according to www.Ign.com; The avengers managed to simply massacure all other opening weekends. Having actually gone and been one of the crazed fans that went I think I have to say: I’m surprised other movies this weekend made money… this movie was simply fantastic.

“Marvel’s The Avengers smashed domestic box office records this weekend, and now stands as having the biggest opening weekend of all time with an estimated $200.3 million. The previous record holder was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 with $169 million.  The Avengers’ Friday opening day is the second highest single day take of all time ($80.5 million) and its estimated Saturday haul of $69.7 million is the highest Saturday gross of all time. Globally, The Avengers has now amassed an estimated $641.8 million over 12 days in release.“