‘The Avengers’ U.S. Ticket Pre-Sales Bigger Than Previous Marvel Movies Combined

COMMENTS (12)

• The opening weekend record is about to be broken.

  Comment by Juheim — Thursday April 26, 2012 @ 10:42am PDT  Reply to this post

  • More like destroyed.

    Comment by RatBasterd — Thursday April 26, 2012 @ 11:11am PDT  Reply to this post

    • The number that’s key to look at here is for IM2. Established brand sequels (which Avengers is) have higher pre-sales, and that film made about $125m opening weekend. All the other films had lower openings and were new character releases that don’t drum up big pre-sales, and aren’t comparable. $125m x 114% = $142.5. Give it a boost for 3-D sales and it might hit the $175m mark and crack Deathly Hallows 2. I say might because Avengers is almost a half hour longer than the last Potter flick, meaning at least one fewer showing on a given screen for a day.

      Comment by Stefan — Friday April 27, 2012 @ 7:49am PDT  Reply to this post

• I wonder what the numbers would look like if you included the other Marvel movies that aren’t necessarily in the Avengers continuity.

  How many tickets were pre-sold for Punisher War Zone? Or Ghost Rider 2?

  Comment by Jay in Oregon — Thursday April 26, 2012 @ 11:22am PDT  Reply to this post

  • I can promise you that pre-sold tickets for either “Punisher: War Zone” or “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” isn’t comparable to any of Marvel’s prior releases, never mind “The Avengers.”

    I have a feeling that “The Dark Knight Rises” is the only film that is going to approach “The Avengers from a financial point-of-view.”

    And notice that I said “approach,” not equal.

    Comment by Brian — Thursday April 26, 2012 @ 11:54am PDT  Reply to this post

    • Someone forgot a little film titled… “The Hobbit”

      Comment by John — Thursday April 26, 2012 @ 7:28pm PDT  Reply to this post

      • The Hobbit won’t do nearly the same opening as Avengers or TDKR, and will likely fall in third for the year as far as domestic total gross. But internationally it will be huge and its worldwide total should trump both.

        Comment by Stefan — Friday April 27, 2012 @ 7:38am PDT  Reply to this post

• I saw the film last night here in NZ. I can confirm that it lives up to every bit of the build up and hype. Go buy tickets now because you want to see this ASAP.

  Comment by Andrew — Thursday April 26, 2012 @ 11:23am PDT  Reply to this post

• It is something to watch until the next Batman movie comes out. Marvel has a crack staff of crap writes so I don’t expect much from this film, especially after all this hype.

  Comment by Ralph Jones — Thursday April 26, 2012 @ 12:35pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • As opposed to that amazing writing in TDK, full of massive plot holes, inconsistencies in characterization, and convoluted philosophy about chaos that rarely made any sense. TDK was fine, but it was no more a masterpiece than many of the Marvel films and arguably had a weaker narrative overall.

    Comment by Stefan — Friday April 27, 2012 @ 7:56am PDT  Reply to this post

  • Have to say, I have seen this movie and The Avengers truly does rock!!! You have to see this, why? Because apart from being fun, Whedon has managed to pull all these disparate characters into a movie that is coherent and interesting.

    Of course Nolan has done a good job with his take on Batman and having DC characters in each film but the Marvel take on its universe (introducing them individually) means that we know and understand these characters, even the peripheral ones that pop up who have just as much importance in this shared universe. Believe me, it is inspired! And everyone should see this when it is released fully.

    Basically I agree, Batman is good but…no-one has been able to pull off what Marvel and especially Whedon have managed to do with Avengers.

    Comment by DarkDank — Friday April 27, 2012 @ 11:14am PDT  Reply to this post

• Awesome

  Comment by Justin Poppiti, Esq. — Friday April 27, 2012 @ 6:39am PDT  Reply to this post