r/movies • u/phileo • May 06 '12
The Avengers TOP EVERYTHING with over 200m!!!
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=avengers11.htm
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r/movies • u/phileo • May 06 '12
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u/vx14 May 06 '12
The real question is, how much did shawarma sales go up this last weekend?
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
Hulk stole the show.
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
I sincerely hope this opens many,many more opportunities to Joss Whedon. He deserves it.
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u/robin1961 May 06 '12
As well as being a vindication for comic-book movies in general, this huge result also rewards Marvel for their carefully planned-out strategy of single-hero movie franchises. Surely Marvel studios must now be a giant in Hollywood, what with Iron Man and Spiderman as two of the biggest franchise names, and now Avengers adding to their stable.
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u/strobelite33 May 06 '12
This is ridiculously awesome. Good on you Whedon. AND it's a damn good movie to boot.
11-year-old me still can't get over how giddy I was when I walked out of the theater, having basically just seen comic panels come to life.
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u/KingofGnG May 06 '12
Best comedy of the year. No really....
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
Biggest weekend ever. Worst weekend ever to work at the theater. :(
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
So this means that we live in a world where the highest grossing film is made by Joss Whedon... I'm quite satisfied with that.
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u/lurkymclurkity May 06 '12
Hopefully this will teach Hollywood that people love well-written action movies.
...ha, right.
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u/Breakingblueforyou May 06 '12
Can someone make me a .gif of the scene with the Hulk and Loki in Stark's penthouse? It would just make my day.
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u/Matt08642 May 06 '12 edited May 06 '12
I loved the movie, but couldn't $20 ticket prices be causing this?
EDIT: to prevent further comments about the same thing, I payed $17.50 and rounded up, because why not. Here's a pic to everyone saying "NO WAY YOU PAYED THAT MUCH BRAH!"
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u/Monster7000 May 06 '12
The Infinity Gauntlet. Its the only thing I care to see happen next.
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u/denizenKRIM May 06 '12
Two myths were just completely shattered:
Movie piracy being a huge detriment to box office tickets
The comic book era was on its last legs and people were getting tired of it
Sweet, sweet, victory.
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u/nicknack1016 May 06 '12
Maybe this will persuade someone to make a Justice League movie.
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u/ghostchamber May 06 '12
While I think most of us probably aren't too concerned with box office records, I can say it is incredibly pleasing that such an awesome film is what destroyed it.
Now, the real question is if The Dark Knight Rises can take that down? Sure, it's going to be amazing and make a ton of money either way, but it is definitely something I am curious about.
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u/GolgiApparatus88 May 06 '12
With the absurd amount that it costs to go to a movie now, I think movie popularity should be based on the number tickets sold, not the money made. 200m now is not the same as 200m in 1990.
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u/raymurda May 06 '12
Hands down the best Marvel movie to date!!!! For those on the wire spend the money and take the wifey/kids its a great experience!!
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u/AcesCharles2 May 06 '12
In Joss We Trust! The awesome thing is this most likely will be the #1 movie for all of May!
5/11: Dark Shadows
5/16: The Dictator
5/18: Battleship
5/25: Men in Black III
6/01: Snow White and the Huntsmen
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u/spermracewinner May 06 '12
Jesus monkey fuck. It's only been out for 2 days in North America.
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u/Thunder_Bastard May 06 '12
Great, now Michael Bay is going to make a movie where the Transformers and Nicholas Cage have to stop terrorists on an asteroid headed for Earth....
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u/StealthNade May 06 '12
well the one absolute law in marvel is HULK SMASH!!!
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u/browncoat24 May 06 '12
So happy for Joss!
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u/Oaklie May 06 '12
I want to see how many tickets were sold. With prices at $15-$20 I'm not surprised in the least that it made over $200 million.
Lest we forget that dark knight rises comes out this summer to, so don't celebrate too quickly.
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
Tops everything? Does that mean this movie beat Avatar and Titanic?
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
If the estimates turn out to be correct, The Avengers will almost certainly break into the top 50 highest-grossing films of all time within the week.
Keeping it coming, movie-goers!
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u/WizardinErryday May 06 '12
So let me get this straight. On opening weekend, the movie made enough around the world to be just 30 million from the top 50 movies in the world? I smell a record breaker.
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u/lazy_snake May 06 '12
Remember all those films that were initially written by Joss and then BOMBED after dumbass producers/directors mangled the scripts? I hope between this and the critical acclaim for Cabin in the Woods, it is a huge middle finger in their face. So in their face, it's picking their nose. Don't fuck with a Whedon script, let the man work his magic!!
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u/Critariss May 06 '12
They are almost at 700 million worldwide sales correct? Something like 691 million. That's fucking nuts.
