Avengers: Endgame sank James Cameron's Titanic, recognizes director

Watch out for Avatar.

Titanic director James Cameron congratulated Marvel Studios director Kevin Feige and his team on the box office success of Avengers: Endgame on Wednesday, earning him the second-highest revenue position.

"For Kevin and everyone at Marvel," he writes in his Instagram post, which shows the unfortunate ship sitting on the Avengers logo.

"A real iceberg sank the real Titanic, it took the Avengers to swallow up my Titanic, everyone here at Lightstorm Entertainment salutes your incredible achievement, you've shown that the film industry is not only alive and well. but bigger than ever. "

Cameron has apparently changed his speech since last year, when he had expressed his hope that people would begin to feel the Avengers' fatigue.

The epic superhero earned $ 2.189 billion in 12 days, surpassing Avengers: Infinity War, Star Wars: The Rise of Strength and the $ 2,187 billion produced by Cameron in 1997. more than the 2009 Avatar – also from Cameron – who grossed $ 2.788 billion during his theatrical tour.

No matter which film ends up holding the crown, Disney wins – he owns the Marvel and Avatar franchises. We will have eight Marvel films at the end of 2022, while the Avatar suites will arrive in 2021, 2023, 2025 and 2027.

First published at 5:45 am PT.
Updated at 6:16 am: Add more detail.