Weekend Box Office: May 4 - 6

Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:

1.  The Avengers - $200.3 million

2.  Think Like a Man - $8 million

3.  The Hunger Games - $5.7 million

4.  The Lucky One - $5.5 million

5.  The Pirates! Band of Misfits - $5.4 million

6.  The Five-Year Engagement - $5.1 million

7.  The Raven - $2.5 million

8.  Safe - $2.4 million

9.  Chimpanzee - $2.3 million

10.  The Three Stooges - $1.8 million

So I guess the question is...who didn't see The Avengers this weekend?  Marvel's superhero extravaganza opened huge this weekend, which we all knew it would.  But an estimated $200.3 million in just 3 days?  Damn, I don't think anyone saw that coming.

Just to sum up how many records The Avengers actually broke since Friday, let's break it down:  it took the opening weekend record away from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, which opened with $169 million last summer.  It's also the fastest to earn $100 million, $150 million, and $200 million.  And it has already outgrossed nearly all of the Marvel movies leading up to this one:  Captain America, Thor, and The Incredible Hulk.  And it will likely zoom past both Iron Man movies by next weekend at the latest. 

This was in three days, people.  And we still have a Dark Knight sequel waiting just two months away.  It's going to be good times at the summer box office this year, that's for sure.

Overseas, where The Avengers opened last month and is still going strong, the film has already grossed $441 million.

As far as the rest of the box office, there's not all that much to report, since Avengers made up about 83% of the ticket sales this weekend.  Think Like a Man, which held the top spot the last two weeks, fell to second and has earned a very impressive $73 million so far.  And The Hunger Games got that much closer to outgrossing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2's $381 million - it's about $1 million or so away. 

Next weekend, the latest Johnny Depp/Tim Burton/Helena Bonham Carter collaboration - this time a big-screen adaptation of the vampire TV series Dark Shadows -  opens in theaters.  But, at this rate, we'll probably be talking about The Avengers again this time next weekend.