The Avengers smashed the movie opening record this weekend, as the Marvel Comics superhero mash-up took in $200.3 million in its domestic debut, blowing past the previous record of $169.2 million for last year’s opening of the final Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2. The Avengers also added $151.5 million overseas after opening internationally last week, bringing the movie’s total take worldwide so far to $641.8 million in just a week and a half.
WEEKEND WRAP-UP
Directed by Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Joss Whedon, The Avengers stars Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.
- The top movie for the past two weekends, Think Like a Man, fell to second place.
THIS WEEKEND’S TOP TEN MOVIES — MAY 4-6
- The Avengers, $200.3 million
- Think Like a Man, $8 million
- The Hunger Games, $5.7 million
- The Lucky One, $5.5 million
- The Pirates! Band of Misfits, $5.4 million
- The Five-Year Engagement, $5.1 million
- The Raven, $2.5 million
- Safe, $2.47 million
- Chimpanzee, $2.4 million
- The Three Stooges, $1.8 million
‘BACHELOR’ COUPLE WEDS: The Bachelor franchise has produced a married couple — they just didn’t meet on the show. Chris Lambton and Peyton Wright tied the knot on Saturday (May 5th), nearly two years after they started dating. Lambton was a finalist on Ali Fedotowsky’s season of The Bachelorettewhile Wright appeared on The Bachelor. Fellow Bachelorette contestants Craig Robinson, Tyler Vermette and Roberto Martinez were in attendance for the nuptials.
CARSON DALY TO BE A DAD AGAIN: Carson Daly and his wife Siri Pinter are going to be parents again. Pinter announced her pregnancy on her food blog along with a picture of her baby bump, writing, “Look at all those cookies in my belly! Ok there is a baby in there too, and that baby has been living there for about 5 and a half months already! I am due early September. We are beyond thrilled and blessed. I have been eating a lot of cookies.”
KELLY OSBOURNE GUSHES OVER NEW NIECE: The Osbournes can’t stop gushing about their new addition. Kelly opened up about her brother Jack’s new daughter, telling Us Weekly, “[Pearl’s birth] is the most amazing thing that has ever happened to our family. I could not be happier.” Pearl’s mother is Jack’s fiance Lisa Stelly. Kelly added of her brother, “He’s just so happy and he’s so good with the baby. It’s unbelievable.”
MIRA SORVINO WELCOMES FOURTH CHILD: Mira Sorvino gave birth to her fourth child on May 3rd. The actress and her husband Christopher Backus released a statement saying, “We are thrilled beyond measure to have been blessed with our fourth precious, healthy child.” The couple, who have been married since 2004, also have a seven-year-old daughter Mattea and sons Johnny, five, and Holden, two.