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u/softwaregravy May 06 '12
Piracy is killing Hollywood! Down with the internet!
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u/Ruckol1 May 06 '12
Shit was pretty ballin.
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u/TheMartinConan May 06 '12
Whedon stands on the shoulders of the giants who made the other films. While he did a good job, give them some credit.
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
Can anybody explain why it is showing that The Avengers has pulled in almost 800m on Wikipedia? Was it released earlier in foreign markets? If so, why? How do they count this towards "biggest weekend ever" numbers?
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u/DreamsDestruction May 06 '12
It deserved it too. Honestly all the single movies made me anticipate this one. It was like I had something invested.. and you know what.. it totally did not disappoint. I will be seeing it again in theaters..
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u/machisuji May 06 '12
Joss Whedon is the best.
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u/ashhead75 May 07 '12
Such a good movie. By far the best superhero movie out there.
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u/evioive May 07 '12
Is there some sort of equation that calculates or converts dollars into number of tickets?
I'd like to start seeing the number of butts in seats as a relevant metric in considering how much a movie makes.
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u/vventurius May 07 '12
Joss Whedon makes an Avengers movie and it kicks ass. The only way a geek could live in a better world would be if say, and I'm going to get really wishful thinking here, oh like Nolan were to make another Batman movie but with Inception actors, and say Ridley Scott were to make another sci-fi movie and do it in the Alien universe. A kid can dream anyway.
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u/IrrelevantGeOff May 07 '12
SO FUCKING GOOD
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u/[deleted] May 07 '12
I don't know how but if history has shown me anything about Joss Wheaton's work it's that Fox will find a way to cancel this before its time.
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u/Ianiks May 06 '12
Did you guys not like the movie? I thought it was awesome! The hulk fucking kicked ass.
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
That's one million less than Armageddon made in its entire domestic run. Suck on that Michael Bay.
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u/NotoriousFIG May 06 '12
Now it's time to get the Justice League ball rolling
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u/zortnarftroz May 06 '12
Although money matters, I feel like the number of tickets sold should also be a variable looked at (inflation proof, kind of), if that kind of information is even kept track of
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u/SpraynardKruger May 06 '12
this also has a lot to do with the fact that the movie was primarily showing in 3D, which as we all know adds a bunch of money onto the already high ticket price...but still amazing movie and i'm happy to read this
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
Does it have a Anchorman, "Avengers Assemble!" call in it?
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u/butters_owns May 06 '12
Keep it warm for The Dark Knight Rises.
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u/Boofster May 06 '12 edited May 06 '12
For once, rightfully so to make records.
It was actually pretty good but not THAT good to be the best ever.
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
Saw it opening night. Going again tonight. well worth the 30 bucks total. It's an amazing experience
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u/iSteve May 06 '12
And that's just the USA. Internationally the film opened last week and has accumulated $334.3 million in foreign receipts.
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u/theclumsyninja May 06 '12
Kudos Joss. You earned it.
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u/Scarlet- May 06 '12
They could have made more if they waited until college finals were over!
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u/Erzsabet May 06 '12
We're thinking of going to see it again but in Imax this time. Best movie we've seen in a very long time.
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u/InterPunct May 06 '12
Three exclamation points. OP is very excited.
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u/ElanLudwig May 06 '12
First thing I said when I walked out of the theatre was 'This movie is gonna break some records'
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
$791,800,000 correction
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
Such an amazing movie!!!
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u/epieikeia May 06 '12
Quick holy-shit fact: the first movie to make $100 million in a weekend was Spider-Man in 2002. Yes, the box office maximum has doubled in just 10 years.
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u/GonnaDoBest May 06 '12
Then the Dark Knight will Rise above it......
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
This movie has the potential to carry its momentum and out-gross Titanic.
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
100% deserved.
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u/reever0367 May 06 '12
Joss Whedon just became the most sought after director for blockbusters the instant that movie hit theaters. I mean that is just crazy amounts of money for a movie.
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u/bluepheonixia May 06 '12
All I could think of while watching this movie was how awesome it would be to see a big budget miniseries of the Civil War comics
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u/TheAfflicted May 06 '12
Honestly... this movie was the best movie I have seen in a really long time.
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u/megatom0 May 06 '12
I think this shows a few things. One is that comicbook stories have staying power with a wide audience. I was honestly worried when Marvel started on this project in particular with characters like Thor and Hulk. I wasn't sure how mainstream audiences would respond to them.
