Sorry, Captain Jack, but Captain America isn’t ready to give up the top spot at the box office yet!
In its second weekend in theaters, The Avengers
is still breaking records — this time, it’s headed for the best second
weekend in box office history. The superhero ensemble film took in a
gargantuan $29.1 million on Friday, which should lead to a weekend in
the $95-105 million range — far more than current record holder Avatar, which earned $75.6 million in its second frame.
Tonight, on its ninth day of release, The Avengers will
cross the $300 million mark (it’s made $299.1 million so far), and on
Sunday it will soar past $350 million. No film has ever reached those
milestones faster.
Way back in second was Warner Brothers’ new Tim Burton/Johnny Depp collaboration Dark Shadows,
which earned a lackluster $9.7 million on Friday. The adaptation of the
’70s vampire soap, which earned an unenthusiastic “B-” CinemaScore
grade, will be lucky to break $30 million over the Friday-to-Sunday
period. Bad news considering the film’s $125 million budget.
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