The giddily animated DreamWorks sequel beats the avidly awaited Alien prequel.
Box Office Report
Fairy-Tale Ending: Snow White Dwarfs the Competition
The old fable connects with new viewers and jump-starts the June box office
Men in Black 3 Singes The Avengers
The revival of a Will Smith franchise slips past the Marvel men
Unstoppable Avengers Sinks Battleship, Ousts The Dictator
The moms-in-waiting of What to Expect… also get flattened as the Marvel superhit takes less than a month to rise to No. 4 on the all-time worldwide blockbusters list
The Avengers Storms the Billion Dollar Club — In Just 19 Days
Like a Hulk in a music shop, the all-star superhero movie keeps smashing records, and sends Johnny Depp’s Dark Shadows to an early grace
Beyond Marvel-ous: The Avengers Smashes Records with $200.3 Million
The all-star superhero movie leaves “Harry Potter” as roadkill, scoring the top opening weekend in North American movie history
An Early Summer Heat Wave: The Avengers Sizzles Abroad
While the U.S. box-office winner was Think Like a Man, the new superhero movie, opening exclusively overseas, blew away the competition
Think Like a Man Snaps The Hunger Games‘ Streak
The urban relationship comedy derails the Katniss bandwagon, while a Disney Chimpanzee and Zac Efron as a lovelorn Iraq vet also score big.
Nyuk Nyuk! The Hunger Games Eye-pokes The Three Stooges
Katniss wins a fourth consecutive weekend. Her latest victims: the Farrelly brothers’ revival of the Stooges franchise and the kids in The Cabin in the Woods
Hunger Games Eats American‘s Pie, Slams Into Refloated Titanic
Katniss scores a threepeat and passes $300 million in just 17 days.
First Quarter 2012: The Hunger Games Leads a Winning Winter
After a chilly 2011, Katniss and the Lorax have lured audiences back to theaters. Even the super-flop John Carter did better than you might think.
The Hunger Games Kills Off Two New Combatants: Perseus and Snow White
The teen-archer megahit vanquishes Wrath of the Titans and Mirror Mirror — but it faces more challenges before it becomes an all-time worldwide blockbuster
Make That 35 Jump Street
The parody update of the 1980s cop show muscles its way to a $35 million weekend, certifying the odd-couple star quality of Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum