Domestic receipts for the year are at $3.83 billion, 17.6 percent ahead of last year's with a huge summer lineup yet to come.
Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian said he expects Hollywood to break the summer revenue record of $4.4 billion it set last year and top its all-time annual high of $10.6 billion from 2009.
"I think we will surpass that given the strength of just the first two weeks of the summer and the strength of the films on the way," Dergarabedian said. "Records are just made to be broken this summer and this year."
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "The Avengers," $103.2 million ($95.4 million international).
2. "Dark Shadows," $28.8 million ($36.7 million international).
3. "Think Like a Man," $6.3 million.
4. "The Hunger Games," $4.4 million ($2.4 million international).
5. "The Lucky One," $4.1 million ($2.5 million international).
6. "The Pirates! Band of Misfits," $3.2 million ($2.2 million international).
7. "The Five-Year Engagement," $3.1 million ($1.7 million international).
8. "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," $2.7 million ($1.9 million international).
9. "Chimpanzee," $1.6 million.
10. "Girl in Progress," $1.4 million.
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Estimated weekend ticket sales at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak:
1. "The Avengers," $95.4 million.
2. "Dark Shadows," $36.7 million.
3. "American Reunion," $15.6 million.
4. "Battleship," $11.2 million.
5. "21 Jump Street," $3.2 million.
6. "Titanic" in 3-D," $3.1 million.
7. "As One," $2.6 million.
8. "The Lucky One," $2.5 million.
9. "The Hunger Games," $2.4 million.
10. "The Pirates! Band of Misfits," $2.2 million.
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Online:
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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.
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