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Yes, long movies have often been associated with prestige.
But over the last few decades, movies in general have been skewing longer.
The top movie in 1992 wasBatman Returns,clocking in at two hours and six minutes.
That length seems almost economical compared with 2019sAvengers:Endgame,which was more than three hours long.
One reason: Audiences are paying to see these longer installments of IP franchises.
