As of April 27, only 3 days after its release, "Avengers: Endgame" has exceeded 2 billion at the domestic box office.
It has become the fastest film in the history of mainland films to break 2 billion.
Looking back at the record-breaking phenomenal films in recent years, it took 7 days for 2017's "Wolf Warrior 2" to break 2 billion, 9 days for "Red Sea Operation" in 2018, and 5 days for "The Wandering Earth" in 2019.
And "Reunion 4", it only took 3 days and 20 hours.
That is to say, the record-breaking speed of "Reunion 4" completely hangs the Spring Festival file.
And this is less than 3 months after the release of "The Wandering Earth".
Not only that, according to Maoyan statistics, the domestic film history record set by "Reunion 4" has reached more than 20 items.
These include the first zero-point box office film to break 100 million, the highest box office record in pre-sale, the fastest record to break 100 million, the highest box office on the first day of imported films, the highest proportion of single-day box office, and so on.
It really responded to the words of fans when the pre-sale opened: Every second from now on, "Reunion 4" is breaking records.
On the Internet, too, the discussion about the content of the character or film has never stopped, and the hot search list has a Marvel position every day.
Among them, the most discussed is naturally the Iron Man that we are most embarrassed about.
11 years ago, Downey opened the Marvel Universe with a "i am iron man", and since then, Iron Man has become everyone's heart.
11 years later, we also know that the phrase "i am iron man" that made the famous scene turned out to be nothing more than Downey's improvisation.
And it is this line that is sent out of the heart, which not only achieves today's glory and touch, but also proves that Downey is indeed the most suitable candidate for the role of Iron Man.
At this time, looking back at his mutual achievements with Marvel for ten years, it seems that it is destined for heaven.
In 2008, Marvel was on the verge of bankruptcy, selling the copyrights to characters such as Spider-Man and X-Men.
Add in the borrowed money to scrape together $525 million for the first and possibly final Iron Man.
At that time, Downey, as a bad artist who no one dared to use, was also experiencing the most depressed life trough.
In order to win the role of "Iron Man", he only used the minimum salary to compete with Nicolas Cage, Atang Ge and others.
In the end, Marvel chose Downey, not only because of the low salary that can afford it, but also because director Jon Feiru believes that Downey is Iron Man himself.
It starts with Downey's life experience.
Downey was born in 1965 and grew up in an acting family, and his father, Robert Downey I, was also a famous actor + director in the United States, so the authorities have always called Downey Robert Downey Jr.
At the age of 5, Downey was electrocuted for the first time in his father's "Life of a Dog" and fell in love with acting.
Growing up, Downey never cared about learning, and dropped out of high school to go to Los Angeles.
Until the age of 22, Downey finally starred in his own film "Bubble Girl Expert", and played an addict in "Passion Below Zero" in the same year.
In 1992, at the age of 27, Downey played the role of Chaplin in the film "Chaplin", which made Downey win both the British Academy Film Award for Best Actor and the Academy Award for Best Actor nominations, which became a turning point in his acting career.
In 1997, Downey was arrested and imprisoned for drug use, and was imprisoned again just 2 years later.
According to Downey's own recollections, he had already followed his father to marijuana at the age of eight, and the life of a drunken fan of the second generation of stars and the success that came easily made Downey fall into confusion and depravity.
In his worst cases, Downey was caught by the police at various locations, such as drug use in the car, and when he was caught, he also found a loaded gun.
As well as the onset of drug addiction, directly affecting the filming progress of the crew and so on.
He even lost his mind during the onset of drug addiction and invaded private houses.
In short, a series of scandals have made Downey a bad deed, both unpopular and missed many good roles.
It wasn't until 2005 that Downey successfully rehabilitated from drugs after meeting his wife, Susan, and got his life on the right track.
It is reported that Downey fell in love with Susan at first sight, and soon began a fierce pursuit of the acquaintance.
But after all, Downey's drug use is known all over the world, so Susan did not immediately agree to Downey's pursuit, but told the other party: drugs and themselves, you can only choose one.
Finally, one day, while driving home, Downey suddenly wanted to eat a hamburger, so he stopped and bought one, only to take a bite and vomit.
At that time, Downey was deeply aware that the effects of drugs on his body had even mutilated his sense of taste.
