<\/u>, puts Marvel and the Russo brothers&#8217; Avengers: Endgame in first with $2.938 billion and Cameron&#8217;s Avatar in second with $2.923 billion. Both movies are within spitting distance of the fabled $3 billion number and still miles ahead of this year&#8217;s third-place champion, Spider-Man: Brand New Day ($2.513 billion). Whether either of them will ever trade places again remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">At least in terms of IGN reviews, Avengers: Endgame still came out on top. We gave the Marvel movie a <u>9.5\/10 review<\/u> at the time of its release in 2019. Cameron&#8217;s 2009 sci-fi movie earned a <u>9\/10<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"author-sign-off\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><span class=\"stack jsx-59817748 jsx-1927875859\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-444076027 jsx-1730475047 profile-thumb jsx-2141281959 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-1-1\"><img alt=\"Michael Cripe Avatar\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image profile-thumb-img jsx-249361588 jsx-2338608387 expand\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/avatars\/5205bf6a08586a205a834928\/Michael_blue_red_2-1700460435246.png?crop=1%3A1&amp;width=56&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=80 1x, https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/avatars\/5205bf6a08586a205a834928\/Michael_blue_red_2-1700460435246.png?crop=1%3A1&amp;width=56&amp;dpr=2&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=80 2x\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-2509706801 jsx-3630940851\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"interface jsx-1132626198 sign-off-text\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He&#8217;s best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. 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