The Avengers

‘The Avengers’ Movie Review – Hulk Smash (The Box Office)

To say that The Avengers has had a successful opening is something of an understatement. Marvel’s latest superhero movie based on comic books enjoyed the biggest opening of all time, with $207.4 million taken at the box office in the first weekend. Even the Incredible Hulk would be content with that. As well as being...
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“The Avengers” By the Numbers

Here is a great list of numbers, records, facts, etc. about “The Avengers,” courtesy of Deadline. · Biggest domestic opening weekend of all time. · Fastest film to reach $200M (3 days). · Highest Saturday of all time: $69.7M. · 8th biggest midnights opening. · Biggest superhero midnights debut. · Passed domestic totals for Captain America and...
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Weekend Box Office: “The Avengers,” Of Course

Even better than predicted: 1. Marvel’s The Avengers (Disney) NEW [4,349 Theaters] PG13 Friday $80.5M, Saturday $69.7M, Weekend $200M, Global $640M 2. Think Like A Man (Screen Gems/Sony) Week 3 [2,010 Theaters] PG13 Friday $2.6M, Saturday $3.3M, Weekend $8.0M, Cume $73.0M 3. The Hunger Games (Lionsgate) Week 7 [2,794 Theaters] PG13 Friday $1.6M, Saturday $2.6M,...
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“The Avengers” Early Screening Chances, Plus Cast Interviews

“The Avengers” is only a few weeks from opening, but some lucky fans are going to get a chance to see it well before its May 4th opening. Marvel has announced that people in the five cities that have the most “Avengers” fans on Facebook will get to see the film on April 14th. Here’s...
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‘Avengers 2′ Already Being Planned

This weekend saw the cast of Avengers take part in a panel at New York Comic-Con. As already detailed by Kirsten, there were several small revelations as the cast and crew answered questions in as ambiguous a way as they could manage. For the most part. The big reveal for me was that not only...
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Evans Enjoying ‘The Avengers’

Chris Evans has taken on the role of Captain America with gusto. He nailed the character in The First Avenger and now looks set to do the same for The Avengers, which he is currently shooting with the likes of Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, and Scarlett Johansson. Evans is enjoying the experience, a lot....
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Chris Evans Loves Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. made it difficult to love him for a long time. Not only was he addicted to various substances for a few years, which never helps, he had a bit of a reputation in Hollywood. Then there was the obscure movies he insisted on appearing in. However, he seems to now be a...
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Marvel Boss: The Avengers To Be The “Quintessential Superhero Movie”

It’s always risky building up expectations over something, anything, months or even years before anyone is going to know whether the hype is justified. Which makes Marvel Comics chief creative officer Joe Quesada’s pronouncement that The Avengers will be the “quintessential superhero movie” a little bit dumb. Quesada is speaking in such vehemently positive tones...
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‘The Avengers’ Made On The Cheap?

The Avengers is pretty much guaranteed to be a big hit. Marvel could put out a terrible film and still the fans will flock to see The Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, and Captain America team up. They obviously won’t try to put out a terrible film, but they are apparently looking to keep the budget...
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Johansson Hoping For Role In ‘The Avengers’

With Iron Man 2 now out in the States, there will be a lot of people familiar with Scarlett Johansson’s role of Natalie Rushman/Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow. I think she does a good job, even though her character is somewhat shoehorned into the movie in order to set up The Avengers. Johansson recently spoke to MTV...
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Jon Favreau Talks ‘The Avengers’

The Marvel movies are all being pieced together right now in order to open up possibilities for The Avengers movie. Both Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk contained tidbits at the end revealing those tie-ins. The chances are the same will be true of Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America. But while Iron Man...
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Norton Keen On ‘Avengers’ Hulk

The Avengers film was hinted at a long time before it was finally confirmed. The end of several of the big name movies had cameos or references to The Avengers, including Iron Man and The Hulk, the 2008 reboot starring Edward Norton in the titular role. Despite this, it wasn’t actually clear whether The Hulk...
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The Incredible Hulk To Be Villain In ‘The Avengers’?

All of the Marvel comic book movies are currently making references to The Avengers, a movie set for 2011 that will tie up all the loose ends and bring together Iron Man, Ant-Man, Thor, and Captain America as an all-singing, all-dancing, all burlesque (only kidding) troupe of superheroes. But while the heroes are all being...
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