Avengers: Endgame:  

Records, and Phase 4

**WARNING CONTAINS SPOILERS TO ENDGAME AND PREVIOUS FILMS**

It’s safe to say Marvel’s Infinity War left off at a spot that no other movie in the series did. With some people’s favorite characters gone, they’re wondering what’s going to happen. There’s already thousands of theories, and the first trailer has over 15 million views. Endgame is to be released in America on April 26th, but  presale tickets have been available since April 2.  On April 2, Fandango said that Endgame beat the previous record held by Star Wars: The Force Awakens by six hours. As well as making more money in eight hours than Infinity War did in its first week. It’s no surprise tickets are already hard to come by for the first weekend.   

Cast wise, Robert Downey Jr (Tony Stark/Iron Man), Chris Evans (Steve Rogers/ Captain America), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/Hulk), Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow), and Jeremy Renner (Clint Barton/Hawkeye) are returning to their roles as the original Avengers. As well as Don Cheadle (James Rhodes/ War Machine), Paul Rudd (Scott Lang/Ant-Man), Brie Larson (Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Benedict Wong (Wong), Jon Favreau (Harold “Happy” Hogans), Bradley Cooper (Rocket Raccoon), Gwyneth Paltrow (Pepper Potts), and Josh Brolin (Thanos) whose characters are still alive.

The “lesser” but no doubt important in some way characters played by Frank Grillo (Crossbones), Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie), Winston Duke (M’Baku), Hiroyuki Sanada, Katherine Langford, and Stan Lee.  The “dusted” characters (as well as the ones who physically died) have been announced to come back to their roles. Including Benedict Cumberbatch (Dr. Stephen Strange), Tom Holland (Peter Parker/ Spiderman), Chadwick Boseman (T’Challa/ Black Panther), Paul Bettany (Vision), Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff/ Scarlet Witch), Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson/ Falcon), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes/ Winter Soldier), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Pom Klementieff (Mantis), Dave Bautista (Drax), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Chris Pratt (Peter Quill/ Star Lord), Letitia Wright (Shuri), and Evangeline Lilly (Hope Van Dyne/ Wasp).

Originally Endgame was just supposed to be Infinity War Part 2 but the writers said that the two films were distinct. Because of all the actors, Anthony Russo, said that it would make sense to film both parts together. So some days scenes from both Infinity War  and Endgame were shot.

As of the first weekend, Endgame made $1.2 billion, and after 11 days has over $2 billion with only Avatar left to beat. Avatar’s lasted in theaters for 34 weeks, Endgame has only been in theaters for almost two weeks. Fans say it’s safe to bet Endgame will beat Avatar and claim the title of highest grossing film.  

Many fans are wondering where Marvel plans to go after Endgame’s tragic yet satisfying ending, after the wins and loses. After Spider Man: Far From Home, Marvel is going to start Phase 4. As yet, there’s no set date for some of the next films, but there are several films confirmed to happen. The films announced include Doctor Strange 2 (Baron Mordo) in May 2021;  Black Panther 2  in 2021,  Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in 2021, Black Widow, The Eternals, Shang Chi, , Silver Surfer, Nova, Fantastic Four, etc. There are also a few Disney Plus shows on their way, including The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Wanda and Vision, Loki, and Hawkeye.