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

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$207.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$623.36M

Final

Worldwide total

$1.52B

$891.70M international

Domestic legs3.01x

Budget$220M

2012 rank#1

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Cast & crew

Full Whedon filmography

Joss Whedon

Joss Whedon Director

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. Starring

Chris Evans

Chris Evans Starring

Mark Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo Starring

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth Starring

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson Starring

ScreenplayJoss Whedon Produced byKevin Feige CinematographySeamus McGarvey MusicAlan Silvestri StudioWalt Disney Studios SeriesAvengers

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 4-6 1 $207.4M — 4,349 $47,698 $207.4M

2 May 11-13 1 $103.1M −50.3% 4,349 $23,695 $373.1M

3 May 18-20 1 $55.6M −46.0% 4,249 $13,095 $457.7M

4 May 25-27 2 $36.7M −34.1% 3,918 $9,363 $513.4M

5 Jun 1-3 3 $20.5M −44.2% 3,670 $5,582 $553.0M

6 Jun 8-10 5 $11.2M −45.1% 3,129 $3,595 $572.3M

7 Jun 15-17 7 $8.9M −20.8% 2,582 $3,449 $586.8M

8 Jun 22-24 8 $7.2M −19.4% 2,230 $3,218 $598.4M

9 Jun 29-Jul 1 10 $4.4M −38.4% 1,757 $2,516 $606.5M

10 Jul 6-8 12 $2.2M −51.0% 1,125 $1,927 $611.1M

11 Jul 13-15 12 $1.4M −35.5% 747 $1,872 $613.7M

12 Jul 20-22 15 $620.4K −55.6% 495 $1,253 $615.1M

13 Jul 27-29 18 $513.0K −17.3% 373 $1,375 $616.0M

14 Aug 3-5 20 $417.1K −18.7% 300 $1,390 $616.8M

15 Aug 10-12 26 $270.8K −35.1% 220 $1,231 $617.3M

16 Aug 17-19 34 $149.0K −45.0% 142 $1,049 $617.6M

17 Aug 24-26 40 $115.3K −22.6% 123 $937 $617.8M

18 Aug 31-Sep 2 13 $1.9M +1556.7% 1,705 $1,120 $619.8M

19 Sep 7-9 18 $786.2K −58.9% 1,209 $650 $621.4M

20 Sep 14-16 20 $594.0K −24.4% 442 $1,343 $622.2M

21 Sep 21-23 24 $466.3K −21.5% 290 $1,608 $622.9M

22 Sep 28-30 26 $270.3K −42.0% 241 $1,121 $623.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu May 3 $18.7M — $18.7M — — -1

