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"How Marvel-ous!\r\nScarlett Johansson and Robert Downey, Jr. no doubt have some celebrating to do: Their film The Avengers debuted to the tune of $200.3 million this weekend, overtaking Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2&amp;apos;s record to become the biggest opening film of all time.\r\n\r\nEarning $18.7 million in midnight screenings alone Friday, The Avengers raked in far more than its Marvel movie predecessors: The Avengers: Iron Man ($99 million), Iron Man 2 ($198 million), Thor ($66 million) and Captain America ($65 million).\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m running low on double takes,&amp;quot; Dave Hollis, Disney&amp;apos;s executive vice president for distribution, told The New York Times on Sunday. &amp;quot;As the numbers came in, we kept thinking, &amp;apos;Can these numbers possibly be right?&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nSony&amp;apos;s Think Like a Man followed The Avengers for a second place finish this weekend, earning $8 million in its third weekend in theaters.\r\n\r\nFollowing the Gabrielle Union/Taraji P. Henson flick was The Hunger Games, which took in $5.7 million to settle in third place.\r\nRounding out this weekend&amp;apos;s top five flicks were Zac Efron&amp;apos;s romantic drama The Lucky One ($5.5 million) and kiddie flick The Pirates! Band of Misfits, which earned $5.1 million.\r\nTell Us: Which movie did you see this weekend?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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