Joss Whedon’s film ‘The Avengers’ has set new records of the largest debut ever with a walloping $200.3 million income at domestic screens. This film has grabbed the most earning movie title in the Hollywood history leaving Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 on second place in the top earning movies.
But the movie did not perform only on domestic ground but received $441.5 million throughout the world. Its total revenue reached over $641.8 million making it the biggest earner of the Hollywood. Even it overtook the income of individual superheroes films like The First Avenger ($364 million), Thor ($449 million), Iron Man ($585 million) and Iron Man 2 ($624 million).
Based on fiction ‘The Avengers’ is a story of 7 superheroes — Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Captain America (Chris Evans), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) who want to save the planet from super villains.
Surprised Dave Hollis, executive vice president of Disney said, “It’s been a fantastic weekend on every single front. The slim 13 percent drop from Friday to Saturday reflects great word of mouth, as well as the fact that all segments of the audience are turning out, including families. Roughly 52 percent saw it in 3D.”
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