The Avengers, the movie that put together marvel superheroes, like Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and the Hulk, broke box office records this weekend. The total weekend gross is $207,438,708 domestic(US & Canada). The highest grossing opening weekend for any box office film, domestically. The previous record was held by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, at $169,189, 427.
The Avengers made $80,813,985 on Friday, $69,577,990 on Saturday and $57,066,733 on Sunday. Friday's total was the second highest grossing Friday ever. Saturday and Sunday totals where the highest grossing for any box office film, on those days. The film is also fastest film to reach $200 million domestic, in three days. A record previous held by the Dark Knight, in five days.
Internationally, so far it has made $654,838,708 at box office and is on pace to reach $1.0 billion in next few weeks. The film was released in 39 foreign countries a week before the US. Where opening weekend box office records were also broken in counties such Mexico and Brazil.
It's no surprise, The Avengers is doing blockbuster numbers. But the $200 million opening weekend gross, was not expected. One reason is that, the movie pretty much scored very high praise from most critics and audiences. The film received 93% on Rotten Tomatoes and A + from Cinemascore, a market research firm which surveys audiences after the see the films. Many people tweeted about seeing the film 2 or 3 times, just this weekend alone. Another reason is the film saw more money from many 3D sales.
Source: Box Office Mojo, Rotten Tomatoes
