I would describe how good The Avengers is here, but words can't really do it justice. If you haven't already seen it, do so now. Trust me, you'll have yourself a good time.

The buzz around the movie has just been nuts, and the sales numbers are reflecting that: throughout its opening weekend in US markets, Marvel's The Avengers has grossed just over $200 million dollars. That is the largest U.S. opening in history.

Source: Time

No spell is going to change this, Harry Potter. The Hunger Games, eat your heart out. Batman, these have been your darkest nights, etc., etc.

It's also worth noting that the movie itself had a budget of (according to Wikipedia) $220 million. That means the movie has almost tripled that number in 12 days alone. There's a strong performance, and then there's a Hulk strength performance.

I'm sure the people behind the movie must be feeling pretty good about themselves. I'm not sure exactly how they'll take this success, but I can offer a good guess.

 

I have yet to see it, I should pretty soon though, but this really isn't surprising, I passed by the movie theater parking lot at my mall on Friday and all I could say was oh my god.

 

I hear the Hulk was amazing as all shit.

 

Easily one of the best movies in the last decade, not even from purely a "action" viewpoint or a "superhero" viewpoint. It's just a great movie in general. Like it deserves a few nominations this year but it'll probably get snubbed, seeing as the only action/fantasy movie to make significant gains in the awards in like the past decade was Return of the King (admittedly a great movie but it feels like it'd get considered a bit more than a superhero movie).

Although I can't wait for the movie hipsters to go "Eh Captain America/The Hulk/Iron Man/Iron Man 2/Thor was better".

 

He was a bit jarring at first since the way Ruffalo plays it and the way Norton plays it are pretty different but he was one of the most interesting characters in the movie.

 

I think the Hulk stole the spotlight in this movie!

 

Ruffalo did a stand up job. I was worried going into the movie that he'd have as Tony Stark would say "performance issues" but he exceeded mine and I'm sure many other peoples expectations.

 

Sony owns the rights to Spider-Man, not Marvel Studios. They legally can't do anything with Spider-Man until (if ever) they get the rights back.

 

Warning: Spoilers inside!

Actually Coulson comes back in The Avengers 2 as the most recent addition to The Avengers team, the Six Million Dollar Man. They can rebuild him, they have the technology.

In all seriousness though, perhaps Fury lied to have a martyr for their team so they could rally the team.