All I can say is: HOLY CRAP! Box office estimates are saying that the critically acclaimed superhero team-up of a life time The Avengers has made $200.3m in it’s opening weekend domestically, completely obliverating the previous record-holder’s gross of $169m (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2). The movie made a record $69.7m yesterday, with $80.5m on Friday and an expected $49m today, and analysts are reporting that the current worldwide gross is $640m+.
#151.5M intl wknd for #Avengers, $441.5M intl cume, $641.8M global total in just 12 days. May smash $1B next week!
— Gitesh Pandya (@giteshpandya) May 6, 2012
Power in numbers. In 3 days, THE AVENGERS has surpassed the entire domestic grosses of CAPTAIN AMERICA, THOR, and HULK.
— Exhibitor Relations (@ERCboxoffice) May 6, 2012
As expected, this is fantastic news for comic fans EVERYWHERE, and is a definate sign that all comic book movies from here on out will bet much much better, and not just Marvel. DC are now likely going to get started on their own cinematic universe ASAP, and we may just see a Justice League movie in our lifetimes after all!
SOURCE: Deadline
UPDATE: The full numbers for the weekend have been released by Disney, and it will probably come as no surprise to you that The Avengers grossed a massive domestic number of $56.8M, pulling the overall domestic gross to a huge total of $207.1M, the international gross to $447.7M, and the total worldwide gross to a massive $654.5M. Blimey.
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