Endgame has managed to surprise Infinity Wars' lifetime collection in its first week of release
Has anything changed all these decades later? Clearly not
Arya's transition from rebellious teen girl to implacable assassin inevitably provokes reflection on the representation of women who committed violent acts in the past
While there was huge hype around the film's release, the Disney team worked out a local context for the story and its characters
Game of Thrones is HBO's most-watched series ever and the season 7 of the show had an average viewership of 32.8 million viewers
Even if the stakes seem higher today, it is comforting to find that modern audiences are far from alone in thinking that the enjoyment of fiction can depend on not knowing everything in advance
Endgame has marginally surpassed Avengers: Inifnity War's (2018) first-week collection (Rs 156.64) in just three days
The historic weekend helps put Disney on course for what analysts say looks like an unparalleled year
Many of the time-travel concepts in Endgame are connected, at least in name, to recent scientific theory, simulation and speculation
Disney estimates the weekend grosses in the US and Canada will range between $310 million and $340 million, in line with Box Office Pro and Box Office Mojo forecasts
Amidst all the whams, bams, explosions and crashes, the film's silences are significant emotional tools
The competition for the Iron Throne on the screen is paralleled - in the real world - by the epic struggle for supremacy in television production
Final part of the Avengers series could collect over Rs 50 crore on opening day
Under current rules, eligible movies must have a run at a theater in Los Angeles County that can be as short as seven days, including three screenings a day for paying customers
The show, whose first episode of the eighth season premiered last week, airs on HBO at 9 pm Eastern Time
The film feels like it was visualised on a digital storyboard but not read on paper as a coherent script
Drive-in screenings are dependent on the weather
It is the fifth highest grossing Indian film in China after Dangal, Secret Superstar, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, and Hindi Medium
Andersson made a name herself after her type-defying role in 1966's 'Persona'. Previous to the role, she was generally cast in more innocent parts, like 'The Seventh Seal' and 'Wild Strawberries'
Star Wars fans finally have something to be excited about