The Avengers Opening Day Nett At $80.5 Million!

By FNN | May 16, 2012, 5:49am IST

Avengers Mid-night performance has forced us to keep our jaws wide open!

The Multi-Super-Hero Starrer has grossed $80.5 Million, making it the second biggest summer debut after Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows - Part 2

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 ($91.1 million)
2. The Avengers ($80.5 million)
3. The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($72.7 million)
4. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn-Part 1 ($71.6 million)
5. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($68.5 million)
6. The Hunger Games ($67.3 million)
7. The Dark Knight ($67.2 million)
8. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($62 million)
9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 ($61.7 million)
10. Spider-Man 3 ($60 million)

Let's crunch the numbers, Avengers' $80.5 million is:

$10 Million more than Next Highest Opening Day: Twilight's New Moon ($71.6 Million)
$13 Million more than Opening Days of The Hunger Games and The Dark Knight combined!

The Avengers has already grossed about $415 million worldwide nett!!!

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