"The Avengers" has scored thebiggest opening weekend North America box office history with anastonishing 200.3 million U.S. dollars in estimated ticket sales,marking a start of Hollywood's summer season. The previous record was 169.2 million U.S. dollars set by " HarryPotter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" last year. Although "TheAvengers" did not manage to break the opening day record by theHarry Potter finale, it finished strong to set the highest gross.It has earned an "A-plus' grade as measured by the Cinemascanservice. The Marvel Studios film, released by Walt Disney Co., is on trackto have sold 641 million dollars in tickets across the world,according to studio estimates gathered by Hollywood.com. Box office analyst for Hollywood.com Paul Dergerabedian said " Thisis the biggest North American opening weekend debut in box officehistory and sets a new benchmark in what is possible in terms oftheatrical revenue generation." The film, directed by Joss Whedon, brings together super heroes ofseveral prior Marvel blockbusters, including Iron Man, The Hulk,Captain America and Thor. It has the star attractions, staringRobert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America,Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, ScarlettJohansson as Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye and Samuel L.Jackson as Nick Fury. Disney opened the film first in other countries, setting openingweekend records in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Hong Kong, Malaysiaand the Philippines, building anticipation before it was releasedin North America. Hit by the blockbuster, other films performed poorly at thisweekend box office. "Think Like A Man", which held the top spot over the past twoweekends, was in second place with 8 million dollars and a three-week total of 73 million dollars. And the previous big hit of the year, "The Hunger Games," was thethird with 5.7 million dollars, bringing its domestic sales overseven weeks to 380.7 million dollars. Rounding out the five top movies in the North America this weekendwere "The Lucky One" (5.5 million dollars) and "Pirates, The BandOf Misfits" (5.4 million dollars). I am an expert from drying-equipments.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Chemical Mixing Machine , China Air Circulating Oven, Rotary Drum Dryer,and more.
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