Avengers overtakes Deathly Hallows as third-highest grossing film ever
Published Jun 2 2012, 19:00 BST | By Paul Martinovic
The Avengers broke another box office record on Friday by becoming the third highest-grossing film of all time.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the total box office gross for the superhero film rose to $1.33bn (£866m) yesterday, surpassing the $1.328bn (£864m) total of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
Still ahead of The Avengers on the all-time list are Titanic, at number two with $1.8bn (£1.2bn), and Avatar, at number one with $2.8bn (£1.8bn).
The Avengers also became the third-highest grossing film ever in the US, overtaking The Dark Knight with cumulative domestic earnings of $538.1m (£350m).
Iron Man 3, the next film in the Avengers series, is currently in production for a Summer 2013 release.
A direct sequel to The Avengers is currently in development, although Whedon is yet to confirm his involvement as director.
Watch a clip from The Avengers below:
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June 7th 2012 at 10:26am
I watched the The Avengers and it was FREAKING AWESOME! I like them all but the Hulk/Bruce Banner STANDOUT among the rest. Mark Ruffalo did an AMAZING job and he gave JUSTICE to Hulk/Bruce Banner compared to the other 2 Hulk movies. Marvel and Disney made an EXCELLENT decision for giving the role to Mark Ruffalo. We NEED a new Hulk movie of Mark Ruffalo! WE NEED MORE!
June 4th 2012 at 11:19am
Bruce Banner was the worst bit in it. They made a total joke out of the character.
- Hey Hulk have you ever tried not being angry?
- Oh my god, I never thought of that. Look I am now perfectly capable to control myself, thx for the tip.
June 4th 2012 at 6:56pm
I can see Dark Knight Rises uprooting Cameron's double-act at the top of the list.
June 3rd 2012 at 7:07pm
I'd love to see Avengers top of the heap, but know it'll never get close to Avatar. The simple reasons being that Avatar came out at a time of year when there was no real competition up against it (especially on 3d screens) for a considerable time, whereas Avengers has to deal with a number of summer blockbusters, all of which will eat up screens. Also, as much as word of mouth and hype were phenomenal for Avengers, Avatar drew millions of folk to the cinema who wouldn't normally see a movie at the flicks because it was marketed as a quantum leap in the movie-going experience that had to be seen on the big screen to be believed. I'd love to see Avengers top of the pile but without a few directors' cut re-releases etc, it'll have to settle for third, or possibly second.
June 3rd 2012 at 8:52am
I actually love Avengers and Avatar both, I thought both were excellent and saw both multiple times.
I think Avengers might manage to beat Titanic, but another 1.5 billion or so is a huge amount and it's been out a while now; it's starting to slip down the box office charts.
June 3rd 2012 at 12:27am