Downey made up his mind to quit drugs and truly entered the critical period of drug rehabilitation, while cooperating with a lot of exercise. Everyone knows that Downey has a habit of practicing Wing Chun, and that's when it started.
Just when everyone thinks that this second generation of stars who play a good deck of cards will only go downhill from now on. In 2008, Downey met Iron Man.
Also a character reborn from the fire.
Iron Man was able to explode because he was an imperfect hero.
Before Iron Man, we saw many superhero characters such as Superman and Spider-Man, all of whom were the embodiment of justice.
Whether they grow from weak to strong, or stand tall at birth, they do not have too many flaws in their personalities, except that Iron Man is different.
Before putting on that steel suit and walking out of the cave, he was an arms dealer who did not care about the lives of civilians, and he was also a rich second generation who inherited his father's assets.
Doing arms business in the black and white road outside and around the world, and playboy among various women on the inside.
If he hadn't almost died at the hands of a terrorist, he would never have known in his life how many people he had killed with his guns.
So after a few days of hell in isolation in a cave, Tony was born again.
Just like Downey, who was born in the second generation of stars and was also confused and degenerate, only he understands the preciousness of the "warm heart" on his chest after Iron Man's rebirth.
The high degree of overlap in the trajectory of life made the director believe that Downey could play the role of Iron Man well, so he was willing to make a desperate bet and invest all his wealth in deciding life and death on Downey alone.
In fact, the last line of "Iron Man 1", the script is prepared, Iron Man should have read according to the note given by S.H.I.E.L.D. But at the last moment, Downey dropped the line on the note and instead uttered the words directly: "i am iron man."
In the director's words, it was as if he had seen Downey possessed by Iron Man.
So they used this unexpected surprise line as the ending.
In 11 years, it can be said that Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man saved Marvel, and marvel saved Robert Downey Jr.
Of course, the legend that belongs to Iron Man is more than that, Stan Lee once said that the prototype behind Iron Man comes from the famous American entrepreneur Howard Hughes in the 20th century.
Like Iron Man, Howard Hughes is also the son of his father, becoming the chairman of the family business at the age of 19, and has been withdrawn and shy and studious since childhood.
But the hate to learn didn't affect Howard Hughes's genius traits.
At the age of 11, Hughes learned to set up his own radio, and by the way, he also made houston's first radio station.
Inventing the assisted bicycle at the age of 12, assembling a motorcycle at the age of 13, and by the age of 14, Hughes had begun to learn to fly and had experience flying.
It really has a fight with tony, the genius who hides in the basement every day in the movie to do scientific research and build mechanical armor.
In addition to doing business and being a pilot, Hughes grew up to be an actor and producer, not only investing in and directing works such as "Hell's Angel", but also having a relationship with many female stars in the circle.
It is rumored that he has been in love with 197 female stars, which is of course an exaggeration, but it is enough to see how big Hughes's "playboy" name is.
His first public girlfriend was Billie Doff, the "prettiest girl" of the silent film era, and four Oscar-winning Catherine Hepburn also had a sensational love affair.
Later, he fell in love with actresses such as Betty Davis, Olivier Dee Havland, Ingrid Bergman, Ava Gardner, Lana Turner, Heidi Rama, Elizabeth Taylor and other actresses.
It's a veritable affair.
Even more legendary, after the 50s, Hughes began to live in seclusion.
In his later years, Hughes is said to have had all sorts of incredible quirks, such as cutting his hair and nails only once a year, liking to urinate in milk bottles, and not having physical contact with anyone.
He also injected cocaine for a long time, forced himself to take notes, and bought TV stations just to be able to see his favorite programs in the early morning.
It wasn't until April 5, 1976, as Americans were preparing to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, that Hughes died on his way back from Mexico to his hometown of Houston, at the age of 71, leaving the estate to his Institute of Medical Research.
The legendary life ended, leaving only the infinite reverie of future generations.
In Stan Lee's view, he is one of the most interesting figures of the 20th century, an inventor, an adventurer, a millionaire, a lover, and an absolute madman.
So he had the idea of writing something different about heroes.
The genius Iron Man, who was born with a charming, uninhibited and holding a golden spoon, was also born.
So Iron Man is not only the legend of Tony alone, but also the legend of Downey, Howard Hughes, and Stan Lee.
I am iron man is the end of an era and the eternal life of a feeling.