Fri May 4 #1 $80.8M — $80.8M 4,349 $18,582 1

Sat May 5 #1 $69.6M −14% $150.4M 4,349 $15,994 2

Sun May 6 #1 $57.1M −18% $207.4M 4,349 $13,121 3

Mon May 7 #1 $18.9M −67% $226.3M 4,349 $4,345 4

Tue May 8 #1 $17.7M −6% $244.0M 4,349 $4,064 5

Wed May 9 #1 $13.6M −23% $257.6M 4,349 $3,130 6

Thu May 10 #1 $12.4M −9% $270.0M 4,349 $2,849 7

Fri May 11 #1 $29.2M +136% −64% $299.2M 4,349 $6,719 8

Sat May 12 #1 $42.9M +47% −38% $342.1M 4,349 $9,865 9

Sun May 13 #1 $30.9M −28% −46% $373.1M 4,349 $7,110 10

Mon May 14 #1 $7.9M −74% −58% $381.0M 4,349 $1,821 11

Tue May 15 #1 $8.5M +7% −52% $389.5M 4,349 $1,949 12

Wed May 16 #1 $6.3M −25% −53% $395.8M 4,349 $1,457 13

Thu May 17 #1 $6.2M −2% −50% $402.0M 4,349 $1,427 14

Fri May 18 #1 $15.2M +145% −48% $417.3M 4,249 $3,585 15

Sat May 19 #1 $23.6M +55% −45% $440.8M 4,249 $5,551 16

Sun May 20 #1 $16.8M −29% −46% $457.7M 4,249 $3,958 17

Mon May 21 #1 $5.7M −66% −28% $463.4M 4,249 $1,338 18

Tue May 22 #1 $4.9M −14% −42% $468.3M 4,249 $1,157 19

Wed May 23 #1 $4.0M −19% −37% $472.2M 4,249 $933 20

Thu May 24 #1 $4.4M +12% −28% $476.7M 4,249 $1,046 21

Fri May 25 #2 $9.7M +117% −37% $486.3M 3,918 $2,466 22

Sat May 26 #2 $14.1M +46% −40% $500.4M 3,918 $3,590 23

Sun May 27 #2 $13.0M −8% −23% $513.4M 3,918 $3,306 24

Mon May 28 #2 $10.5M −19% +85% $523.9M 3,918 $2,689 25

Tue May 29 #2 $3.3M −69% −34% $527.2M 3,918 $833 26

Wed May 30 #2 $2.5M −23% −37% $529.7M 3,918 $641 27

Thu May 31 #2 $2.8M +10% −38% $532.5M 3,918 $708 28

Fri Jun 1 #3 $5.6M +103% −42% $538.1M 3,670 $1,537 29

Sat Jun 2 #3 $9.0M +60% −36% $547.1M 3,670 $2,457 30

Sun Jun 3 #3 $5.8M −35% −55% $553.0M 3,670 $1,587 31

Mon Jun 4 #3 $2.0M −65% −81% $555.0M 3,670 $556 32

Tue Jun 5 #3 $2.2M +9% −32% $557.2M 3,670 $605 33

Wed Jun 6 #3 $1.9M −16% −26% $559.1M 3,670 $507 34

Thu Jun 7 #3 $2.0M +6% −29% $561.1M 3,670 $537 35

Fri Jun 8 #5 $3.3M +69% −41% $564.4M 3,129 $1,066 36

Sat Jun 9 #5 $4.5M +36% −50% $568.9M 3,129 $1,453 37

Sun Jun 10 #5 $3.4M −26% −42% $572.3M 3,129 $1,075 38

Mon Jun 11 #5 $1.4M −59% −32% $573.7M 3,129 $442 39

Tue Jun 12 #5 $1.5M +12% −30% $575.2M 3,129 $494 40

Wed Jun 13 #5 $1.3M −13% −28% $576.6M 3,129 $431 41

Thu Jun 14 #5 $1.3M −3% −34% $577.9M 3,129 $417 42

Fri Jun 15 #7 $2.2M +69% −34% $580.1M 2,582 $854 43

Sat Jun 16 #7 $3.3M +49% −28% $583.4M 2,582 $1,275 44

Sun Jun 17 #7 $3.4M +3% +1% $586.8M 2,582 $1,319 45

Mon Jun 18 #7 $1.1M −67% −18% $587.9M 2,582 $438 46

Tue Jun 19 #7 $1.2M +3% −25% $589.1M 2,582 $450 47

Wed Jun 20 #7 $1.1M −5% −18% $590.2M 2,582 $426 48

Thu Jun 21 #7 $1.1M −4% −19% $591.2M 2,582 $408 49

Fri Jun 22 #8 $2.2M +110% n/c $593.5M 2,230 $992 50

Sat Jun 23 #7 $3.0M +37% −8% $596.5M 2,230 $1,364 51

Sun Jun 24 #8 $1.9M −37% −44% $598.4M 2,230 $862 52

Mon Jun 25 #7 $962.1K −50% −15% $599.4M 2,230 $431 53

Tue Jun 26 #8 $989.5K +3% −15% $600.4M 2,230 $443 54

Wed Jun 27 #8 $838.7K −15% −24% $601.2M 2,230 $376 55

Thu Jun 28 #6 $867.3K +3% −18% $602.1M 2,230 $388 56

Fri Jun 29 #11 $1.3M +51% −41% $603.4M 1,757 $743 57

