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MIB: 3 Zaps Avengers, Nabs $55M

'Avengers' finally falls off the top spot

By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff

Posted May 27, 2012 1:13 PM CDT

(Newser) Men in Black: 3 turned out to be much more in the black than The Avengers , winning the three-day holiday weekend with a whopping $55 million domestically and $202 million worldwide. But, notes the Hollywood Reporter, it needs to do well to justify the $230 million Sony spent to make it. The Avengers, meanwhile, pulled in $37 million to put it at a hefty global gross of $1.3 billion. Battleship grabbed No. 3 honors with $10.8 million, while The Dictator took in $9.6 million, and Chernobyl Diaries pulled in $5 million, reports the AP.

Josh Brolin, left, and Will Smith star are shown in a scene from Men in Black 3.
Josh Brolin, left, and Will Smith star are shown in a scene from "Men in Black 3."   (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures-Sony, Wilson Webb)
Tommy Lee Jones, right, and Will Smith star are shown in a scene from Men in Black 3.
Tommy Lee Jones, right, and Will Smith star are shown in a scene from "Men in Black 3."   (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures-Sony, Wilson Webb)
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raymel1
May 28, 2012 2:56 AM CDT
So, Men in Black 3 beat out The Avengers for 1st place, eh? Gee, the Avengers has been out 4 weeks now, you'd think if MIB3 didnt beat it after a month lead, then MIB3 would be a failure wouldnt ya?
JoeQ
May 27, 2012 8:20 PM CDT
"The movie had its best start in China with $19.5 million, which ranks seventh all-time for a Hollywood movie there." So much for banning movies with time-travel plots.
chillette
May 27, 2012 2:37 PM CDT
I will wait for it to come to cable and even then I may pass on it. I finally saw "The Avengers" this weekend and it was awesome. Loved it. Now I will try and make time to see "Dark Shadows" and a few others this summer.
 

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