Avengers: Endgameis finally here and fans all over the world are packing in theaters as of this writing. However, the highly anticipated movie opened internationally yesterday and some lucky Marvel Cinematic Universe fans in Israel were treated to an impromptu jam of theAvengerstheme by two musicians using a trumpet and an acoustic guitar. This is the end of the line for some of the most beloved superheroes in history and the penultimate installment of the MCU’s Phase 3. It’s kind of a big deal. There are NO SPOILERS forAvengers: Endgamebelow.
A video of two Israeli musicians playing theAvengerstheme song has gone viral. Yair Chesler on the trumpet and Daniel Yosef Abdu on the guitar shockedMCU fanswho were waiting for theAvengers: Endgamescreening to start. Abdu starts quietly strumming the acoustic guitar in a rhythmic pattern and gets louder and louder while Chesler begins to stand up to play the main melody on the trumpet. The crowd is a bit confused at first and then they all start tapping out the rhythm and singing along with a huge round of applause afterwards.
Star Warsfans dress as their favorite characters and have Lightsaber battles before showings, but a pair of musicians doing 40 seconds of the iconicAvengerstheme is a whole new level of commitment. Plus, they look a little cooler with instruments instead of Lightsabers.Avengers: Endgameis arguably thebiggest movie event of the yearand fans are stepping up their game at before the movie starts playing. The movie is already breaking box office records all over the world.
Since opening yesterday,Avengers: Endgamehasearned over $169 million internationally in just one dayin 25 markets, which does not include North America. $107 million of that total comes from China alone, who has been eating up superhero movies lately while dismissingStar Warsmovies.Aquaman,Venom, andCaptain Marvelhave benefitted at the international box office, thanks to China andEndgamelooks like it will be the same story when all of the dust settles. As far as domestically, the movie is well on its way to having the biggest opening weekend in cinematic history.
Now thatAvengers: Endgameis finally out and MCU fans are seeing it for the first time, it will be interesting to see how this one stacks up to the rest of the movies.Infinity WarandBlack Pantherare going to be tough to beat and this one has some severe hype surrounding it. Whatever the case may be,Marvel Studiosand Disney are going to be pretty happy with the box office receipts. While you wait for your ownAvengers: Endgameexperience, or even if you’ve already seen it, you can check out the awesome cover of theAvengerstheme song below.