Sat Jun 30 #9 $1.8M +39% −40% $605.2M 1,757 $1,033 58

Sun Jul 1 #10 $1.3M −28% −32% $606.5M 1,757 $739 59

Mon Jul 2 #7 $714.8K −45% −26% $607.2M 1,757 $406 60

Tue Jul 3 #11 $544.8K −24% −45% $607.8M 1,352 $402 61

Wed Jul 4 #10 $718.3K +32% −14% $608.5M 1,352 $531 62

Thu Jul 5 #11 $477.2K −34% −45% $609.0M 1,352 $352 63

Fri Jul 6 $680.8K +43% −48% $609.6M 1,125 $605 64

Sat Jul 7 $918.2K +35% −49% $610.6M 1,125 $816 65

Sun Jul 8 $569.1K −38% −56% $611.1M 1,125 $505 66

Mon Jul 9 #12 $261.4K −54% −63% $611.4M 1,125 $232 67

Tue Jul 10 #12 $311.8K +19% −43% $611.7M 1,125 $277 68

Wed Jul 11 #12 $272.3K −13% −62% $612.0M 1,125 $242 69

Thu Jul 12 #12 $288.3K +6% −40% $612.3M 1,125 $256 70

Fri Jul 13 $395.4K +37% −42% $612.7M 747 $529 71

Sat Jul 14 $587.2K +48% −36% $613.2M 747 $786 72

Sun Jul 15 $416.1K −29% −27% $613.7M 747 $557 73

Mon Jul 16 #12 $188.7K −55% −28% $613.8M 747 $252 74

Tue Jul 17 #12 $221.4K +17% −29% $614.1M 747 $296 75

Wed Jul 18 #13 $194.8K −12% −28% $614.3M 747 $260 76

Thu Jul 19 #12 $172.6K −11% −40% $614.4M 747 $231 77

Fri Jul 20 $190.1K +10% −52% $614.6M 495 $384 78

Sat Jul 21 $254.9K +34% −57% $614.9M 495 $514 79

Sun Jul 22 $175.4K −31% −58% $615.1M 495 $354 80

Mon Jul 23 $98.4K −44% −48% $615.2M 495 $198 81

Tue Jul 24 $123.4K +25% −44% $615.3M 495 $249 82

Wed Jul 25 $93.5K −24% −52% $615.4M 495 $188 83

Thu Jul 26 $110.2K +18% −36% $615.5M 495 $222 84

Fri Aug 31 $383.1K — $618.2M 1,705 $224 120

Sat Sep 1 $688.2K +80% $618.9M 1,705 $403 121

Sun Sep 2 $839.4K +22% $619.8M 1,705 $492 122

Mon Sep 3 $563.2K −33% $620.3M 1,705 $330 123

Thu Sep 6 $95.6K — $620.6M 1,705 $56 126

Fri Sep 7 $217.2K +127% −43% $620.8M 1,209 $179 127

Sat Sep 8 $405.8K +87% −41% $621.3M 1,209 $335 128

Sun Sep 9 $163.1K −60% −81% $621.4M 1,209 $134 129

Mon Sep 10 $46.1K −72% −92% $621.5M 1,209 $38 130

Tue Sep 11 $56.6K +23% $621.5M 1,209 $46 131

Wed Sep 12 $51.7K −9% $621.6M 1,209 $42 132

Thu Sep 13 $54.2K +5% −43% $621.6M 1,209 $44 133

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$612.3M

May 3May 21Jun 7Jun 25Jul 12

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.2M

$207.4M

$103.1M

$55.6M

$36.7M

$20.5M

$11.2M

$8.9M

$7.2M

$4.4M

$2.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,349 → 1,125 −74.1%

4,349 open1,125 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −51.0%

−50.3%

W1→2

−46.0%

W2→3

−34.1%

W3→4

−44.2%

W4→5

−45.1%

W5→6

−20.8%

W6→7

−19.4%

W7→8

−38.4%

W8→9

−51.0%

W9→10

Steepest −51.0%Best hold −19.4%

Run milestones

$600M in 54 days

$100M

Day 2

May 5

$200M

Day 3

May 6

$300M

Day 9

May 12

$400M

Day 14

May 17

$500M

Day 23

May 26

$600M

Day 54

Jun 26

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#1 Biggest May openingsAll-time $207.4M #7 Biggest second weekendsAll-time $103.1M #7 Biggest superhero filmsAll-time $623.4M #8 Biggest PG-13-rated openingsAll-time $207.4M #9 Biggest opening weekendsAll-time $207.4M #9 Fastest to $100M domesticAll-time 2 days

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