>>> WE LOST.
ALL OF US.
WE LOST FRIENDS.
WE LOST FAMILY.
WE LOST PART OF OURSELVES.
THIS IS THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES.
>> THIS IS GOING TO WORK.
>> I KNOW IT IS BECAUSE I DON'T
KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IF IT
DOESN'T.
CHARLES: THE MOST ANTICIPATED
FILM IN THE MARVEL FRANCHISE
HISTORY, "AVENGERS: ENDGAME"
HITS THEATERS TONIGHT.
AMC IS ADDING A RECORD NUMBER OF
SHOWINGS TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND.
THE FILM ALREADY RACKED UP MORE
ADVANCE TICKET SALES THAN ANY
TITLE IN HISTORY AND GET THIS.
IN CHINA ALONE, IT BROKE OPENING
DAY RECORDS, $107 MILLION.
THE MOVIE IS EXPECTED TO SCORE
THE BIGGEST GLOBAL BOX OFFICE OF
ALL TIME, $900 MILLION.
JOINING ME TO DISCUSS, FOX
ENTERTAINMENT HOST.
>> THAT'S MAKING MONEY, CHARLES
PAYNE.
THAT'S MAKING A LOT OF MONEY.
CHARLES: THEY GOT A LOT OF
STARS, TOO.
THEY HAVE TO SPLIT UP A LOT OF
THAT MONEY, TOO.
>> A LOT OF BIG SALARIES.
THERE'S A REASON WHY THEY ARE
CALLING IT "ENDGAME" BECAUSE DID
ANY PROBABL
DISNEY PROBABLY CAN'T AFFORD IT
ANYMORE.
CHARLES: WE HAVE SEEN THEM
REBOOT FRANCHISES WITH NEW
STARS.
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW MUCH
EVERYONE THERE IS ASKING FOR?
>> ALL THE WRITERS AND ALL THE
STARS, ALL THAT.
CHARLES: THE WHOLE FRESH CREW OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING TV SERIES
NOW.
>> THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT.
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. STARTED THIS
JOURNEY, WHERE WAS HE IN HIS
CAREER?
CHARLES: THIS IS LIKE THE THIRD
REBOUND AT THIS POINT.
HE BROUGHT SOMETHING TO THAT
IRONMAN CHARACTER, THOUGH, A
SORT OF -- I DON'T KNOW IF
SOPHISTICATION IS THE WORD.
IT WASN'T CARTOONY ANYMORE.
IS THAT THE DIFFERENCE?
>> THE DIFFERENCE IS THEY ARE
SMARTER, THE STORIES ARE RICHER
AND THE CHARACTERS ARE MORE
DEVELOPED.
A LOT OF THAT IS TO KEVIN FAGEY,
THE PRESIDENT OF MARVEL AT
DISNEY, HE SORT OF GUIDED THIS
WHOLE FRANCHISE WITH A CLEAR
CREATIVE DIRECTION WHICH IS THE
BIG DIFFERENCE FROM WARNER
BROTHERS.
WITH THEIR SUPERHERO MOVIES THEY
HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE.
CHARLES: IT'S SORT OF ECLECTIC.
I WAS ALWAYS MORE OF A MARVEL
PERSON ANYWAY.
BRING BATMAN OVER, THOUGH.
IT REALLY IS AMAZING.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE MOVIE
HISTORY AND YOU WONDER HOW,
BECAUSE UP UNTIL THIS POINT, THE
BOX OFFICE THIS YEAR HAS BEEN
ABYSMAL.
>> THAT IS KEY.
SET THE SCENE.
BOX OFFICE IS DOWN 16% FROM LAST
YEAR, WORST BOX OFFICE SINCE
2011.
WILL THIS START TO TURN THINGS
AROUND?
HOLLYWOOD IS HOPING SO.
THIS MOVIE COULD PULL IN OVER $1
BILLION GLOBALLY.
CHARLES: LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR
BEFORE WITH "BLACK PANTHER,"
ABYSMAL, IT WAS DOWN, PEOPLE
DON'T GO TO THEATERS ANYMORE,
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT MOVIE
CAME OUT --
>> OFF TO THE RACES.
HUGE BOX OFFICE.
IT WAS A GOOD MOVIE.
THAT'S SORT OF THE PROBLEM TO
DATE.
THE MOVIES HAVEN'T BEEN THAT
GREAT SO FAR.
THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF SHOW
ME SOMETHING NEW, TELL ME
SOMETHING I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE.
IT'S ALL BEEN SORT OF RETREADS.
CHARLES: THIS IS YOUR BAILIWICK.
>> IS IT?
OKAY.
CHARLES: I DON'T THINK MOVIES
HAVE BEEN THAT GOOD FOR A LONG
TIME, HONESTLY.
I THINK THE MARKETING HAS BEEN
GOOD BUT I THINK HOLLYWOOD JUST
RELIED SO MUCH ON THE PREQUELL,
THE SEQUEL, THE REMAKE, THEN
THEY TOUCH THINGS.
DON'T TOUCH "MARY POPPINS."
>> I SAW IT THE OTHER DAY.
IT WAS AWFUL.
I COULDN'T GET THROUGH IT.
FRANCHISES ARE WHAT SELLS.
THEY WANT A GUARANTEED BUILT-IN
AUDIENCE AND THAT'S WHAT THEY
HAVE WITH MARVEL AND DC UNIVERSE
MOVIES AND "STAR WARS."
CHARLES: I THINK THEY STARTED TO
REALLY GO TO THAT WELL TOO
OFTEN, THE LAST COUPLE OFFERINGS
WEREN'T THAT GOOD, AND DIDN'T DO
THAT WELL.
>> I WAS JUST HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION IN THE HALLWAY.
THE MOVIES HAVE GOTTEN SO HEAVY.
THE LAST "AVENGERS" MOVIE WAS SO
HEAVY.
THAT'S BEEN THE PROBLEM WITH
SOME OF THESE MOVIES.
THEY TAKE THEMSELVES TOO
SERIOUSLY.
CHARLES: WHERE IS ALL OF THIS
GOING?
WE WERE TOLD THERE WOULD BE NO
MOVIE THEATERS BUT NOW THEY HAVE
WIDENED THE SEATS, THEY BRING
YOU FOOD.
THERE'S A RESURGENCE.
ARE WE LOOKING AT MORE GOLDEN
YEARS AHEAD FOR HOLLYWOOD?
>> I THINK SO.
CONTENT IS KING.
IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME.
IF MOVIES ARE GOOD, PEOPLE WILL
SHOW UP.
"BLACK PANTHER" WAS ORIGINAL.
IT WAS A GREAT MOVIE.
I TAKE UMBRAGE WITH YOUR
STATEMENT.
LAST YEAR WAS PROBABLY ONE OF
THE BEST AT THE MOVIES IN A VERY
LONG TIME.
CHARLES: IT STARTED OFF SLOW.
>> BUT THE QUALITY --
CHARLES: YOU KNOW ALL THE
EXECUTIVES OVER THERE.
THERE'S ONE REMAKE, IF YOU CAN
PLEASE ASK THEM NEVER TO DO IT,
"CAR WASH."
DON'T REMAKE IT.
THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.
IF YOU EVER HEAR SOMETHING