Weekend Box-Office Results: 'The Avengers' Wins Third Weekend in A Row

Three weekends in a row and The Avengers takes the cake.  Yes, after some “competition” from Battleship and What To Expect, The Avengers succeeded in coming out on top.  Some knew it deep down inside but I was unsure.  I guessed it would beat out the rest of the films this weekend but I did so hesitantly.  The film has only been out for seventeen days in the US and has already made over $457 million. 

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Fearless Forecast: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Go Up Against Naval Based Aliens and Pregnant Women

This is tough weekend to predict.  Two weeks ago I could’ve told you that The Avengers would beat the living crap out of Battleship and What To Expect but this week I’m beginning to shift my mind.  I’m still thinking that The Avengers would win this weekend, don’t get me wrong, I just think that the amount it’s going to beat Battleship by is going to be real slim. 

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Weekend Box-Office Results: 'The Avengers' Brings in Another $100 Million, In Your Face King of the World

Like this was any surprise.  The Avengers made another $100 million bucks, promptly bringing the total gross here in the US to $373 million, just $13 million away from beating out The Hunger Games; The Marvel film could do that by Wednesday night.  I guessed that the film would earn about $110 million this weekend, but I was off by $7 million.  A fellow GTBP reader, who goes by the name King of the World guessed that the film would make about $90 million, or a 60% drop from last week. 

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Fearless Forecast: Burton & Depp Don't Stand A Chance Against Earth's Mightiest Heroes

The Avengers is sort-of like that big kid that no one wanted to mess with except for that smart mouthed, small twit.  Well, I shouldn’t have to say what would happen to that little twit, let’s just give a name to said twit: Dark Shadows.  Today, Dark Shadows is finally released onto the world – well, just the two Tim Burton fans.  This is the eighth time that Johnny Depp and Tim Burton have worked together and I will tell you this; every film they have done together has looked exactly the same. 

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Weekend Box-Office Results: 'The Avengers' Makes History, Also Saves The World

Everyone knew, without the shadow of a doubt, that The Avengers would win this weekend’s box office by a landslide.  However, most critics thought it would only make about $160 million, the most.  Well, they were wrong, including myself.  I guessed that the film would make more then the last Harry Potter film but by a slim margin of about $3 million; the actual margin is $32 million.  Yes, The Avengers nearly made back it’s production budget in just three days in the United States.  Compare that to five days in Europe.

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