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Avengers: Endgame will not outgross Avatar worldwide. Who will make an avatar bet about that?

Now that Endgame has had a re-release, at what stage are you that Avatar will remain #1 of all time?

  • Acceptance

    Votes: 142 68.9%

  • Acceptance

    Votes: 64 31.1%
  • Total voters
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Uncle at Nintendo said:
Endgame made 2 billion in 11 days and still failed to usurp God King Cameron. Holy fuck.
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The movie's audience is inherently limited by the fact that you need to watch at least half a dozen Marvel movies for it to make any kind of sense. Endgame is a sensation to be sure, but grammy and granpy aren't going to get anything out of it like they would with Titanic or Avatar. It makes sense that it was more front-loaded due to the cliffhanger and FOMO/spoiler-phobia......but yeah its audience was pretty much limited to the Marvel audience, therefore all its post-release money can only come from people taking in repeat viewings.
 
Redmond Barry

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EN1GMA said:
Did these people sleep through the film?
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Nah, they liked it, just not enough to remember it 15 minutes after leaving the theater. The reason it repeatedly did so well is because they kept showing up in droves to a movie they already watched numerous times, much to their ignorance. Funnily enough, those 15-minute windows after exiting the theater were just enough for them to enthusiastically recommend the movie to their friends, family, and co-workers.

Leave it to an unfettered cheat like James Cameron to induce mass amnesia on an unsuspecting populace in order to make money at the box office. For shame.
 
Dreams-Visions

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Redmond Barry said:
Nah, they liked it, just not enough to remember it 15 minutes after leaving the theater. The reason it repeatedly did so well is because they kept showing up in droves to a movie they already watched numerous times, much to their ignorance. Funnily enough, those 15-minute windows after exiting the theater were just enough for them to enthusiastically recommend the movie to their friends, family, and co-workers.

Leave it to an unfettered cheat like James Cameron to induce mass amnesia on an unsuspecting populace in order to make money at the box office. For shame.
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Ignatz Mouse

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I didn't sleep through it, but I couldn't tell a character's name until people started arguing years later that people did remember character names. Since this argument has flared up again I've made a point of asking friends what they think of it. Most people barely remember it.
 
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Redmond Barry said:
Nah, they liked it, just not enough to remember it 15 minutes after leaving the theater. The reason it repeatedly did so well is because they kept showing up in droves to a movie they already watched numerous times, much to their ignorance. Funnily enough, those 15-minute windows after exiting the theater were just enough for them to enthusiastically recommend the movie to their friends, family, and co-workers.

Leave it to an unfettered cheat like James Cameron to induce mass amnesia on an unsuspecting populace in order to make money at the box office. For shame.
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lol
 
Alienous

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So it's looking like Endgame won't beat Avatar? How embarrassing.

They traded a confident, classy second place for crawling in mud towards the finish line for the same medal. Including an unfinished deleted scene is horse armor levels of trying to wring every dollar out of enthusiastic fans.
 
Border

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Most people only went to see Avatar multiple times because they forgot much of the movie as soon as they walked out of the theater. Many of them even forgot that they had seen the movie at all, and bought second and third viewings thinking they had not previously viewed the film.

Originally Avatar made 3 billion dollars, but ~300 million had to be refunded to people who claimed there were fraudulent charges on their credit card since they forgot they saw the film.
 
Icemonk191

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No one actually saw Avatar, as all the money it made was actually laundered money from the Mob that was eventually used to make countless Terminator sequels and Alita: Battle Angel.
 
Cpt-GargameL

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Border said:
Most people only went to see Avatar multiple times because they forgot much of the movie as soon as they walked out of the theater. Many of them even forgot that they had seen the movie at all, and bought second and third viewings thinking they had not previously viewed the film.

Originally Avatar made 3 billion dollars, but ~300 million had to be refunded to people who claimed there were fraudulent charges on their credit card since they forgot they saw the film.
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I can't tell who's serious 🤣
 
Icemonk191

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hippopotamus said:
"I don't even remember Avatar."

