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'Avengers' in super company with these box-office giants
May 6, 2012, 5:05 PM EST
MSN Entertainment
How big was "The Avengers" this weekend? Big enough to best the
former box-office champ by more than $50 million.
The superhero gang knocked out "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," which
had claimed the top spot for almost one year.
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The record-shattering numbers for "The Avengers" should
make Joss Whedon happy. The director assembled an impressive cast that
includes Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Mark Ruffalo as the Incredible Hulk,
Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury,
S.H.I.E.L.D. director.
Here are the top 10 Hollywood heavyweights of all time, according to Box
Office Mojo:
"The Avengers," $220.3 million (2012)
"Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows, Part 2," $169.1 million (2011)
"The Dark Knight," $158.4 million
(2008)
"The Hunger Games," $152.5 million
(2012)
"Spider-Man 3," $151.1 million (2007)
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon," $142.8 million
(2009)
"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1," $138.1
million (2011)
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," $135.6
million (2006)
"Iron Man 2," $128.1 million (2010)
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1," $125
million (2010)
