Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors of Avengers: Endgame, are at the top of their game right now, as their latest movie is rapidly making so much money and selling so many tickets that it looks like it’s going to beat every record in its path. So it seems as though everything would be pretty great in the movie-making aspect of their lives, however, Anthony Russo had one disappointing aspect of this whole affair that he mentioned on CinemaBlend’s ReelBlend podcast. Here’s what he had to say:
I have to be honest with you. I’m almost disappointed that the movie did so well, because it’s like, the box office story is literally dominating the conversation and it’s not the most interesting part of the story.
I get that. You want the chatter to be about the movie itself, the story, the impact, not just the money. Anthony went on to say:
When you’re charged with writing the final chapter of the book, and executing it, our hope was that — with any favorite story, you always want the end to be the best part of the story. So that was really what we were hoping to do. Even if we got anywhere close to that, that was our aspiration. And it seems like, at least for some people on some levels, that we delivered an ending that seems satisfying.
Joe Russo went on to touch on the business and numbers side of the film, saying:
It’s always about the narrative, too, of these movies in the marketplace. How did it do? Did it break a record? Did it beat the last one? That stuff is really critical to the life of a movie. And of course, we were hoping that it was going to break the international record. Because that’s a story, right? And then you’re hoping and praying that it beats the domestic, which was set by Infinity War last year. Otherwise, frankly, [for] some people looks like a failure. It’s crazy that a movie like this has these kinds of demands on it.
It really has been amazing to see the pre-sales go above and beyond the imagined numbers, then the opening weekend, second weekend, and beyond. Now that the “spoiler embargo” has been lifted and fans are free to discuss all things Endgame publicly, I’m sure the conversation will continue to turn from numbers to story. And what a story it was!
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via: cinemablend