-person who just spent weeks arguing about Avatar on a message board in 2019.
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It will never not be funny how people for years kept saying that Avatar had no "cultural significance" yet the movie that had all the "cultural significance" in the world somehow couldn't beat it.

If Avatar had no "cultural significance" what the hell does that mean for The Avengers?
 
OrangeAtlas

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Fun fact: James Cameron has spent so long working on Avatar 2 because he himself forgot he made the first one and has been remaking the exact same script and all the new technology from scratch. He's been really excited about 3D technology and has been pitching it to baffled theater owners who already installed it a decade ago.

It's the real reason he wants people to stop watching Marvel movies: he loves them and is scared if too many people watch them then they'll begin to forget.
 
Orange Piccolo

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The sad thing is, if Endgame got that re-expansion in China, it likely could have pulled it off.

Ironically, assuming Avatar 2 beats out Avatar, it'll be because of China as well.

China is the key to all of this, seemingly.
 
Redmond Barry

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OrangeAtlas said:
Fun fact: James Cameron has spent so long working on Avatar 2 because he himself forgot he made the first one and has been remaking the exact same script and all the new technology from scratch. He's been really excited about 3D technology and has been pitching it to baffled theater owners who already installed it a decade ago.

It's the real reason he wants people to stop watching Marvel movies: he loves them and is scared if too many people watch them then they'll begin to forget.
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Another fun fact: Avatar has actually made more than $10 billion. The reason it's still shown to be at $2.7 billion is because Box Office Mojo and the like keep forgetting the movie's nth re-releases since the first one in 2010 exist, so their numbers are years out of date.
 
Cpt-GargameL

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Zanmato said:
The sad thing is, if Endgame got that re-expansion in China, it likely could have pulled it off.

Ironically, assuming Avatar 2 beats out Avatar, it'll be because of China as well.

China is the key to all of this, seemingly.
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True and what's even crazier is that AVATAR only made $150m in China because the market wasn't as big as it is now and Endgame did $614m there.
 
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PhoncipleBone

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Cpt-GargameL said:
You know where I stand.

I'm curious so I'm in lol
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Foltzie said:
I offer to print mine out and hold it like a sign in my usual avatar, which is me in a lucha mask (my current avatar is from a recent-ish show).
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Scullibundo said:
lol I'll likely take it.

You gotta post who is on the other side of the list now. I imagine it would be too hard going back through and collating those names now.
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Osahi said:
Yes. Write me up! Jake entering Thanos' butthole for all I care
Is there though.thorgif
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PhoncipleBone

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Dankir said:
time to get rid of that poll OP!!! HAHAH
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NHarmonic. said:
So the poll changes i think? In what stage of grief are the avatar fans now?
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Rivenblade said:
And the re-release is next weekend. Huh. Will be interesting to see how much of a dent it makes. I've no interest. Could be worth doing a poll...
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Deception said:
PhoncipleBone new poll for the re-release?
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Znazzy said:
I think this poll needs changed 😉
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You know what, you all are absolutely right. Poll updated for accuracy.
 
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PhoncipleBone

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jett said:
I gotta be part of the Avatar side.

i.e. The right side of history.
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47 names and counting. 2 are permabanned, so lets say 45.

I will keep this list open until the end of the day on July 4th. Just tell me which side are you on, Avatar or Endgame, and that shall determine the text on your avatar that you wear for the next three months.
 
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PhoncipleBone said:
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47 names and counting. 2 are permabanned, so lets say 45.

I will keep this list open until the end of the day on July 4th. Just tell me which side are you on, Avatar or Endgame, and that shall determine the text on your avatar that you wear for the next three months.
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I love my avatar but for this I can make an exception. Put me on team avatar.
 
OrangeAtlas

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PhoneyBone I hate to see you suffer alone.

I have written my name in the Book of the Beast, unleash the darkness in me.

Because I'm a winner.

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