After dominating the box office for three weeks, The Avengers was finally bumped off the top of the list by MIB 3. Will Smith’s latest alien-battling, action-comedy took in $70 million over the long holiday weekend, which is fairly impressive considering that the last MIB movie came out nearly a decade ago. It wasn’t all bad news for The Avengers. With an estimatedย $46.9 million earned over the weekend, the movie has set a new recordย by earning more than $500 millionย in just 23 days. The movie should passย The Dark Knightย ($533.3 million) by Friday and move into third place on theย all-time domesticย chart.
Here is the Top 10 for the Memorial Day weekend of May 25 – 28, 2012:
1. MIB 3 ($70,000,000)
2. Marvel’s The Avengers ($46,878,000)
3. Battleship ($13,769,000)
4. The Dictator ($11,755,000)
5. Dark Shadows ($9,405,000)
6. Chernobyl Diaries ($9,300,000)
7. What to Expect When You’re Expecting ($8,850,000)
8. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel ($8,225,000)
9. The Hunger Games ($2,850,000)
10. Think Like a Man ($1,800,000)