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<em>The Avengers</em> Made Record $200 Million Worth Of Orgasms This Weekend
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Ben Yakas
Published May 6, 2012
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They said it couldn't be done, but here we are: little-known arthouse flick The Avengers has overtaken Think Like A Man at the box office! $220 million David hath slayed $12 million Goliath! Even more remarkably, The Avengers took in $200.3 million during its opening weekend domestically, making it by far the biggest debut ever. How many orgasms did you get while watching it?
The Avengers beat the previous record set by Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 ($169M) by over $30 million. Altogether, having made $441.5 million internationally, The Avengers has made $641.8 million already! It seems only a matter of time before the film becomes the highest grossing movie of all time—but we've heard rumors of another obscure indie film about a bat-man creature and the dark underbelly of street closings that may challenge it at the box office. Hey, it's also filled with plenty of NYC destructoporn!
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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