Well, we knew it was going to happen: Despite only turning out the second biggest midnight opening gross ever (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 beat it by a rather wide margin) The Avengers managed to walk off with the biggest opening week gross in history, earning over $200 Million bucks at the North American box office. Bow to Joss Whedon, your new king of everything! Via Huffington Post:
That’s what Captain America tells the Incredible Hulk to do in The Avengers, and that’s what the Marvel Comics superhero mash-up did at the box office, smashing the domestic revenue record with a $200.3 million debut. It’s by far the biggest opening ever, shooting past the previous record of $169.2 million for the debut of last year’s Harry Potter finale. The Avengers added $151.5 million overseas over the weekend to bring its total to $441.5 million since it began opening internationally a week earlier. That raised the film’s worldwide haul to $641.8 million in barely a week and a half, more than its Marvel superhero forerunners Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor and Captain America took in during their entire runs.
Gotta love how they basically gloss right over The Hulk films. Still, was there ever any doubt that the combined draw of every major, successful Marvel comic book character would basically just suck all the nerd dollars out of America? That movie was basically the turducken of nerd wish fulfillment. Also, there was Black Widow doing that thing where she sort of splays one of her legs out whenever she lands, thus showing off her boobies and butt every time she fought. That probably brought in, what? $50 Million? Yeah, that sounds right.
