Weekend Predictions: 'Marvel's The Avengers'
Featured Stories - on May 02, 2012 by Phil Contrino
If Marvel's The Avengers lives up to its full potential, it could break the $169.2 million opening weekend record set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part II last July.
Anticipation for The Avengers has been building since Iron Man opened to a whopping $98.7 million in May 2008. Marvel has wisely built up a strong foundation—the only weak part being two failed attempts to nail down the Hulk character—that will provide a healthy base of fans for The Avengers. Disney orchestrated a pitch-perfect marketing campaign to build hype. Look no further than the current $260.5 million+ international haul for proof that the pieces of the puzzle are coming together.
Fandango reports that Avengers is currently outpacing Transformers: Dark of the Moon at the same point in the release cycle.
Look for Marvel's The Avengers to take in $170 million from more than 4,000 locations during its debut frame.
Check out the rest of our top 10 predictions in the table below.
| Title | Release Date | Distributor | Weekend Gross | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel's The Avengers | May 4, 2012 | Disney |
$170,000,000 | $170,000,000 |
| Think Like a Man | Apr 20, 2012 | Sony / Screen Gems |
$9,000,000 | $74,200,000 |
| The Hunger Games | Mar 23, 2012 | Lionsgate |
$6,500,000 | $381,600,000 |
| The Pirates! Band of Misfits | Apr 27, 2012 | Sony / Columbia |
$6,300,000 | $19,600,000 |
| The Five-Year Engagement | Apr 27, 2012 | Universal |
$5,700,000 | $19,900,000 |
| The Lucky One (2012) | Apr 20, 2012 | Warner Bros. |
$5,600,000 | $48,100,000 |
| Safe (2012) | Apr 27, 2012 | Lionsgate |
$3,500,000 | $14,100,000 |
| The Raven | Apr 27, 2012 | Relativity Media |
$3,200,000 | $12,800,000 |
| Chimpanzee | Apr 20, 2012 | Disneynature |
$2,600,000 | $23,300,000 |
| The Three Stooges | Apr 13, 2012 | Fox |
$2,400,000 | $40,200,000 |
Additional reporting by Daniel Garris and Alex Edghill.
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