International Box Office: The Avengers takes 4th consecutive win

May 24, 2012 by | 3 Comments

newavengersposter2 Image It’s been almost a month since The Avengers opened internationally and boy did this film gross a lot of money. As expected, there wasn’t much in the way of competition last weekend so the superhero flick was #1 again.

Over the years superhero movies have never been incredibly popular outside North America, I mean sure, there’s Batman and Spider-Man but can you think of another such film that made an insane amount of money? The answer is no, or at least it was no until The Avengers dropped on us. This box office giant made another $59.1 million over the weekend, bringing its total to an unbelievable $726.4 million (a new record for superhero movies). Worldwide the number is even more impressive, $1.19 billion so 4th place on the all time chart. Currently Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is 3rd with $1.32 billion, but it’s only a matter of weeks until The Avengers flies past it. Now 2nd place, Titanic with $2.18 billion, that’s unfortunately out of reach, so in the end The Avengers will have to settle for the bronze medal worldwide.

Surprisingly Dark Shadows had a very solid 2nd weekend with $31 million, good for 2nd place and $81.8 million internationally. Worldwide the Tim Burton directed horror comedy has made $135 million.

3rd place belongs to newcomer The Dictator with a hefty $30.8 million, damn good start for Sasha Baron Cohen in 29 countries. Worldwide the politically incorrect comedy has $59.5 million. In 2006 Borat made $261.5 million worldwide while Bruno in 2009, only $138.8 million. From the looks of things The Dictator should finish somewhere between the two for the British comedian, closer to Borat.

American Reunion was 4th thanks to $9.7 million and right now Stifler and co. have $216 million worldwide. But that’s still last in its class with all previous films making more money (from $231.4 million all the way to $287.6 million for American Pie 2).

Battleship rounds out the top 5 with $6.1 million. Internationally the film has $227.3 million while worldwide (including US) things aren’t much better, only $257.4 million. This will probably finish around $300 million, quite a bust for Universal considering they spent $200 million on it. Also this is probably one of the main reasons why Paramount moved the G.I. Joe sequel, as in they think Battleship would have made more money in 3D.

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  • abc

    Is your Titanic stat including the second release? I don’t think it’s fair to rank movies that have been released twice with those that just came out. Titanic is a behemoth, second release included or no. It just bothers me that people include it’s second round earnings. Of course it’ll be out of reach, the film released twice.

    • Alex

      Before its re-release Titanic was at $1.85 billion so either way, the film is out of The Avengers’ reach.

      Best case scenario right now is The Avengers holds steady and makes 200 million more internationally plus 130 in the US, that’s $1.52 billion worldwide for the superhero film. So again, out of reach either way.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Fred-Brooks/100001942316774 Fred Brooks

        I think you’re about right on The Avengers long term box office prospects. I see another 200-250 internationally my self, i’m counting Japan’s release in August because it should recieve a considerable boost from that country. I also see a good 100-130 million left domestically. So in total i see at least 1.5B and as much possibly as 1.7B worldwide when the dust settles. It may not quite get to Titanic’s numbers, but it’s still a remarkable achievement. I actually think The Avengers has a better shot at Titanic’s domestic total than global total.