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The Avengers

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

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Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$623M
Final
Opening Weekend
$207M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.01x
Opening → Total
Budget
$220M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$1.52B
$895M international
2012 Rank
#1
Domestic

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 London Olympics 18 $513K -17.3% $616.0M 373 $1K 13
Aug 3-5 London Olympics 20 $417K -18.7% $616.8M 300 $1K 14
Aug 10-12 London Olympics 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

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Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJoss Whedon
ScreenplayJoss Whedon
StarringRobert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures