by Benjamin Haines » Mon May 27, 2019 3:59 pm
There's no way Endgame is topping The Force Awakens' $936m domestic total. Endgame has been less leggy than Infinity War week after week. Even if it manages to be as leggy as Infinity War from this point on, it would still top out at $870m.
That would put Endgame at 16th place on the all-time domestic admissions/adjusted-for-inflation chart, just shy of Avatar's estimated 97.3m tickets sold in North America. If it continues to be less leggy than Infinity War, say, if it has Civil War legs from here on, it would finish short of $840m domestic and end up above Jurassic Park but below Return of the Jedi in ticket sales.
No matter what, with an estimated 89.3m domestic admissions through today, Endgame has already sold far more tickets than any superhero flick in American moviegoing history. The Avengers (76.8m), Black Panther (76.2m), The Dark Knight (74.5m), Infinity War (72.4m) and Spider-Man (69.4m) are all distant runners-up at this point.