In the biggest, most shocking box office comeback of all time, the 2009 movie Avatar returned to theaters in China Friday and took back its highest-grossing crown from 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.

That’s right — the movie about blue aliens living on a lushly vegetative moon with a nearly unobtainable mineral called unobtanium reemerged to beat out the magnum opus of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Before the re-release of Avatar, both movies had made over $ 2.7 billion at the box office globallyAvengers: Endgame held its lead by less than $ 8 million.

By Saturday night in China, Avatar had earned an estimated $ 8.9 million to take the lead as the highest grossing movie globally of all time. It’s expected to continue widening that thin gap with projected earnings of around $ 58 million for its current theatrical run, Deadline reported. Read more…

More about Movies, Disney, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Entertainment, and Movies Tv Shows
Mashable