No Marvel movie can be too longer for its fans even if it’s three-and-a-half hour long. After hogging limelight for around a year, Avengers: Endgame is making headlines for another reason. This Russo Brothers film has broken another record; it’s the longest superhero film ever made. The official AMC Theatres website has earlier confirmed that the last installation of Avengers franchise is going to be 182 minutes long, i.e. 3 hours and two minutes. Avengers: Endgame has broken the record of being the longest MCU film made by far. This record was previously held by Avengers: Infinity War.
The news has since been confirmed by online ticketing site Fandango. Infinity War was 149 minutes long, while the Ultimate Edition of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was exactly three-hour-long. Ultimate Cut of Watchmen was three-and-a-half hours long.
Earlier, directors Joe and Anthony Russo have told their viewers that Avengers: Endgame is going to be roughly three-hour-long. They said, “This is a culmination film of 22 movies, it’s a lot of storytelling to work into it. Emotion is an intrinsic part of that to us,” the Russos told Collider recently. “When you have to tell a really complicated story and you want strong emotional moments with the characters, it just requires a certain amount of real estate. This one, in particular, feels like three hours worth of real estate.”
Fans are however, still wanting for more. They are ready to sit in the theatres for more than 3 hours to watch the last instalment of their favourite franchise. Well, you can’t hold your pee for that long, can you?
Starring Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr. Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and others, Avengers: Endgame is slated to release on April 26.