[Spoiler Alert!] This Could Be The Hidden Meaning of “I Love You 3,000” In Avengers: Endgame

Before you read any further, spoiler alert! Don’t say we didn’t warn you har…

Ever since Avengers: Endgame hit the big screen, the ‘I love you 3,000’ meme has become one of the most circulated memes on social media and honestly, it still hits Marvel fans pretty hard because the line represents one of the saddest and most poignant scenes in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe (MCU).

In case you haven’t watched the movie yet, which you should do right now, ‘I love you 3,000’ is a line in the movie spoken by Tony Stark’s daughter, and is also the last line in his farewell message to his family. It was an emotional scene that got many fans tearing up. Okay, we will say no more about the movie.

But why 3,000 and not 2,000?

Since we’re talking about Marvel here, which is famous for slipping Easters eggs into its movies, there must be a hidden meaning behind that number. Well, according to many hardcore Marvel fans, the number 3,000 was used because that’s the total screen time of all the MCU movies put together, including the yet-to-be-released Spider-Man: Far From Home. 

Based on stats from IMDb, the total screen time of all movies in the MCU, starting with the first Iron Man movie in 2008 to the blockbuster that is Avengers: Endgame, was 2,867 minutes, and it is rumoured that Spider-Man: Far From Home’s running time would be 133 minutes. We did the math and the numbers do add up! 

However, there are some netizens who disagree with this theory and claim that ‘3,000’ is merely an arbitrary number. At the time of writing, Marvel has yet to confirm this theory and only expressed its love back to the fans by saying ‘We love you 3,000’.

What do you think about this theory and the movie? Let us know what you think in the comments! No spoilers har guys, don’t want you to end up like the man in the article below.

 

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