There came a weekend like no other where an unlikely group of heroes brought together fan boys, non-fans, the young, the old and all those in between to create box office history. Vanquishing the opening weekend box office record held by 2011’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 finale, the Avengers grossed a whopping $207.3 million in its U.S. opening weekend alone and as of Thursday May 10, 2012, passed the $800 million mark globally in a little more than two weeks of release. This Mother’s Day weekend it’s expected that the Avengers will easily take a bite out of the box office from Johnny Depp’s “Dark Shadows” and could possibly reach $1 billion global box office by the time Sunday evening comes around.
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avengers, thor, captain america, iron man, hulk, black widow, joss whedon, mark ruffalo, loki, Scarlett Johansson, robert downey jr
