Not all the critics loved it, but fans still helped the "Avengers" get a head start on the weekend box office.
The superhero ensemble movie earned $18.7 million in midnight showings, according to Disney, and is projected to make $150 million by the time opening weekend wraps.
For comparison's sake, the Hollywood Reporter
points out that 2008's "The Dark Knight" opened to $18.5 million, and
went on to earn the title of second best opening weekend of all time
with $158.4 million.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2" is at the top of the
best bows of all time list, thanks to the $43.5 million it earned from
midnight showings and the overall $169.2 million in ticket sales for its
first weekend.
So while there's been plenty of support for the "Avengers," film
critic A.O. Scott still felt the tweeted wrath of Samuel L. Jackson on
Thursday after his critical review went up.
“The secret of 'The Avengers' is that it is a snappy little dialogue
comedy dressed up as something else, that something else being a giant
A.T.M. for Marvel and its new studio overlords, the Walt Disney
Company," Scott wrote, later adding that the Joss Whedon-directed film has "significant and dispiriting" shortcomings.
Jackson, who plays Nick Fury in the film, responded to the review via Twitter: “#Avengers fans, NY Times critic AO Scott needs a new job! Let’s help him find one! One he can ACTUALLY do!”
But it doesn't look like Jackson has to worry about Scott, or other
reviews - before the film’s big opening at midnight on May 4, "Avengers"
had already raked in approximately $281 million thanks to overseas
showings.
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