Avengers: Endgame is set to pass Avatar this weekend to become the highest-grossing movie of all time.

Axar.az reports citing BBC.

The weekend take of the Disney and Marvel Studios' sequel should push it past the record held by James Cameron's epic of $2,789.7bn (£2,231.3bn).

Marvel chief Kevin Feige hailed the achievement at Comic-Con in San Diego on Saturday, although it was still officially $500,000 short at the time.

Disney boss Alan Horn said fans had taken the film to "historic heights".

Avengers: Endgame has not just been a success at the box office, it has also drawn widespread critical acclaim. Reviews when it was released spawned descriptions such as "glorious", "irresistible", "intensely satisfying" and "masterful".

Its Rotten Tomatoes reviews are over 90%.