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The Avengers

2012 PG-13 2h 23m Action, Sci-Fi Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$207M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$623M
Final
Worldwide Total
$1.52B
$895M international
Domestic Legs3.01x
Budget$220M
2012 Rank#1
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 4-6 1 $207.4M $207.4M 4,349 $48K 1
May 11-13 1 $103.1M -50.3% $373.1M 4,349 $24K 2
May 18-20 1 $55.6M -46.0% $457.7M 4,249 $13K 3
May 25-27 2 $36.7M -34.1% $513.4M 3,918 $9K 4
Jun 1-3 3 $20.5M -44.2% $553.0M 3,670 $6K 5
Jun 8-10 5 $11.2M -45.1% $572.3M 3,129 $4K 6
Jun 15-17 7 $8.9M -20.8% $586.8M 2,582 $3K 7
Jun 22-24 8 $7.2M -19.4% $598.4M 2,230 $3K 8
Jun 29-Jul 1 10 $4.4M -38.4% $606.5M 1,757 $3K 9
Jul 6-8 12 $2.2M -51.0% $611.1M 1,125 $2K 10
Jul 13-15 12 $1.4M -35.5% $613.7M 747 $2K 11
Jul 20-22 15 $620K -55.6% $615.1M 495 $1K 12
Jul 27-29 18 $513K -17.3% $616.0M 373 $1K 13
Aug 3-5 20 $417K -18.7% $616.8M 300 $1K 14
Aug 10-12 26 $271K -35.1% $617.3M 220 $1K 15
Aug 17-19 34 $149K -45.0% $617.6M 142 $1K 16
Aug 24-26 40 $115K -22.6% $617.8M 123 $937 17
Aug 31-Sep 2 13 $1.9M +1556.7% $619.8M 1,705 $1K 18
Sep 7-9 18 $786K -58.9% $621.4M 1,209 $650 19
Sep 14-16 20 $594K -24.4% $622.2M 442 $1K 20
Sep 21-23 24 $466K -21.5% $622.9M 290 $2K 21
Sep 28-30 26 $270K -42.0% $623.3M 241 $1K 22

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJoss Whedon
ScreenplayJoss Whedon
Produced byKevin Feige
CinematographySeamus McGarvey
MusicAlan Silvestri
StarringRobert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures