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>> WHATEVER IT TAKES.
WHATEVER IT TAKES.
LIZ: YOU GUYS KNOW I ALREADY SAW
IT.
I HAVE BEEN SO GOOD.
I HAVE NOT DONE ANY SPOILERS.
I HAVEN'T RUINED ANYTHING.
BUT YOU KNOW THAT "COUNTDOWN"
TEAM IS HERE, HASH TAG TEAM
"AVENGERS: ENDGAME" BUT AS
MILLIONS CLUTCH THEIR TICKETS IN
THEIR HOT LITTLE HANDS, WE NEED
TO PREPARE YOU, IN ORDER TO BE
READY FOR THE MARVEL FINALE,
FANS NEED TO GET THROUGH A
THREE-HOUR AND 58-SECOND RUN
TIME, ZERO INTERMISSION.
YES, YOU HEARD THAT.
I DID IT.
JUST DON'T DRINK A LOT OF COKE
OR WATER BEFOREHAND.
SITES HAVE PUT OUT ARTICLES
TEACHING PEOPLE WHEN THEY CAN GO
TO THE BATHROOM DURING THE
MOVIE, THEY GIVE YOU CERTAIN
POINTS.
40 MINUTES IN OR WHATEVER IT IS,
SO YOU DON'T MISS A BEAT.
THE HOT BLOCKBUSTER ALREADY
SCOOPED UP $60 MILLION AT THE
DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE FOR ITS
PREVIEW SHOWINGS LAST NIGHT
STARTING AT 12:01.
I BELIEVE THAT INCLUDES U.S. AND
CANADA.
12:01 A.M., $60 MILLION FOR
THOSE TWO COUNTRIES MAKES IT THE
BIGGEST OPENING NIGHT IN
HISTORY, EVEN SURPASSING THE
PREVIOUS RECORD HELD BY "STAR
WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS" BUT WE
ARE WELL PAST THE OVERNIGHT
NUMBERS.
IN FACT, THE MOVIE HAS BECOME
SUCH A HIT THAT IMAX EVEN
AULTERRE
E
AULTERED IT IS LOGO TEMPORARILY
TO MATCH THE "AVENGERS" A.
HERE WITH US, THE CEO OF IMAX,
RICH GELFOND.
I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE
PHONE ALL AFTERNOON GETTING
QUICK UPDATES ON THE NUMBERS,
RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE IF YOU ARE A
BASEBALL FAN AND THE STATISTICS,
IT'S ADDICTIVE.
YOU CAN'T HELP YOURSELF.
LIZ: I CAN IMAGINE.
YOU ARE SMILING, YOU'RE HAPPY.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
>> I CAN SAY THAT FOR IMAX,
THROUGH THURSDAY, WE HAD ALREADY
DONE $33 MILLION WORLDWIDE IN
"AVENGER" BOX OFFICE AND OUR
BEST OPENING EVER THROUGH A
WHOLE WEEKEND WAS "STAR WARS
FORCE AWAKENS" WHERE WE DID $48
MILLION.
LIZ: WAIT.
SO LET ME JUST SAY, EVEN BEFORE
THE WEEKEND, "AVENGERS" IS
ALREADY AT $33 MILLION.
IT DOESN'T HAVE MUCH FURTHER TO
GO BEFORE IT HITS $48 MILLION
WHICH WAS THE WHOLE WEEKEND FOR
"STAR WARS."
>> IF I LOOK AT A PLACE LIKE
CHINA WHICH HAS HAD UPS AND
DOWNS, IT'S THE HIGHEST PER
SCREEN AVERAGE WE HAVE EVER HAD
IN OUR NETWORK IN CHINA, AND OUR
BEST BOX OFFICE FOR OPENING DAY,
AND IN TWO DAYS IN CHINA, GOING
INTO THE WEEKEND, WE ALREADY
BEAT OUR THREE DAYS.
LIZ, THIS IS QUITE A PHENOMENON.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
MONDAY, SEEING WHERE IT ALL ADDS
UP.
I THINK IT'S A VERY SPECIAL
MOVIE.
THE MARVEL TEAM AT DISNEY, THEY
DID IT AGAIN.
THEY ARE GENIUSES.
LIZ: IT IS TRULY UNBELIEVABLE.
NOW, IT IS THREE HOURS LONG.
BATHROOM BREAKS ASIDE, DOESN'T
THAT MEAN THAT THERE ARE FEWER
SHOWINGS BECAUSE IT SUCKS UP
MORE TIME ON A MOVIE SCREEN?
>> IT DOES, BUT AS INCREDIBLE AS
THIS MIGHT SOUND TO YOU OR ME,
THEY'RE RUNNING AROUND THE CLOCK
SO THERE'S 2:30 A.M. SHOWINGS
WHICH GET OUT AROUND 5:30.
LIZ: A.M.
>> THEY START AGAIN AT 6:30 WITH
THE NEXT SHOW.
I THINK WE ARE SOLD OUT OR CLOSE
TO SOLD OUT HERE IN NEW YORK AT
LINCOLN SQUARE FOR THE 2:30
A.M.s AND PRETTY MUCH SOLD OUT
FOR THE FIRST SHOWS IN THE
MORNING.
SO IT'S CRAZY.
PEOPLE ARE SCARED OF THE
THREE-HOUR RUN TIME BUT
REMEMBER, TWO OF THE BIGGEST
MOVIES OF ALL TIME, "AVATAR" AND
"TITANIC" WERE CLOSE TO THREE
HOURS OR OVER IT.
WHAT I'VE HEARD IS INSTEAD OF
COMPLAINING, IT'S SUCH A GOOD
MOVIE THEY WERE SAYING WE WANT
MORE OR THEY WISH IT WAS LONGER.
LIZ: I TOLD MY 14-YEAR-OLD SON
WHO HAS HIS TICKET TONIGHT FOR
THE MAGIC JOHNSON THEATERS, I
DON'T THINK IMAX WAS AVAILABLE,
HE'S VERY EXCITED BUT HE SAID I
WANT IT TO BE LONGER THAN THREE
HOURS.
BUT THAT IS AN INTERESTING
PHENOMENON, IS IT NOT?
YOU HAVE JUST GIVEN US THIS VERY
FIRST NUMBER, FIRST ON FOX
BUSINESS, ABOUT THE $33 MILLION
FOR JUST SO FAR ON THE IMAX
SCREENS.
I NEED TO PUSH YOU HERE.
IT SEEMS LIKE A DONE DEAL THAT
IT WILL SURPASS $48 MILLION FOR
THE OPENING WEEKEND HERE.
ON IMAX SCREENS.
>> FOR IMAX?
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD BET.
THAT'S NOT PUSHING ME.
IF YOU'RE 33 BEFORE THE WEEKEND
OPENS, THAT'S JUST MATH.
AGAIN, IT'S SO GLOBAL AND THE
PHENOMENON IS SO REAL ON A
WORLDWIDE BASIS.
YOU'VE SEEN IT, WHEN THESE
THINGS CATCH FIRE, EVEN IF
YOU'RE NOT A FAN, YOU HAVE TO GO
SEE IT.
I THINK THE FANS ARE GOING TO
WANT TO SEE IT TWO OR THREE
TIMES, AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU
SAW IT.
THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON, SO
MANY CHARACTERS.
I WOULD SAY THIS IS THE FIRST
MARVEL MOVIE THAT I'VE SEEN THAT
I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO SEE AGAIN
TO FULLY GET EVERYTHING OUT OF
IT.
LIZ: ISN'T THAT INTERESTING.
I ALREADY ASKED MY SON, IF
THERE'S AN EXTRA TICKET, CAN I
GO.
THERE ARE NO EXTRA TICKETS.
