Marvel’s The Avengers opened as the top film in U.S. and Canadian theaters, kicking off the summer movie season with a record $200.3 million in sales this weekend for Walt Disney Co. (DIS) Revenue topped the previous best of $169.2 million set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 last year, researcher Hollywood.com Box-Office said today in an e-mailed statement. Analysts had forecast sales of $150 million to $170 million for “The Avengers.”
Summer ticket sales are expected to surpass the record of $4.4 billion set last year, according to Jeff Bock, box-office analyst at Exhibitor Relations Co. Other films scheduled in the coming weeks include Warner Bros.’ The Dark Knight Rises, directed by Christopher Nolan, and Sony Corp. (6758)’s Men in Black 3, a sequel that reunites Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as government agents managing Earth’s secret alien population.
The Avengers is the first Marvel movie Disney is distributing since buying the comic-book company for $4.2 billion in 2009. The movie provides Burbank, California-based Disney with a hit after the box-office failure of “John Carter,” the science-fiction film released in March that resulted in a $200 million loss for the company. (Source)
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May 06, 12 |
I’ve added scans from the May 2012 issue of Total Film Magazine. A muli-page article about The Cabin in the Woods and The Avengers was featured in the May issue. Head over to the gallery for the latest additions.
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May 04, 12 |
Just a quick reminder … Chris can be seen reprising his role of Thor in The Avengers the weekend! The Avengers has now hit North American theatres everywhere! Check your local listings for theatres and showtimes! Be apart of the experience!
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May 01, 12 |
Chris and Chris Evans appeared on Good Morning America yesterday to promote their upcoming film The Avengers. Screen captures from the interview will be added shortly, but in the meantime, take a look at the video below.
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Apr 29, 12 |
While promoting The Avengers, Mark Ruffalo and Chris Hemsworth played a game of charades. Can you figure out which movie Chris was acting out? Take a look below:
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Apr 29, 12 |
How huge is The Avengers? The comic-book event has now grossed more money than all but our moviegoing nation’s biggest box-office hits of the year—and, as you may have noticed, it hasn’t opened here yet.
Since opening in some countries on Wednesday, the team-up flick has grossed a combined $178.4 million through Sunday, its studio estimated. If that take were a domestic total, it’d place The Avengers between Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax and 21 Jump Street for third place among 2012′s biggest moneymakers.
As an international take, it’s more than Battleship grossed in in its first two weeks overseas, and it’s not that far off from the international total of what was the year’s biggest box-office star: The Hunger Games.
“The Avengers” set all-time weekend records everywhere from Argentina to New Zealand. Its biggest overall haul came from the United Kingdom, where the film stood at $24.7 million so far.
More big money presumably is to come. The film has yet to open in the monster markets of China, Japan and Russia. Oh, and, yes, the film hasn’t been released here in North America yet, either.
Not that U.S. and Canadian-based fans are watching their clocks… (Source)
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Apr 21, 12 |
On the latest episode of ABC’s Nightline late-night television news program, a six-minute behind-the-scenes feature on Marvel’s The Avengers movie was presented. Although nothing too considerably new, there are a few interview with the ensemble cast and director, in addition to five seconds of new footage; exciting right?
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Apr 17, 12 |
Another clip from the highly anticipated film, The Avengers has been released. This scene features a show down between Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man and Thor himself. The Avengers comes to theaters May 4th, 2012 and stars Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Robert Downey Jr., Cobie Smulders, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson. The film is directed by Joss Whedon.
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Apr 16, 12 |
A new clip from the highly anticipated film, The Avengers has been released. This scene features an imprisoned Loki (Tom Hiddleston), who tries to get a rise out of Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) while being held in a cell made for the Hulk. The Avengers comes to theaters May 4th, 2012 and stars Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Robert Downey Jr., Cobie Smulders, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson. The film is directed by Joss Whedon.
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Apr 14, 12 |
A behind the scenes look at The Avengers has made it’s way online through some B-Roll footage. The videos feature some amazing clips of Chris as the mighty Thor. Are you excited yet? Take a look at the four videos below:
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Apr 11, 12 |
For anyone like myself not fortunate enough to attend The Avengers premiere, we can still be apart of it! The red carpet is currently streaming live! *happy dance* Hopefully Chris will be attending the premiere … with pictures to follow!
If you are unable to view the video, the stream can be accessed here: Watch the Live Stream
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Apr 06, 12 |
Yet another TV spot has arrived for Marvel’s The Avengers, which is less than a month away from its theatrical release. Watch as this action-packed 1-minute spot finds Captain America (Chris Evans) and Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) having a difference of opinion on the eve of assembling the greatest superhero team the world has known.
Marvel’s The Avengers comes to theaters May 4th, 2012 and stars Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Robert Downey Jr., Cobie Smulders, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson. The film is directed by Joss Whedon.
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Apr 02, 12 |
Thank you to one of our visitors, Javier for the heads up about this! Chris and his Avengers co-stars are on the cover of Boomgers April 2012 issue. Each of the lead cast members received a solo cover as well. Head over to the gallery for the latest additions.
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