The Avengers reaches $1 billion worldwide – Entertainment news
Friday, May 18th, 2012 12:29:05 by Awais Ahmed
The Avengers reaches $1 billion worldwide – Entertainment news
The super hero team of Ironman, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye not only joined the fabled Avengers team but also joined the $1 billion worldwide box office club. It reached this level after staying for 19
days in theatres.
The blockbuster flick with the help from an ensemble cast of Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson, levelled the $1 billion record with Avatar and the Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows Part
Two. It opened earlier in the rest of the world than in United States but still managed to tie the record.
It currently ranks at number 12 on the all-time worldwide chart and by the end of the next week, the Avengers will climb to the fourth spot behind Avatar, Titanic and Deathly Hollows Part Two.
The $220 million budgeted flick bagged $389.47 million at the US Box Office and earned $464.7 million from rest of the world.
"We’re obviously thrilled with the global success of The Avengers," Robert Iger, the Chairman and CEO of Disney, was quoted in a press release. "It’s a fantastic movie and an extraordinary franchise that will continue with more great stories and compelling
characters for years to come."
The movie follows Nick Fury (played by Jackson) of S.H.I.E.L.D, an international peace keeping agency, brings together a tandem of super humans including the likes of Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow and Hawkeye to form the
Avengers. Their mission is to protect the Earth from Loki (starred by Hiddleston) and his army.
The Avengers also received exceptional reviews from critics worldwide. It received 93 per cent Certified Fresh rating at the review aggregator site, Rotten Tomatoes. The site’s general consensus states, “With a script that never forgets its heroes’ humanity
and no shortage of superpowered set pieces, The Avengers lives up to its hype — and raises the bar for Marvel at the movies.”
Short URL: https://www.newspakistan.pk/?p=22648
Posted by Awais Ahmed
on May 18 2012. Filed under Entertainment.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0.
You can leave a response or trackback to this entry
