'Avengers' rules with record $103M 2nd weekend

[May 15, 2012]  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "The Avengers" followed a record-shattering $200 million opening with another Hollywood high -- a $100 million-plus second weekend.

The superhero tale took in $103.1 million to remain the No. 1 film and lift its domestic take to $373.1 million after just 10 days. With nearly $630 million more overseas, "The Avengers" raised its worldwide total to just over $1 billion.

Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's latest collaboration, the vampire romp "Dark Shadows," opened a distant second with $29.7 million domestically.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com are:

1. "The Avengers," Disney, $103,052,274, 4,349 locations, $23,696 average, $373,071,647, two weeks.

2. "Dark Shadows," Warner Bros., $29,685,274, 3,755 locations, $7,906 average, $29,685,274, one week.

3. "Think Like a Man," Sony Screen Gems, $5,816,108, 2,052 locations, $2,834 average, $81,432,840, four weeks.

4. "The Hunger Games," Lionsgate, $4,505,362, 2,531 locations, $1,780 average, $387,007,048, eight weeks.

5. "The Lucky One," Warner Bros., $4,107,492, 2,839 locations, $1,447 average, $53,788,233, four weeks.

6. "The Five-Year Engagement," Universal, $3,314,010, 2,569 locations, $1,290 average, $24,623,420, three weeks.

7. "The Pirates! Band of Misfits," Sony, $3,143,442, 3,079 locations, $1,021 average, $23,047,000, three weeks.

8. "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," Fox Searchlight, $2,672,140, 178 locations, $15,012 average, $3,744,656, two weeks.

9. "Chimpanzee," Disney, $1,755,507, 1,559 locations, $1,126 average, $25,717,478, four weeks.

10. "Safe," Lionsgate, $1,447,174, 1,690 locations, $856 average, $15,717,429, three weeks.

11. "Girl in Progress," Lionsgate, $1,384,078, 322 locations, $4,298 average, $1,384,078, one week.

12. "The Raven," Relativity Media, $1,378,847, 1,888 locations, $730 average, $14,723,775, three weeks.

13. "The Three Stooges," Fox, $1,078,339, 1,416 locations, $762 average, $41,153,769, five weeks.

14. "The Cabin in the Woods," Lionsgate, $971,465, 1,029 locations, $944 average, $39,753,912, five weeks.

15. "John Carter," Disney, $766,217, 230 locations, $3,331 average, $71,726,762, 10 weeks.

16. "21 Jump Street," Sony, $645,109, 589 locations, $1,095 average, $135,117,543, nine weeks.

17. "Mirror Mirror," Relativity Media, $599,617, 607 locations, $988 average, $60,993,886, seven weeks.

18. "American Reunion," Universal, $432,430, 521 locations, $830 average, $56,050,170, six weeks.

19. "Dr. Seuss' the Lorax," Universal, $432,245, 455 locations, $950 average, $209,591,935, 11 weeks.

20. "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island," Warner Bros., $236,134, 260 locations, $908 average, $102,581,334, 14 weeks.

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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.

[Associated Press]

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