Filmmaker James
Cameron has congratulated the team of ‘Avengers: Endgame’ for sinking his ‘Titanic’ at the box
office.
‘Avengers: Endgame’
became the second highest grossing movie of all time with $2.188 billion
globally, passing ‘Titanic’ record in just 11 days. It took ‘Avatar’, the
previous record holder for quickest film to make $2 billion, 47 days to reach
that benchmark.
Cameron took to
Twitter on Wednesday to congratulate producer Kevin Feige and the team of
‘Avengers: Endgame’ after the movie overhauled ‘Titanic’ box office gross.
He tweeted: “To Kevin
and everyone at Marvel. An iceberg sank the real Titanic. It took the Avengers
to sink my ‘Titanic’.
“Everyone here at
Lightstorm Entertainment salutes your amazing achievement. You’ve shown that
the movie industry is not only alive and well, it’s bigger than ever!”
He also shared an
image of the Titanic sinking into the ocean after hitting the Avenger’s logo.
The congratulatory
note comes as a surprise for many as Cameron had shown his disapproval for
superhero movies in the past.
“I’m hoping we’re
going to start getting ‘Avenger’ fatigue. Not that I don’t love the movies.
It’s just, come on, guys, there are other stories to tell besides, you know,
hypo-gonadal males without families doing death-defying things for two hours
and wrecking cities in the process,” he had said.
The top-grossing film
of all time is still Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ (2009), with $2.8 billion at the global
box office.
Anthony and Joe Russo
returned to direct ‘Avengers: Endgame’, the 22nd instalment in the Marvel
Cinematic Universe (MCU). It picks up directly following ‘Avengers: Infinity
War’, which left the mightiest superheroes scrambling after Thanos (Josh
Brolin) eliminated half of life in the universe.
The superhero
blockbuster stars Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America,
Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Brie Larson as
Captain Marvel, Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Paul Rudd as Ant-Man. – Agencies
Online ‘cockroach
challenge’ driving youngsters crazy
It may sound a little
yucky to some, but a new online challenge that involves taking a selfie with
cockroaches on your face is spreading across the Internet.
Facebook user Alex
Aung from Myanmar reportedly started the challenge. The teenager posted a
picture with a cockroach on his face on April 20 and asked others if they could
also do something similar.
Following Aung’s
post, many youngsters accepted the challenge and started posting their own
pictures with cockroaches, with some even putting the common pest inside their
mouth.
Started on Facebook,
the “daring” act is now being displayed by many Twitter users as well.
Youngsters in
Myanmar, the Philippines and Indonesia seem to be taking a lot of interest in
taking up the challenge.
While
it is difficult to guess how long this challenge will last, it is certain that
bizarre challenges often get an enthusiastic response on social media
platforms. – Agencies
