Entertainment‘Avengers: Endgame’ directors urge fans not to 'spoil it for others' after reported leak

© Provided by USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. Ruffalo, Hemsworth on emotional end to 'Avengers' The directors of "Avengers: Endgame" are pleading with fans not to spoil the highly anticipated superhero film after pirated footage reportedly leaked online.

A video clip that appears to have been recorded during a film screening by someone who likely "had clearance to view the footage" started circulating across social media, according to CNBC, just days ahead of the film's April 26 release date.

The outlet described the footage as "spoiler heavy."

USA TODAY has reached out to Disney for comment.

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Expected to Shatter Box Office Records

“Avengers: Endgame” has its sights set on world domination. Disney and Marvel’s upcoming superhero epic should light the box office on fire when it launches this weekend, with the hopes of setting domestic, international, and global records. In North America alone, “Avengers: Endgame” is expected to earn between $250 million and $268 million in its first three days of release. If it hits the higher part of that range it would qualify as the biggest domestic debut of all time, a distinction currently held by 2018’s “Avengers: Infinity War,” the precursor to “Endgame,” which launched with $257.7 million.

“ Avengers : Endgame ” directors Anthony and Joe Russo took to social media April 16 to publish an open letter urging Marvel movie fans not to spoil the The letter was accompanied with the viral hashtag #DontSpoilTheEndgame and was published just a few hours after reports first surfaced that

' Avengers : Endgame ' Directors Shut Your Traps Don't Spoil Our Ending !!! As the end of ' Avengers ' looms the directors behind the blockbuster movie are begging fans to shut the hell up When you see Endgame in the coming weeks, please don't spoil it for others , the same way you

The Russo Brothers – directors Anthony and Joe Russo – took to Twitter Tuesday to urge the "the greatest fans in the world" not to ruin the film for other moviegoers, using the hashtag, #DontSpoilTheEndgame.

"Please know that the two of us, along with everyone involved in 'Endgame,' have worked tirelessly for the last three years with the sole intention of delivering a surprising and emotionally powerful conclusion to the Infinity saga," they wrote in a letter posted to Twitter. "Because so many of you have invested your time, your hearts and your souls into these stories, we’re once again asking for your help."

The directors continued: "When you see 'Endgame' in the coming weeks, please don’t spoil it for others, the same way you wouldn’t want it spoiled for you. Remember, Thanos still demands your silence."

'Avengers: Endgame' Makes Box Office History With $1.2 Billion Global Opening

History has been made. For the first time ever, a film has made over $1 billion at the global box office after its first weekend in theaters, and that film is Marvel Studios' "Avengers: Endgame" With a lethal combination of overwhelming critical and audience acclaim, unprecedented pre-release demand, and a day-and-date start in every theatrical market around the world except Russia, the 22nd Marvel Cinematic Universe installment has grossed $1.2 billion worldwide. It has become the fastest film to gross $1 billion worldwide and has eclipsed the total theatrical runs of 17 of its 21 MCU predecessors in just five days, including last month's "Captain Marvel.

The Russo Brothers have appealed to fans not to spoil Avengers : Endgame , after five minutes of footage from the movie leaked online yesterday. Read more: Marvel fans warned of Endgame leaks . This follows news of trolls leaking apparent spoilers on social media and in comment threads

The directors behind Avengers : Endgame urged fans on Tuesday to abstain from spoiling the Marvel feature after footage from the film leaked onto social media. The Russo Brothers asked the franchise's devotees not " spoil " Endgame for other viewers as "you wouldn't want it spoiled for you."

#DontSpoilTheEndgamepic.twitter.com/YZhbrwcijJ

— Russo Brothers (@Russo_Brothers) April 16, 2019

The culmination of the 22-film Marvel Cinematic Universe "Infinity Saga," the new Avengers film is the sequel to last year's blockbuster "Avengers: Infinity War," where half of the universe disintegrated into thin air with the snap of cosmic villain Thanos' fingers.

That film grossed over $2 billion worldwide, with one Hollywood trade already speculating that "Endgame" could do over $800 million worldwide on its opening weekend.

Contributing: Eli Blumenthal