‘THE AVENGERS’ (Hulk) SMASHES All-Time Domestic Box Office Opening Weekend Gross. Hell Yeah.

Hellllllllll yeah. Avengers  has broken the all-time domestic box office opening, farting on all those that dared come before it. Big, green Hulkian farts, flinging witty quips of disparagement as it does so.

Slashfilm:

Early reports say  Joss Whedon‘s  The Avengers  will end the weekend grossing $200.3 million, setting the all-time opening weekend domestic box office record by a large margin. It crushed the previous record held by  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2  by almost  $30 million thanks in part to the second biggest Friday gross of all time (behind  Potter) and the biggest Saturday gross of all time. The film is the fastest to ever reach $200 million and has made almost $650 million internationally in its first 12 days of release.

Here’s the press release from Disney announcing the feat. Do realize that, we have almost all day Sunday still so the $200.3 number could go up or down, but the record is most certainly broken:

The Walt Disney Studios announced today that  Marvel’s The Avengers  posted an estimated $200.3 million in its domestic debut May 4-6, shattering previous records and positioning the film as the highest-grossing domestic debut of all time. The film’s cumulative global box office gross is an estimated $641.8 million over 12 days in release.

In just three days,  Marvel’s the Avengers  is the fastest movie to reach $200 million domestically. The domestic debut kicked off Friday, May 4 and marks the second highest single day take of all time at $80.5 million. Saturday’s box office gross of $69.7 million is the highest Saturday take of all time. Moviegoers gave  Marvel’s The Avengers  a rare and perfect A+ CinemaScore.

I’ve seen it twice in two days. I’m seeing it again tonight. I AM COMING FOR YOU, AVATAR. Even if I have to do it myself.