UPDATE: PRESS RELEASE: Marvel's THE AVENGERS Expected To Cross $600M Domestically Today

UPDATE: PRESS RELEASE: Marvel's THE AVENGERS Expected To Cross $600M Domestically Today

We knew it was closing in on this milestone BO feat, but it seems today is the day the movie will officially become one of only 3 films in history ever to pass $600 Million domestically..

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By MarkCassidy - Jun 26, 2012 12:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Avengers
Source: Walt Disney Studios Publicity

There just doesn't seem to be any stopping the juggernaut that is Marvel’s The Avengers. The movie is expected to cross the $600 million domestic box office threshold today, becoming one of only three films in history ever to reach this milestone. The film’s global total is now an estimated $1,438.3 million, and it stands as the #3 film of all time globally and domestically.



Marvel/Disney have sent out the following release, which details The Avengers amazing rise to box office glory..

Marvel’s The Avengers opened in North America May 4 with a staggering $207.4 million – the biggest domestic debut of all time – and has been shattering domestic box office records ever since including the industry’s all-time second weekend record with $103 million; fastest film to reach $200 million (3 days), $300 million (9 days), $400 million (14 days), and $500 million (23 days); and highest Saturday ($69.5 million) and Sunday ($57 million) totals. It is the #4 film of all time internationally with $838.9 million.

Among only 12 films that have grossed $1 billion at the global box office, Marvel’s The Avengers is one of five billion-dollar Disney releases, which also include Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Alice in Wonderland, Disney•Pixar’s Toy Story 3, and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.


Just a small UPDATE, as expected the movie has indeed passed the $600M mark!

Pretty great eh? We will update when the final figures for the day are in. Until then, keep seeing it!







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jazzman
jazzman - 6/26/2012, 12:30 PM
ALL HAIL THE AVENGERS

im guessing Peter Berg is crying at home about why Battleship did not make The Avengers money LOL
Kingdork
Kingdork - 6/26/2012, 12:46 PM
Once again, I shall enjoy the comments from retard Marvelites and retard Nolanites going at each other in endless bullshit battles ^^

Anyway. THE AVENGERS ROCKED!!!
Durf
Durf - 6/26/2012, 12:46 PM
@jazz: lol

That is awesome. I am thinking around somewhere between $615-$620 million final total
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 6/26/2012, 12:51 PM
FYI, any stupid, pointless or blatantly trolling comment regarding this ridiculous Avengers/TDK "battle" will be deleted. If you want to talk about it then talk about it sensibly.
CaptainObvious
CaptainObvious - 6/26/2012, 12:51 PM
Congratulations, Marvel. You deserve this.
SpiderFan35
SpiderFan35 - 6/26/2012, 12:56 PM
Best part at 2:15 mark



Gerrit
Gerrit - 6/26/2012, 12:57 PM
Without the re-release of Titanic The Avengers probably will be top 2. If they re-release it sometime it will definitely beat Titanic even with the re-releases. TDK made 14 million in Japan but Transformers DOTM made 54, Pirates of the Caribbean made 84, both Toys Story 3 and Deathly Hallows part 2 made more than 120. Even with such a late opening, I expect more than 20 million.
Durf
Durf - 6/26/2012, 12:58 PM
Wow, someone really brought up the adjusted argument again? *sigh* I have said it before and I will say it again: Gone With The Wind, Sound of Music, and others like them had no competition and wouldn't sell nearly as many tickets today and make jack shit for money. That is why adjusted is stupid, it doesn't account for things like that. Please, stop spouting that bullshit!
Durf
Durf - 6/26/2012, 12:59 PM
@IM53: lol
UrbanKnight
UrbanKnight - 6/26/2012, 12:59 PM
jeah! congrats.
ever since titanic made 600 mill i wondered what type of movie would beat it.
i said to myself only a film with a bunch of superhero's would probably rival that.
either JL or Avengers. crazy, titanic sorta cheated with rerelease but yeah a movie finnally beat its og run.
now for its adgusted gross!?
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 6/26/2012, 12:59 PM
Blackanyellow, I know, and I'm not gonna get em all but hopefully it discourages it. We are actually losing readers to this stupid trolling and many more refuse to comment on articles because of it. We have to clamp down.
marantaz
marantaz - 6/26/2012, 1:02 PM
Congrats to Whedon and Marvel. Marvel, speaking for Whedon, "I believe some compensation is in order."

And congratulations to DoubleD for making a sensible prediction on TDKR boxoffice. For one, 1.1B is possible, though I doubt it, and two, he didn't predict that it would beat The Avengers, and then he followed up with a couple of reasons why it might not make 1.1B. I think if Batman does 'die' at the end, it might actually help the BO, even if no one believes it, but what really will hurt TDKR is the lack of 3D ticket sales. Of course, Nolan can always re-release it in 3D to put it over the top.
What The Avengers has done is fantastic... all CBM fans should be happy for it.
CaptainObvious
CaptainObvious - 6/26/2012, 1:06 PM
"What will hold the Dark Knight Rises back is if it's to Dark and parent refuse to take their kids to go see it. AND if it's true Batman dies at the end it will hurt ticket sales even more"

TDK had a dark tone and yet it was a box office juggernaut at the time of its release. It doesn't matter if it is dark. As for Batman dying, we don't know if he will or not. If he does, it won't hurt tickets sales unless there's no point to it. And so what if he does die? There are alot of movies that were successful that killed off the main characters at the end. Gladiator, Titanic, Exorcist, etc.
lnTylerWeTrust
lnTylerWeTrust - 6/26/2012, 1:09 PM
Well deserved!

