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Marvel’s The Avengers will try to raise its gross tally by expanding to about 1,700 theaters on Labor Day weekend, its 18th week of domestic release. The worldwide gross is nearly $1.5 billion, already making it the third biggest grossing film ever. They’ll have to stay at that many screens for the rest of the year if Marvel hope to crack James Cameron territory: both Titanic and all-time box office champ Avatar did upwards of $2 billion. The film will continue to rake it in when the DVD is released. This franchise alone (a sequel is in the works) makes that $4 billion Disney purchase of Marvel look pretty smart.
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It wasn’t that good…
Save your money and Redbox it.
Yeah it was that good, but to each his own. And fix that stupid ass name of yours, haha.
It never fails to amaze me that all of these; Avengers, and Lord of the Rings, Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc. reached stunning billion dollar plus success -and yet not one of them is within one BILLION dollars of the first run Avatar gross! That is madness.
So what beats Avatar? Will we have to wait for inflation?
the next James Cameron movie
‘Avengers’ may not have reached ‘Avatar’ numbers, but 600+ million domestic and 1.5 billion worlwide is outstanding anyway you cut it. But as far as a film reaching ‘Avatar’s’ numbers, i don’t think none will, not even the ‘Avatar’ sequels will be able to dupicate that kind of success in my opinion.
And THAT is what makes me sad because I thought Avatar wasn’t a “great” movie. It was good but so are a lot of other movies. I’ll never understand why this movie was so popular just like I’ll never understand how people go nuts over Twilight.
I never said it wasn’t outstanding, that’s the point. It was outstanding…but not even close! That’s what astonishes me.
I agree I don’t think the Avatar sequels will get there and neither will Avengers 2; both will have quite natural drop off. The next James Cameron movie is a good guess obviously but it looks like he wants to do all Avatar for the next few years. So I guess the answer to my question is Avatar will be beaten by the next Avatar, whatever that will be.
OK, so this once I DON’T KNOW!
Is this release including some the 45 minutes of extra footage that’s supposed to be on the DVD?
No, it’s the original theatrical cut. Both Carmike, Cinemark Tinseltown Bristol and Abingdon Cinemall are getting it back, and the running time is the same.
I don’t know about catching ‘Avatar’, but if Marvel would have released the extended 45 minutes of ‘Avengers’ in theaters it would have overtaken ‘Titanic’ for sure domestically.
Longer running times mean fewer daily screenings which lowers the box office gross.
That’s only true over a finite period like an opening weekend. If the film is good then it will be just as successful throughout its release as a good 90 minute film.
Wait, what? This is still in theaters?
Avatar is tops worldwide because “America” represents the bad guys. Duh. Those other films are white people with white people problems.
Personally I prefer Avengers because it has the Hulk punching out flying armored space whales…
Oh…looks like somebody doesn’t want ‘Obama 2016′ to be #1 at the box office.
Stop the fear-mongering. Disney did the same thing last year with “Cars 2″ being expanded into 1,500 theaters on the same Labor Day weekend last year (ditto with Sony’s “Bad Teacher”).
Matter of fact, “Brave” is also getting re-expanded into 1,700+ theaters too. Disney is trying to draw out more people on an otherwise humdrum weekend.
Hulk hater. No one cares what you think. The movie has done 1.5 billion. Take your sour grapes opinion elsewhere.
All the people who called Disney’s $4 Billion purchase of Marvel a joke are insane.
Big hitters like Spider-man, X-men, Fantastic Four, etc., will eventually find their way “back home” to Marvel Studios– as certain high-level employees in Marvel’s comic division are already sowing seeds that draw a distinction between “authentic” Marvel Studio film product and the films being made by OUTSIDE Studios not directly under Disney purview.
It’s subtle now but it’s also a tide that’s clearly rising. I can see a day when many comic fans will be brainwashed into believing that Marvel Superhero Films NOT produced by Marvel Studios are not worth any true fan’s time or money.
As far as Marvel’s Sticker Price, it can easily be argued that ownership of Spider-man alone is worth $4 Billion.
Iger got a great deal… Even if he does have to put up Ike Perlmutter for a few more years.
It’s playing time in theaters is winding down, so why not increase it’s theater screens before it leaves theaters for good. This is commonplace with many blockbuster films, Lionsgate did the same thing with ‘Hunger Games’ about a month ago i believe.
Hunger Games just had the normal boost that goes with hitting the dollar theaters. It looks to me like Disney wants to minimize play in the Dollar venues to, perhaps, boost DVD/Blu Ray sales.
Best thing about the film was Hulk… Worst thing, the story.
Go see “Come Sleep Walk With Me” instead