I WANT TO JUST QUICKLY ASK
NATIONWIDE ON YOUR IMAX SCREENS,
GIVE ME SOME NAMES OF CITIES
THAT ARE SOLD OUT.
>> I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA BROKEN
DOWN.
I THINK WITH AMC THIS WEEKEND,
WE HAVE LIKE 400 THEATERS SOLD
OUT -- 400 SHOWS SOLD OUT
ALREADY.
I THINK YOU COULD ASSUME THAT
MOST OF THE SHOWS ARE SOLD OUT.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU KNOW,
THEY TYPICALLY SAVE SEATS FOR
WALK-INS.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A TICKET, GIVE
IT A SHOT.
IF YOU DON'T SEE IT IN IMAX,
COME BACK AND SEE IT IN IMAX.
LIZ: 1500 SCREENS PLUS GLOBALLY.
HOW MANY HAVE "AVENGERS" ON THEM
NOW?
>> PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THEM.
WHY WOULD YOU PLAY ANYTHING
ELSE?
LIZ: BEARS CATCHING SALMON
DOCUMENTARIES.
>> THOSE ARE THE OLD DAYS.
YOU'RE DATING YOURSELF.
LIZ: I LOVED HUBBLE TELESCOPE.
THAT WAS ONE OF MINE.
YOU ALSO HAVE SCREENS IN JAPAN.
>> YEAH, WE DO.
LIZ: IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES,
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO BE
MEETING WITH SHINZO ABE TO
STRIKE A TRADE DEAL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE
ATMOSPHERE IN JAPAN AS FAR AS
BUSINESS IS CONCERNED, FOR U.S.
BUSINESSES GOING THERE AND
SETTING UP SHOP?
>> TODAY WE JUST REPORTED OUR
FIRST QUARTER RESULTS WHICH WERE
VERY STRONG.
IN JAPAN WE WERE UP 21% OVER THE
SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR.
OUR NETWORK IS GROWING.
I THINK THERE'S A REALLY GOOD
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.
WE JUST HAD A CONFERENCE AND A
LOT OF THE JAPANESE EXHIBITORS
CAME IN AND I THINK THEY ARE
VERY UPBEAT AND THE TONE OF -- I
WOULD SAY THAT'S ONE OF THE
GROER
GROWTH MARKETS FOR US.
LIZ: CHARLIE GASPARINO LIKES
BLACK WIDOW.
SCARLETT JOHANSSON.
I LOVE LOKI.
AND THOR, I WOULDN'T SAY GET OUT
OF THE HOUSE TO THOR.
I REALLY LIKE THAT.
WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE?
>> WE CAN'T DO ANY SPOILERS,
OBVIOUSLY.
MOST PEOPLE HAVEN'T SEEN THE
MOVIE.
BUT I THINK ROBERT DOWNEY JR.
LIZ: SUCH A GREAT ACTOR.
>> HE WAS THE FIRST.
HE OPENED THE WHOLE FRANCHISE.
THE HUMOR HE BROUGHT TO IT, HIS
INTERPLAY WITH PEPPER, PEPPER
POTTS.
THAT MADE THE WHOLE THING AND
SET THE TONE FOR EVERYTHING
THEY'VE DONE.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER,
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING TEN
YEARS FOR THIS.
IT'S THE CULMINATION OF ALL
THESE 22 MOVIES, AND WAITING.
I THINK IT'S BRILLIANT THE WAY
THE RUSSO BROTHERS AND MARVEL
BROUGHT THAT ALL TOGETHER AGAIN.
WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT BUT IT'S
REALLY WELL DONE.
LIZ: WELL, SEQUEL AFTER THIS
ONE?
WHY WOULDN'T YOU?
>> I THINK THIS IS ENDGAME.
LIZ: NO, IT'S NOT.
>> I THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE
START GAME OR SOMETHING ELSE.
LIZ: WE WILL BE WATCHING.