"THE AVENGERS" SETS $200 MILLION DOMESTIC OPENING RECORD

Still from The Avengers

Opening in 4,349 theatres this weekend, Marvel's The Avengers made a whopping $80 million in its North American opening on Friday.  More impressively, it goes on to set the record for biggest domestic weekend ever for a Film, tallying a smashing $200 million (of which $15.5 is from Canada!) and surpassing last year's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Marvel's The Avengers now is the biggest opening for a Movie in 2012, besting the $152 million earned by The Hunger Games late March.  Above this, it also is a Critical Darling, earning 93% on Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer. Easy Winner.

Coming in a distant second this weekend is Think Like a Man with $8 million in its third week of release, now earning a total $76.1 million in North America, just ahead of The Hunger Games which rises to third spot in its seventh week with $5.7 million.

The Lucky One continues to show a bit of resilience in fifth spot with $5.4 million in its third week, besting The Five-Year Engagement with $5.2 million, now earning $19.7 million total in its second week.

Safe slips to eighth spot this weekend with $2.7 million, while The Three Stooges rounds out the Top Ten with $1.8 million.

"THINK LIKE A MAN" DO"MAN"ATES THE BOX OFFICE AGAIN

Still from Think Like a Man

For the second straight week Think Like a Man is wearing the pants at the Box Office. After debuting on-top last weekend, the Comedy from Sony Screen Gems reaches number one with $18 million, now earning a total of stellar $60.7 million.

 

Pirates! Band of Misfits 3-D out-of-nowhere opens in second for Sony Pictures with $11.4 million to v. positive reviews (88% on the Tomatometer) on a weekend lacking in Family options

The Lucky One  finds itself at number three in its second week of release for Warner Bros. The Romance earned $11.3 million this weekend, placing it ahead of The Hunger Games in its sixth week of release, in fourth spot with $11.2 million, now earning over $372 million domestically.

Universal Pictures' The Five-Year Engagement, which despite looking promising, opens below expectations in fifth with just $11.2 million. The Rom-Com has received overall positive reviews with a 64% rating on Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer.


Jason Statham's latest Action Flick Safe opens in sixth spot with $7.7 million for Lionsgate Films (Alliance Films in Canada), ahead of another Film opening this weekend, The Raven with $7.2 million for Relativity Media (Alliance Films/VVS Films in Canada).

Cabin in the Woods rounds out the Top Ten this weekend with $4.5 million for Lionsgate Films.

VISIT THE OFFICIAL BLOG FOR "THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT"

Jason Segel & Emily Blunt in The Five-Year Engagement

Best Site ever for a Movie! With only a week to go till its release, Rom-Com A Five-Year Engagement looks to take it all next weekend at the Box Office and if you haven't checked out its Blog, you must. They treat it literally as a Wedding Invitation Website (which all of us surely have seen at some point) with Tom (Jason Segel) and Violet (Emily Blunt) welcoming us in as their Guests. Their Engagement Photos are the best. Completely legit and one can just tell they had a blast working on this.

Things keep getting pushed-back for Tom and Violet as advancements happen in Violet's Career, Costume Parties with Tom dressing-up as a Bunny and Violet as Princess Diana, Violet getting Katnissed by a little Girl, and tons of Procrastination. They get serenaded even by Alex (Chris Pratt)!  Ultimately, what we have here is the most endearing Trailer!

Watch it below: