Pamela McClintock of THR:
Disney and Marvel Studios' The Avengers rolls out in North America at midnight Thursday after amassing a record-breaking $281.1 million at the foreign box office in only a week.
The Avengers, which unites key Marvel superhero characters, is widely predicted to clear $150 million in its domestic debut; just how much more is up for debate. All agree it will kick off the summer season in style.
Overseas, the Joss Whedon-directed tentpole has already earned more than the total lifetime gross for Iron Man ($267 million), Thor ($268 million) and Captain America: The First Avenger ($192 million). It should eclipse Iron Man 2 ($311.5) by Saturday at the latest.
Avengers should finish the weekend with a whopping global haul of at least $550 million, considering it's also launching in Russia and China.
In North America, the movie is outpacing all previous Marvel films -- including the Spider-Man franchise -- in terms of advance ticket sales, as well as last year's Transformers: Dark of the Moon, according to online ticketing service Fandango.
Spider-Man 3, debuting on the same weekend in 2007, opened to $151.1 million (then the biggest debut of all time domestically).
In terms of weekend records, only three other films have hit $150 million or more after Spider-Man -- this year's The Hunger Games ($152.5 million), The Dark Knight ($158.4 million) and crownholder Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 ($169.2 million).
Fandango predicts that Avengers will become one of the top advance ticket-sellers of the year, and reports that 1,000 shows are already sold out.
Rival MovieTickets.com also is reporting brisk business for Avengers. More than 47 of presales are for 3D tickets, while 22 percent of presales are for IMAX 3D runs.
Plans are afoot to see The Avengers within the next few days.....As soon as I do...My review will be posted ASAP...
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