Box office report for April 30, 2012: “Think Like a Man” stays No. 1 at dometic box office, “Avengers” makes $185 million overseas
The domestic box office stayed relatively quiet over the weekend, but “The Avengers” already are making plenty of noises overseas.
“The Avengers” isn’t playing yet on U.S. movie screens until 12:01 a.m. Friday, but director Joss Whedon’s superhero mashup Marvel Comics movie has made $185.1 million since it began opening in 39 markets last week, reports the Associated Press. That’s nearly $7 million more than the studio had estimated Sunday.
Among the revenue highlights for “The Avengers”: $25.5 million in Great Britain, $19.8 million in Australia, $16.9 million in Mexico and $13.9 million in France.
Starring Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/The Hulk, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Tom Hiddleston as Loki, “The Avengers” is tracking better than Lionsgate’s blockbuster “The Hunger Games,” which posted a record March bow of $152.5 million.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, “The Avengers” has even been pacing ahead of “The Dark Knight,” which opened in July 2008 with $158.4 million to become the top opener of all time at the domestic box office. The Batman film held the record until fellow Warner Bros. title “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2″ debuted to nearly $170 million in July 2011.
At the domestic box office, the ensemble comedy “Think Like a Man” remained the No. 1 draw for the second-straight weekend with $17.6 million, holding off a rush of new movies that did only modest business at U.S. theaters, according to the AP.
Here are the top 10 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as reported by the AP:
1. “Think Like a Man,” Sony Screen Gems, $17,604,141, 2,015 locations, $8,737 average, $60,472,199, two weeks.
2. “The Pirates! Band of Misfits,” Sony, $11,137,734, 3,358 locations, $3,317 average, $11,137,734, one week.
3. “The Hunger Games,” Lionsgate, $10,814,271, 3,572 locations, $3,028 average, $372,019,021, six weeks.
4. “The Lucky One,” Warner Bros., $10,808,023, 3,175 locations, $3,404 average, $39,409,719, two weeks.
5. “The Five-Year Engagement,” Universal, $10,610,060, 2,936 locations, $3,614 average, $10,610,060, one week.
6. “Safe,” Lionsgate, $7,892,539, 2,266 locations, $3,483 average, $7,892,539, one week.
7. “The Raven,” Relativity Media, $7,289,642, 2,203 locations, $3,309 average, $7,289,642, one week.
8. “Chimpanzee,” Disney, $5,227,862, 1,567 locations, $3,336 average, $18,920,794, two weeks.
9. “The Three Stooges,” Fox, $5,167,421, 3,105 locations, $1,664 average, $36,907,965, three weeks.
10. “The Cabin in the Woods,” Lionsgate, $4,619,480, 2,639 locations, $1,750 average, $34,783,320, three weeks.
-BAM
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