Avengers: Endgame
Short description
Avengers: Endgame picks up after Thanos has wiped out half of all life in the universe. The surviving Avengers, scattered and grieving, are left to face the scale of that loss. When an unexpected opening appears, they regroup and attempt to undo what Thanos did, a mission that forces them to confront their own losses and make hard sacrifices. The film follows the team's effort to restore what was taken, balancing large-scale action with the personal stakes of its characters.
It is the twenty-second film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the direct continuation of Avengers: Infinity War. Anthony and Joe Russo directed, with Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely writing the screenplay and Kevin Feige producing. It sits in the middle of the brothers' run of Marvel films, between Infinity War and later non-Marvel work. Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner lead the ensemble, supported by a credited cast of 106.
The production had a budget of 356 million USD and earned 2.8 billion USD worldwide. On IMDb it holds 8.4/10 from 1,400,000 votes, and on TMDB 8.2/10 from 28,740 votes. A critics' rating of 8.2/10 from 552 reviews is roughly in line with both audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- On July 21, 2019, the film set a world record for box office takings and became the highest-grossing film in history.
- During its first few days of release, the film set several box office records: the fastest achievement of $1 billion in revenue (5 days), the largest weekend gross worldwide ($1.2 billion), the largest weekend gross worldwide for the IMAX format ($91.5 million), and the largest weekend gross worldwide for the 3D format ($540 million).
- Only Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. read the full script. The other actors were only familiar with the parts featuring their characters.
- The film's first official trailer was the first in YouTube history to receive over a million 'likes' in less than 4 hours.
- Clint Barton appears in Japan as a ronin. This plot twist comes from the comics, where he became a ronin after the Civil War during a mission in Japan. It is believed that he turns into a ronin with a snap of Thanos's fingers, causing him to lose his family.
- The film was shot concurrently with the science fiction action movie "Avengers: Infinity War" (Anthony and Joe Russo, 2018). Filming took 200 days.
- Robert Downey Jr. (who played Tony Stark – Iron Man) had snacks stashed everywhere for a quick bite. All the scenes where his character is chewing something and offering snacks to his co-stars were pure improvisation.
- While working on the idea of time travel, the screenwriters consulted with genuine specialists in quantum physics.
- All the costumes of the main characters shown in the film in the quantum realm are products of visual effects (or VFX – the process by which images are created or manipulated outside the context of live-action filming), as filming began before the costume designers could develop the concept for these costumes.
- The prosthetic stomach worn by Chris Hemsworth in the role of Thor was made of silicone and latex and weighed around 40 kg. The prosthetic was carefully fitted to the actor's body.
- When Frigg, played by Rene Russo, approaches Thor hiding behind a column, both characters shriek in surprise. Russo's shriek wasn't scripted; she simply didn't expect Chris Hemsworth to shriek and flinch as well.
- Before filming the funeral scene, Tom Holland (who played Spider-Man, and in real life often reveals details of upcoming filming at press conferences, i.e., spoils things) was told that they would be filming a wedding.
- The opening scene with Jeremy Renner's character was originally planned to be inserted into the finale of the Russo brothers' 2018 sci-fi action film *Avengers: Infinity War*. However, Hawkeye didn't appear in that film at all, so Anthony and Joe Russo moved the scene to the beginning of this film.
- The runtime of the extended version, released in the fall of 2026, is 188 minutes.
- On May 9, 2019, the film surpassed the $2.2 billion worldwide box office mark, displacing James Cameron’s “Titanic” from second place on the list of highest-grossing films of all time. The latter, in turn, congratulated Kevin Feige’s team on Twitter.
- Natalie Portman did not participate in the filming of the movie; instead, a deleted scene from “Thor: The Dark World” was used, to which the actress recorded a voiceover.
- The first Marvel Cinematic Universe film since 'The Incredible Hulk' (with a scene of Tony Stark entering a bar, running through the credits) that does not include a post-credits scene.
- At Tony Stark’s funeral, a teenager can be seen standing behind Elizabeth Olsen and Sebastian Stan’s characters. This is Harley Keener, played by Ty Simpkins, the same boy who fixed Stark’s superhero suit in Shane Black’s sci-fi action film 'Iron Man 3' (2013).
- Before filming the funeral scene, Tom Holland was told that they would be filming a wedding.
- All of the main characters' costumes in the quantum realm shown in the film are products of visual effects, as filming began before the costume designers were able to develop the concept for these outfits.
- The prosthetic belly worn by Chris Hemsworth as Thor was made of silicone and latex and weighed 40 kg.
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