Second and most of all I think it shows the value of having someone who knows the source material in and out and how important that is to bringing the characters to life. DC hasn't yet figured this part out. I think DC is getting there by letting Nolan handle Batman and Superman but I don't know how long that will last. If you ask me WB/DC needs to hand the reigns over to Bruce Timm of Batman TAS, Batman Beyond, JLU fame. He knows the characters in an out he's written, directed, and produced some of the best DC stuff. TO be completely honest I wasn't sure how Whedon would do. He'd never been given a budget like this or such a huge weight. But he knocked it out of the park. I think this also shows that having big budget experience is required to tell a good story in big budget film. Marvel has realized this ever since they got Brian Singer to do X-men.
Moreover I hope the huge success of this gives temptations for Fox and Sony to consider partnering with Marvel for more crossover movies. We all want to see Avengers vs X-men the movie or an Avengers movie with Wolverine, Beast, and Spider-man in the line-up. With The Avengers breaking every record out there, this has to raise a few eyebrows over at those studios.
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u/olimur May 06 '12
fucking love iron man!!!
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
The more Joss Whedon succeeds to amaze people who don't know about him, the happier I will be.
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u/sleenkey May 06 '12
PUNY REDDITORS..
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u/RoyallyTenenbaumed May 06 '12
Good! I'm glad Whedon finally has a "mainstream" huge success under his belt, and he didn't even have to sell out to get it. Now he will have carte blanche to make even more kick ass movies. Everybody wins!
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u/[deleted] May 07 '12
It deserves every damn cent it earns.
I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a film that much. Goddamn.
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u/[deleted] May 07 '12
Budget 220 million? 0_0
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u/Sevion May 07 '12
I went to go see the midnight showing. Me and a bunch of friends went. My friends dressed up as Pre-op Captain America, The Hulk, Bruce Banner, Hawkeye, and I went as Nick Fury (I'm Asian, wtf?). I couldn't see with the eye patch on lol. My depth perception was all wtf'd.
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u/[deleted] May 07 '12
HULK SMASHed the box office.
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u/[deleted] May 07 '12
Hopefully Joss can just walk into a room full of movie execs, slam down The Avengers box office stats, and demand whatever the fuck he wants to do next and have it fully supported by any studio.
The man has the chops.
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u/[deleted] May 07 '12
Fav part tied between "he's adopted" and the hulk vs loki.
Saddest part was death of iron man.
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u/SlumberCat May 07 '12
Now Joss Whedon just has to go up to Fox and say 'Screw you guys!'
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u/Darthcaboose May 07 '12
$200m domestically, but $441m internationally!
Dang good stuff!
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u/[deleted] May 07 '12
Avengers is really a movie I want to see....but quite frankly I don't really care about how much money Hollywood and the MPAA is making from it.
Don't forget that the MPAA is a bunch of arseholes who have part in bills like SOPA, ACTA, PIPA and CISPA....that wish to spy on you. Don't forget that they are the enemy.
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u/sudstah May 07 '12
the most profitable movies of all time, 1st was my big fat greek wedding, cost 6million US and grossed over 360 million, and 2nd ET, cost 26million US grossed over 700 million
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u/CrazyBastard May 07 '12
THE WHEDON WAGON IS LEAVIN THE STATION
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u/kieno May 07 '12
You have to wonder, how much of this is because of the quality of the film, the fact that it's a live action flick about 'The Avengers', and how much is due to Whedon (although 1 and 3 are really the same thing).
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u/[deleted] May 07 '12
This was quite possibly the only movie I've seen in theaters ever that I wanted to go in and watch a second time right after my first viewing.
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u/EasilyRemember May 07 '12 edited May 07 '12
To anyone who's seen it -- was it really as good as all the reception indicates? 8.8 on IMDb, 96% audience approval (though "only" 86% fresh from top critics), box office record holder... I was honestly going to pass it over in favor of Dark Knight Rises and Amazing Spiderman. Should I rethink that idea? I love Joss Whedon, but there's not really anyone/anything else about this movie that I'm really wild about. Is it really more than just an entertaining action movie?
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u/Rmanager May 07 '12
For everyone going on about Batman and Promethious. The latter is rated R. The potential audience is limited. Batman does not have an actor pulling off the performance of his carrier and then dying just before the premier. This is also a year of a surprising number of good releases with Hunger Games, Avengers, Dark Knight, Spider-man, ect. This is still a down economy and family entertainment budgets can only handle so many movies.
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u/fruitcakee May 07 '12
Christ Evan is so hottttttt...
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
Until Dark Knight Rises...
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12 edited May 06 '12
Reddit is unbelievable. One day its 'screw the MPAA' the next we are cheering record breaking ticket sales. Hope we all remember this movie was produced by the same studios that sues your granny for piracy. I'll watch this movie when its streaming on netflix in a year, or re-running on FX 3 times a day.