Marvel Avengers Assemble has continued breaking box office records with an amazing £2.5 million opening in the UK yesterday. This has made Joss Whedon's film the third biggest Thursday opening ever and cinemas have been met with such a huge demand, they have added additional screening after sell out showings yesterday.
1) STAR WARS III: REVENGE OF THE SITH - May 19th 2005: £3,509,547.
2) HARRY POTTER AND ORDER OF THE PHOENIX - July 12th 2007: £3,486,348.
3) AVENGERS ASSEMBLE - April 26th 2011: £2,547,617
Meanwhile, UK critics have come out in droves to praise
Avengers Assemble. The Sun call the film
"phenomenal" and give it 5*.
"Avengers Assemble has emerged as the smartest, wittiest, and most unapologetically entertaining comic-book adaptation of the modern era," says The Times in their 5* review. In three more 5* reviews, The Sunday Mirror praises it as,
"fantastic superhero entertainment," while Heat calls it
"supremely entertaining," and Nuts add,
"All kinds of awesomeness goes down!"
STARRING:
Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America
Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
Chris Hemsworth as Thor
Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye
Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Ramanoff/Black Widow
Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson
Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
Tom Hiddleston as Loki
RELEASE DATE: April 26th, 2012. (UK) May 4th, 2012. (US)
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