{
  "id": 15281185,
  "title": "James Cameron Congratulates Marvel After Avengers: Endgame Beats Avatar at the Box Office Yet Again",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/james-cameron-congratulates-marvel-after-avengers-endgame-beats",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-17T20:15:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IGN",
    "slug": "ign",
    "url": "https://www.ign.com/articles/james-cameron-congratulates-marvel-after-avengers-endgame-beats-avatar-at-the-box-office-yet-again"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "James Cameron congratulated Marvel Studios on Avengers: Endgame Encore surpassing Avatar as the highest-grossing film of all time. The director behind the sci-fi franchise shared an Instagram post celebrating the achievement. Following Marvel's recent re-release of Avengers: Endgame, the film managed to regain its position at the top of the box office charts. Both movies are now just a few million dollars away from surpassing the $3 billion mark, putting them ahead of the current third-place film, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which has grossed $2.513 billion.",
  "summary": "James Cameron celebrated Avengers: Endgame beating Avatar at the box office with another social media post after the two movies traded places yet again.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The A.V. Club",
        "title": "James Cameron congratulates Avengers: Endgame's box office success with bonkers image",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/james-cameron-congratulates-avengers-endgames-box-office-success-with",
        "published": "2026-10-17T15:09:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}