The Friday File: The superhero movie Avengers: Endgame grossed an amazing $1.2 billion in its first five days of release; $350 million came from the US and Canada. Avengers is already the 18th highest global grossing movie and could become the top grossing movie ever, beating Avatar’s $2.79 billion, set in 2009. The top grossing US and Canadian released film is Star Wars: The Force Awakens at $936 million.