Avatar has regained the top-spot from Avengers-Endgame as the highest-grossing movie of all time.
The official Twitter handle of Marvel Studios shared, “Congratulations to @JimCameron, @JonLandau, and ALL of Na’vi Nation for reclaiming the box office crown! We love you 3000. @OfficialAvatar.” James Cameron replied by quoting the tweet with a blue heart.
Russo brothers, Joe & Anthony Russo, who had directed the last two Captain America movies and the colossal blockbusters Avengers-Infinity War and Avengers-Endgame tweeted, “Passing the gauntlet back to you. @JimCameron.” They also shared an art by Boss Logic.
As a reaction to this news, a Disney fan mocked Disney for congratulating itself with a meme in which Obama can be seen giving a medal to himself. Another Twitter user commented, “Just acknowledge that no matter who wins between Avatar and Avengers: Endgame, the real winner is Zoe Saldana.”
Another user of Twitter cynically said, “Disney definitely did this for a reason. Now they can market Avatar 2 as the sequel to the highest-grossing film of all-time again. Then when Avengers 5 comes out they can re-release Endgame and do the same thing.”
James Gunn, the writer-director of the Guardians of the Galaxy movies under the MCU and who also had been the executive director for Endgame tweeted, “Well it was fun while it lasted, but I am no longer an Executive Producer of the biggest grossing film of all time. Congrats to James Cameron & the #Avatar team! (And of course @zoesaldana, who is in kind of a no-lose situation here).” Gunn is slated to direct the third Guardians of the Galaxy movie. Sources had recently revealed that Gunn had cried a lot while scripting the story for the third Guardians of the Galaxy movie, which will probably involve Thor and will conclude the story-arc of the Guardians.