International Box Office: The Avengers continues to dominate around the world. AQu25KG4. 'Avengers' Now $260.5M Overseas: Could Reach $585M Worldwide Sunday With 7th Widest U.S.-Canada Release + Russia, China. May 4-6 Weekend Actuals1.
Marvel’s The Avengers (Disney) NEW [4,349 Theaters] PG13 Friday $80.8M, Saturday $69.6M, Sunday $57.1M, Weekend $207.4M, Global $640M2. Think Like A Man (Screen Gems/Sony) Week 3 [2,010 Theaters] PG13 Friday $2.7M, Saturday $3.3M, Sunday $2.1M, Weekend $8.1M (-54%), Cume $73.1M3. The Hunger Games (Lionsgate) Week 7 [2,794 Theaters] PG13 Friday $1.6M, Saturday $2.4M, Sunday $1.5M, Weekend $5.6M (-48%), Cume $380.6M4. Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (Aardman/Sony) Week 2 [3,358 Theaters] PG Friday $1.3M, Saturday $2.5M, Sunday $1.7M, Weekend $5.5M (-51%), Cume $18.7M5. SUNDAY AM… REFRESH FOR LATEST… It’s now official — Marvel’s The Avengers is a monster worldwide hit for Disney in 2D, Digital 3D, RealD, and IMAX 3D theaters.
At a record $69.7M grosses for Saturday after making $80.5M Friday (including $18.7M midnights) from 4,349 U.S. and Canadian locations, including 3,364 plays in 3D. No other major pic dared go up against this juggernaut. Foreign Box Office: 'The Avengers' Conquers Overseas; Sets Opening Records in Latin America and Asia. Although it’s still late spring, the summer tentpole season opened offshore with a blast on the weekend as Marvel’s The Avengers opened in 39 territories on the foreign theatrical circuit, grossing a jaw droppingly robust $185.1 million – a full $6.7 million more than Sunday’s estimate.
Playing in about 75 % of the international marketplace, the $220-million-dollar, action-packed mélange of comic book heroes – the first Marvel release marketed and distributed by Walt Disney -- set all time opening records in Mexico ($16.9 million), Brazil ($11.3 million), Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Central American and Bolivia. Also, opening launch records were set in Hong Kong ($4.7 million), Taiwan ($7.6 million), Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Opening day records were set in New Zealand and in Iceland. Costarring Robert Downey Jr. Continental European territories provided these opening numbers: France ($13.9 million), Italy ($11 million), Spain ($6.9 million) and Germany ($8.4 million at 607 spots). 'Avengers' Tracking Like Superhero: $125+M Opening Weekend With 4-Quadrant Appeal. BREAKING… EXCLUSIVE: Marvel’s The Avengers just came on early tracking this morning “incredibly strong” exactly as Hollywood thought it would, my industry sources are telling me.
This is the first Marvel film to be marketed and distributed by Disney so this is great news for the studio. The numbers tell the story: it has 23% ‘First Choice’ and 62% ‘Definite Interest for all audiences – incredibly high among men, and solid among females. With so many well known characters coming together for the first time in this PG-13 film directed by Joss Whedon in Digital 3D, RealD & IMAX 3D, the movie’s opening on May 4th timed to the official summer season start in North America will be an event. As a result, not only will this type of action film normally skew young and older male, but the early tracking is looking strong as a three- and possibly four-quadrant movie, too. Now all the studio has to do is market the heck out of the movie to grow that awareness. The Avengers (2012) (2012)