Friday, May 4

'Avengers' blow up B.O. with $65 mil Friday Variety

Launching one of the best starts in box office history, Marvel's "The Avengers" began its U.S. invasion Friday in heroic form, with early B.O. estimates pegging the Disney tentpole for an opening day tally north of $65 million, which includes Thursday's midnight gross of $18.7 million. read more

Midnight #s: 'Avengers' $18.7M with $1.3M from IMAX Nikki Finke

Disney reports that the worldwide cumulative for Marvel’s The Avengers is now $322.7 million, including $304M internationally as Russia and China debut. The U.S./Canada grosses are just getting going and expectedly did not set a record for midnight openings. But The Avengers in Digital 3D, RealD and IMAX 3D still made a gargantuan $18.7 million from about 2,500 North American theaters, or more than Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America conbined. read more

Theater Report: 'Avengers' midnights 25% higher than 'Hunger Games', 30% lower Friday presales notfabio