- Sa 5. Mai 2012, 16:48
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wooohoooo .. *nerdgsam* .. GO AVENGERS :!:
‘AVENGERS’ ASSEMBLE FOR RECORD! $80.5M Friday On Pace For $175M Biggest Domestic Weekend, $500+M Worldwide
FRIDAY PM/SATURDAY AM… What a great Summer 2012 kick-off! Disney is reporting stronger North American box office for Marvel’s The Avengers in Digital 3D, RealD and IMAX 3D than it dared to hope and even rival studios thought possible. The Friday opening number is now $80.5 million because late shows were coming on strong. That includes a whopping $18.1M midnights. So Disney says the domestic total is on pace for a record-setting $175M through Sunday from 4,349 U.S. and Canadian locations, including 3,364 plays in 3D. This is the biggest ever domestic weekend opening. (Past Warner Bros’ 3D Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 which stll holds the Friday opening record of $91M but no longer the first weekend record of $169M.) The worldwide total isn’t yet updated but it’s sure to be $500+M with this weekend’s addition of China, Russia, and of course North America. And, just to rub it in, the well-reviewed Avengers also received a rare ‘A+’ CinemaScore from American audiences. ”Freakin’ phenomenal,” one Hollywood studio mogul phoned me Friday night. ”It has a real shot at the record,” another movie boss emailed me. I just learned that the AMC theater chain sold so many Avengers tickets Friday that its entire credit card processing system is delayed so moviegoers can’t charge the pic or concession snacks right away. This, after AMC announced it made $4M from Joss Whedon’s superhero actioner overnight. The pressure is on because The Avengers is the first Marvel Studios film to be marketed and distributed by The Walt Disney Studios which now owns the entertainment company. More detail below. No other major pic dared go up against this juggernaut. Holdovers only total $50M this weekend which is looking like $210M – or +33% over last year.
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