MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS Expected To Pass $500M By Sunday

MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS Expected To Pass $500M By Sunday

With Marvel's The Avengers out in US theatres this Friday, the latest figures for Joss Whedon's superhero ensemble have analysts predicting an impressive $500M worldwide gross by this time next week.

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By JoshWilding - May 01, 2012 10:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers
Source: The Hollywood Reporter


The good news keeps on coming for Marvel Studios. The Hollywood Reporter reveals that The Avengers is expected to become the studios most successful superhero movie so far, easily topping the previous record set in 2010 by Iron Man 2 ($623 million). The film has now made a whopping $218M overseas in its first six days of release and continues breaking record after record. With the May Day holiday in some countries today, another boost in takings is expected, while it's thought that the current international gross will be upwards of $400M by Sunday after being released in Russia and China. Throw in the fact that Earth's Mightiest Heroes also assemble in North America later this week and the film should be way past the $500M mark by Sunday.



STARRING:

Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America
Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
Chris Hemsworth as Thor
Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye
Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Ramanoff/Black Widow
Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson
Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
Tom Hiddleston as Loki

RELEASE DATE: April 26th, 2012. (UK) May 4th, 2012. (US)


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BlueMex
BlueMex - 5/1/2012, 11:09 AM
they deserve it
WolvieCBM
WolvieCBM - 5/1/2012, 11:10 AM
Damn. Crazy.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 5/1/2012, 11:13 AM
to all haters:


not bad for a movie nobody cared about :P
Nemesys
Nemesys - 5/1/2012, 11:14 AM
Been saying from the beginning...Biggest..Blockbuster...EVER!!!!
tazmaniak
tazmaniak - 5/1/2012, 11:15 AM
Nice. It's on it's way. Transformers 3 opened in 58 territories and made $219.8M in 5 days, going on to make $1B. Avengers opened in only 39 territories and has made $218M in 6 days. $1+B is attainable with these numbers.
DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 5/1/2012, 11:15 AM
[frick]. That's really [expletive] [frick]ing, [foo foo]ing, [morally offensive word], [frick]ing, cocking, quimming, [philosophically confusing word] good.
Gerrit
Gerrit - 5/1/2012, 11:17 AM
half a billion in little more than a week? The hype better keep this pace for a lot longer.
Gerrit
Gerrit - 5/1/2012, 11:20 AM
I have to point out that the movie does get better and better the more times you watch it.
clogan
clogan - 5/1/2012, 11:25 AM
I'll be surprised if this surpasses the 650 million mark eventually. The general audience is still not convinced.
StrangerX
StrangerX - 5/1/2012, 11:26 AM
Cool!! $8x3= me spending on tickets to see The Avengers
BruceLeroy
BruceLeroy - 5/1/2012, 11:27 AM
All that worked payed off for Marvel. Good for them and us CBM fans.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 5/1/2012, 11:29 AM
@SirWinsalot
please,Batman is so 2008 :P
shadow314
shadow314 - 5/1/2012, 11:29 AM
rating is startin gto drop on rotten tomatoes... down to 94%.. f'n americans
LMB10
LMB10 - 5/1/2012, 11:29 AM
Where's JLA2014 telling us this will be a flop?
Kayo
Kayo - 5/1/2012, 11:32 AM
hell yessssssssssssss.....................can't wait
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 5/1/2012, 11:33 AM
@LMB10
probably crying in a corner :P
TheMyth
TheMyth - 5/1/2012, 11:34 AM
This movie is loaded with the potential to break 1 billion.
Shaman
Shaman - 5/1/2012, 11:34 AM
BANG!!! ZOOM!!!

Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 5/1/2012, 11:35 AM
awesome news
let's hope for domination
Lego
Lego - 5/1/2012, 11:35 AM
Well now it needs to make ANOTHER 500 million to pass the billion mark.

but a lot of people seem interested in the box office. More than usual. I mean we all knew it was going to make boat loads of money.

for me? As long as I don't get a check from Marvel i i don't care how much it makes lmao

They already greenlit Avengers 2.
goldenavenger77
goldenavenger77 - 5/1/2012, 11:38 AM
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NOID
NOID - 5/1/2012, 11:40 AM
that sir, is a lot of money
DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 5/1/2012, 11:41 AM
The world doesn't want the depressing gloom and epic doom of TDKR. We don't want to be told how shitty our current world is. We need heroes. Big heroes with bright colours, fighting aliens, laughing and joking the whole time. I think the Box Office figures will end up proving me right, on this.
BlackGetsuga3
BlackGetsuga3 - 5/1/2012, 11:41 AM
Billions!! Would post a pic of Dr. Evil but feeling lazy lol
Equivocal
Equivocal - 5/1/2012, 11:42 AM
@xavierfinest:
Oh my goodness... who phucking cares about how much it'll make?? The articles just get worse and worse.

who cares ?
U do, u keep clicking in the article EVERY time !
and if it gets worse and worse, don't clik the article and then post your whines in here, makes you look like you're trolling....
just sayin'
:)
murdocksgirl
murdocksgirl - 5/1/2012, 11:45 AM
@DoubleD
Speaking as a indie producer and comic book fan, i have been trolling the net for the latest information on the avengers numbers (trust me folks, there is a good reason why everyone is watching this... this is a game changer as far as how the industry can work).

But the big thing is you are wrong. The highest grossing movie of all time (without adjusting for inflation) is Avatar at 2.7 Billion USD. If you adjust for inflation, the biggest money maker ever is still Gone with the wind at just over 3 billion.

@ Duke Acureds... couldn't agree with you more. People are sick of doom and gloom between the economy, crappy jobs etc etc etc Movies/cinema has always been an escape method for the masses.

It also helps you put someone in charge that knows how to deal with ensemble casts and is a fanboy himself. :)
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/1/2012, 11:46 AM
@ ironman53

you're gonna love it,well so is almost everyone else over in the states.

its a great fun movie & ole shell head finest performance.

the top ten performances in the avengers.

1st hulk
2nd iron man
3rd loki
4th thor
5th captain america
6th hawkeye
7th black widow
8th nick fury
9th coulson
10th maria hill
Kayo
Kayo - 5/1/2012, 11:47 AM
this thread deserves more boobs
boomshuka
boomshuka - 5/1/2012, 11:48 AM
Hulk SMASH puny human box office competition.
tazmaniak
tazmaniak - 5/1/2012, 11:49 AM
I'm anxious to see how much it makes when it opens in China this weekend. I don't know how similar the appeal is to Titanic, but Titanic 3D opened in China with $67M. After 12 days, it had made $105.2M just from China.

We know China is really into American blockbusters, so I can see the Avengers cleaning up there.
Shaman
Shaman - 5/1/2012, 11:57 AM
tazmaniak- Not only that but since they will be very heavily featured in Ironman 3, they'll go all out in full support of The Avengers! Expect $150M in the first week just from China alone. It's a friggin' marketing strategy for them ;)
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