"Avengers" May Come In with $65Mil-$67Mil Friday Night

When executives at Paramount viewed the latest cut of the $175 million Brad Pitt zombie film "World War Z," they were not concerned by the violence or its reengineered ending. They were worried about a minor plot point that involved a sensitive topic: China.

The raunchy trailers for "Movie 43" didn't help set it over the top at the box office this weekend. Instead, it may have helped steer audiences in the opposite direction.

?The Avengers? did $29,9 million last night in the US. Today it will cross the $300 million total mark in this country. Marvel/Disney is looking for the big $1billion?? worldwide announcement by tomorrow night. The blockbuster was off 64% last night from last Friday, more than expected, but still a humungous hit. Tim Burton?s ?Dark ...

By Jefferson Starship: It's safe to say that the last week and a half have been huge for the House of Mouse. As everyone knows, The Avengers shattered the record for domestic box office sales at $207 million, and this past weekend it became one among a handful of films to gross over $1 billion internationally.

By Brad Prigmore:Look in the sky...It's a bird? It's a plane? It's the Walt Disney Co. (DIS) opening weekend box office numbers for their seminal new superhero series The Avengers.

Monday night brought the release of Marvel Comics? newest company-wide ?event? series, Avengers vs. X-Men. I attended a release party at Meltdown Comics in West Hollywood, where writer extraordinaire Ed Brubaker was in attendance to give an interview and answer questions. Afterward, he spent hours signing copies of AvX and pretty much any other books ...

Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger received a big raise for landing the Lucasfilm deal.   SEC filings show Iger received a 20 percent raise in 2012, totaling $40.2 million. 

Marvel?s ?The Avengers? exceeded all expectations last night. Boxofficemojo.com, tracking figures, put the opening night at almost $80.5 million. That?s the second biggest opening night ever, right behind ?Harry Potter? 7.2? ?Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 2.??? If ?The Avengers? repeats that number and goes for more on Sunday, it could be a ...