I just want the blu ray already! damn theaters, all expensive as [frick]!
GreyChaos13Zero
GreyChaos13Zero - 6/26/2012, 1:10 PM
Durf
Durf - 6/26/2012, 1:10 PM
@Ror: Thank you guys for finally cracking down on this "Ite War" bullshit. I appreciate it.

@Intruder: That appears to be the case. And I agree, it is the best CBM of all time!
Jordanstine
Jordanstine - 6/26/2012, 1:12 PM
Avengers did $962K on Monday.

It will likely do something about $960K - $980K Tuesday which puts it at $600.2 million by today's end.

Congrats Marvel!
Durf
Durf - 6/26/2012, 1:13 PM
@CaptainObvious: Well there is one notable difference between those and TDKR. Those movies didn't have a beloved character that had been around and famous for a REALLY long time before the movie.

Regardless though, TDKR will still make a ton of money whether they kill him or not. How the movie is received will be what changes with that.
GingerBird
GingerBird - 6/26/2012, 1:15 PM
The wonders of 3D.
HelaGood
HelaGood - 6/26/2012, 1:17 PM
sink the Titanic!!!
ralfinader
ralfinader - 6/26/2012, 1:18 PM
ToDandy - 6/26/2012, 12:42 PM
Report Comment Awesome!


but in reality when adjusted for inflation this film hasn't made close to the amount of Gone With The Wind and Star Wars

Yeah yeah, and look how many total movies released in the same years GwtW and SW premiered. There was no home video market, no cable, and no internet, so movies had alot more time to sit in theaters for repeat business.
DraculaX
DraculaX - 6/26/2012, 1:19 PM
3D is overrated but congrats to The Avengers...

Avengers Assemble!
CPBuff22
CPBuff22 - 6/26/2012, 1:20 PM
I still know plenty of die hard Dark Knight fans who never read a comic book in their life who have not seen Avengers and are "Waiting till it comes to the cheap theaters". I am wondering how much money is going to be made during that time frame. I will see the movie for the ninth & tenth time when it hits the cheap theater. That is another $8 of my money in Marvels pocket.
lnTylerWeTrust
lnTylerWeTrust - 6/26/2012, 1:21 PM
@IM53

I keep staring at that gif, its soo [frick]ing awesome!
Gerrit
Gerrit - 6/26/2012, 1:23 PM
The wonders of a great cast, great characters, great dialogue, great script, great fight scenes, great practical effects, great digital effects, great director, great studio,...
ralfinader
ralfinader - 6/26/2012, 1:23 PM
I also agree that no movie has better captured a comic book reading experience than the Avengers, making it the greatest CBM of all time in my book. That it made some money don't hurt either.
SuperDan89
SuperDan89 - 6/26/2012, 1:24 PM
Always good to see new achievements within film

@DoubleD - "What will hold the Dark Knight Rises back is if it's to Dark and parent refuse to take their kids to go see it. AND if it's true Batman dies at the end it will hurt ticket sales even more"

They are valid points however since I have nothing to gain financially from TDKRs I'd be more than happy no bratty bloody kids kicking my chair or talking (happened through The Avengers). On Batman dying, I think it would be a bold move which I have no problem with. They'll proberbly be rebooting after this anyway, so if your going out, then go with a big [frick]ing bang!
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/26/2012, 1:27 PM
great news,i can see the amazing spider-man breaking the billion mark as well.

@ todandy
@ kmaguire99

all this adjusted for inflation shit,you've got to remember that back when gone with the wind & star wars were released there was no vhs or internet,so the only way to see a new film you had to go to the cinema,that is why they grossed so much.

another user of this site went into more detail of what i just said,but for the life of me i can't remember who it was,sorry.
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/26/2012, 1:28 PM
@ ralfinader

you beat me to it,well said mate.
Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon - 6/26/2012, 1:28 PM
"Adjusted box office" is a load of crap.

It's not how much money a movie actually made, it's how much a movie would have made with the same attendance at today's prices.

But that's ridiculous.

A lot of these older films wouldn't have been as well attended by today's audiences, wouldn't have been as well attended back then if films cost as much they do today. And most of these top "Adjusted" films made their money over multiple re-releases over the span of decades, from before the era of home video. They don't support movies like that to nearly the same degree anymore.

And even if you put all that money they made in a vault it would not magically become more money as ticket prices increased.

But look... I get what people are trying to prove by it, which is a vast difference in attendance. Yet... come on, if that's the case, then talk about it in terms of attendance, not in terms of totally imaginary box office numbers that have no basis in reality.
beane2099
beane2099 - 6/26/2012, 1:31 PM
Am I the only person who thinks this still might beat Titanic's domestic gross? No that it matters all that much, but I kind of see this as the nerd equivalent of betting on horses. Titanic with the re-release stands at like $658 mill domestic. I think Avengers has another 60 mill in it this summer. I won't bet my Boba Fett on that, I'm just sayin'.
OnLeatherWings
OnLeatherWings - 6/26/2012, 1:32 PM
The funniest part of all your little debates over which movie is better is that outside of this website people make no distinction between which characters are are marvel and which are DC. The general audience eagerly awaits tdkr just as much as Spiderman and just as much as they did the avengers. All these movies will be behemoths at the box office.
Gerrit
Gerrit - 6/26/2012, 1:33 PM
People say that you only apreciate good things when they are done. Now that both theaters in my town stoped screening The Avengers, I can only say that I am proud and happy that I watched it 8 times. Now that it is over, I regret nothing because I enjoyed it to the fullest.
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