Marvel’s blockbuster has taken the world by storm.
From La Paz to Mumbai to Beijing, it’s a global watch party of epic proportions.
Avengers Endgame is shattering box office records, raking in $2.5 billion.
The film crossed the $ 600 million mark last weekend in China, thanks to the country’s die-hard comic book fans.
CGTN’s Lu Sirui reports from Beijing.
To Discuss:
- Afra Wang is host of Loud Murmurs, a Chinese-language pop culture podcast.
- Alex Grand is Founder of Comic Book Historians on YouTube.
- Lauren Veneziani is a film critic for DCFilmGirl.com
- Lata Jha is a writer for Mint, a division of Hindustan Times.
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