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‘The Avengers’ Moves into 4th Place on All-Time ChartMay 25, 2012 11:55 AM

by Daniel Garris

Marvel's The Avengers grossed $4.45 million on Thursday to lead the daily box office for a 21st day in a row. In the process, Disney's blockbuster superhero film overtook the lifetime gross of 1999's The Phantom Menace for fourth place on the all-time unadjusted domestic chart. The Avengers was easily the week's top film with a weekly take of $74.66 million. That was down 43 percent from last week and places the film's three-week total at a mighty $476.68 million. The Avengers is currently running 15 percent ahead of the pace of 2008's The Dark Knight and will overtake that film for third place on the all-time unadjusted domestic chart before much longer. While The Avengers is widely expected to fall to second place this weekend behind the launch of Sony's Men in Black 3, the film is set to remain a major factor at the holiday weekend box office.

Universal's Battleship held steady in second place with $1.68 million. The expensive adaptation of the Hasbro board game was up 1 percent over Wednesday, which represented the day's poorest daily hold among wide releases. Battleship took second place for the week with a very disappointing seven-day start of $33.51 million. That places Battleship 21.5 percent ahead of the pace of 2006's Poseidon and 15.5 percent behind the pace of this year's John Carter.

The Dictator took in $1.54 million to remain in third. Paramount's R-rated comedy starring Sacha Baron Cohen was up 2 percent over Wednesday and down 46 percent from last Thursday. The Dictator placed in third for the week with $24.81 million and has now grossed $31.85 million through nine days of release. The film is currently running 36 percent behind the pace of 2008's Tropic Thunder.

Warner's Dark Shadows placed in fourth with $1.15 million, while Lionsgate's What to Expect When You're Expecting followed closely behind in fifth with $1.05 million. For the week Dark Shadows took fourth with $17.34 million and What to Expect When You're Expecting took fifth with a weaker than expected seven-day start of $15.02 million. The two-week total for Dark Shadows stands at $55.48 million.

In limited release, Fox Searchlight's The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel grossed $0.47 million to remain in sixth place. The John Madden directed film starring Judi Dench has grossed a strong $10.20 million through three weeks of limited release. The film expands into wide release beginning today with a current count of 1,233 locations.

Studio Weekend Estimates (Domestic) Fri, Sep. 24 - Sun, Sep. 26

Wide (1000+)

#TitleweekendLocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps$19,000,000--3,565--$5,330$19,000,0001Fox
2Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole$16,335,000--3,575--$4,569$16,335,0001Warner Bros.
3The Town$16,030,000-33%2,88524$5,556$49,116,9012Warner Bros.
4Easy A$10,700,000-40%2,8560$3,746$32,813,7182Sony / Screen Gems
5You Again$8,300,000--2,548--$3,257$8,300,0001Disney
6Devil$6,500,000-47%2,8112$2,312$21,753,4652Universal
7Resident Evil: Afterlife$4,900,000-51%2,642-567$1,855$52,018,7973Sony / Screen Gems
8Alpha and Omega$4,700,000-48%2,6250$1,790$15,129,6732Lionsgate
9Takers$1,650,000-45%1,413-726$1,168$54,912,8735Sony / Screen Gems
10The Other Guys$1,000,000-49%1,047-780$955$116,974,1698Sony / Columbia
11The American$889,084-67%1,315-1142$676$34,600,0834Focus

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleweekendLocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Inception$1,245,000-37%907-398$1,373$287,051,28611Warner Bros.
2Eat Pray Love$700,000-57%855-813$819$79,035,6957Sony / Columbia
3Machete$645,000-63%682-1022$946$25,735,8454Fox
4The Expendables$540,000-61%852-1002$634$102,045,9667Lionsgate
5Despicable Me$527,650-42%610-329$865$245,459,73012Universal
6The Last Exorcism$440,000-64%707-1306$622$40,868,6265Lionsgate
7Nanny McPhee Returns$390,150-60%765-813$510$28,222,1006Universal
8Get Low$354,126-36%354-113$1,000$8,354,4599Sony Pictures Classics
9Toy Story 3$318,000-32%302-173$1,053$411,090,22015Disney
10The Switch (2010)$300,000-68%454-704$661$27,214,3336Miramax
11The Virginity Hit$300,000--700--$429$300,0003Sony / Columbia
12Dinner for Schmucks$244,00011%32310$755$72,522,9749Paramount / DreamWorks
13Scott Pilgrim vs. the World$177,080-50%233-150$760$31,375,0657Universal
14The Twilight Saga: Eclipse$127,000-39%224-115$567$300,301,33113Summit
15The Kids Are All Right$79,768-50%107-62$745$20,649,77412Focus

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleweekendLocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Catfish$470,00083%5745$8,246$828,7002Universal / Rogue
2Never Let Me Go$245,000119%2622$9,423$441,5922Fox Searchlight
3You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger$163,474--6--$27,246$214,8151Sony Pictures Classics
4Waiting for 'Superman'$141,000--4--$35,250$141,0001Paramount Vantage
5Buried$104,500--11--$9,500$104,5001Lionsgate
6Jack Goes Boating$86,000197%3935$2,205$127,6122Relativity / Overture
7Winter's Bone$59,500-34%82-19$726$6,052,81316Roadside Attractions
8Howl$54,010--6--$9,002$54,0101Oscilloscope
9The Tillman Story$39,324-35%27-1$1,456$586,1836Weinstein Company
10Bran Nue Dae$36,520102%5538$664$95,7023Freestyle Releasing
11Piranha 3D$36,000-76%66-198$545$24,820,9916Weinstein Company
12Animal Kingdom$30,013-44%45-12$667$872,5177Sony Pictures Classics
13The Concert$26,74014%18-2$1,486$580,85810Weinstein Company
14Leaves of Grass$18,048-14%63$3,008$44,5552First Look
15A Woman, a Gun, and a Noodle Shop (San Qiang Pai an Jing Qi)$16,521-33%18-5$918$133,5904Sony Classics
16The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest$11,912-44%185$662$507,2798National Geographic
17Restrepo$9,848-46%24-13$410$1,277,92414National Geographic
18My Dog Tulip$7,24415%32$2,415$59,9044New Yorker Films