{"id":20264,"date":"2012-04-26T13:52:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T03:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=20264"},"modified":"2012-04-26T13:52:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T03:52:00","slug":"marvels-the-avengers-biggest-marvel-opening-day-ever-disney-studios-australias-1-opening-day-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=20264","title":{"rendered":"MARVEL\u2019s THE AVENGERS BIGGEST MARVEL OPENING DAY EVER; DISNEY STUDIOS AUSTRALIA\u2019S #1 OPENING DAY IN HISTORY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>26 April 2012 (Sydney, AUSTRALIA):<\/strong> Marvel\u2019s <em>The Avengers<\/em> has smashed the Australian box office on its opening day of release with a record breaking AUD$6 million (USD$6.2million). The stunning opening makes <em>The Avengers <\/em>the biggest Marvel Studios opening day ever \u2013 233% ahead of <em>Iron Man 2<\/em> (AUD$1.8 million) and represents the number one Disney Studios opening day, ahead of <em>The Chronicles of Narnia Lion, Witch and Wardrobe<\/em> (AUD$3.5 million).<\/p>\n<p>The one day figure easily surpasses the combined individual opening days box office of each Marvel superhero film Australian opening (<em>Iron Man \u00a02<\/em> &#8211; $1.813 million, <em>Thor<\/em> &#8211; $1.3 million, <em>Captain America<\/em> &#8211; $0.86 million and <em>The Incredible Hulk<\/em> &#8211; $0.37 million for a total of $4.357 million).<\/p>\n<p>The opening puts the film at the number two position of all time openings behind <em>Harry Potter Deathly Part 2<\/em> (AUD$7 million).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most anticipated blockbuster for the year Marvel\u2019s <em>The Avengers<\/em> has really lit up the box office with this stunning opening \u2013 Disney and Marvel\u2019s biggest yet in Australia. <em>The Avengers<\/em> is testament to fabulous storytelling combined with a blockbuster cast and world-renowned director &#8211; this superhero epic is a must-see for all Australian fans and film lovers!,\u201d said John Cracknell, senior vice president &amp; managing director The Walt Disney Company, Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26 April 2012 (Sydney, AUSTRALIA): Marvel\u2019s The Avengers has smashed the Australian box office on its opening day of release with a record breaking AUD$6 million (USD$6.2million). The stunning opening makes The Avengers the biggest Marvel Studios opening day ever \u2013 233% ahead of Iron Man 2 (AUD$1.8 million) and represents the number one Disney<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=20264\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20265,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20264\/revisions\/20265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}