battle of the superheroes

Avengers Assemble - A global mega hit.

The Amazing Spider-man has got off to a very strong start, taking $125m globally in its first few days on release.  It is the second of this summer's trio of superhero movies, to hit theaters.  The first was Avengers Assemble, which stormed the world box office, becoming the third biggest movie of all time - taking a huge global haul of $1,450,059,760.  The third movie, The Dark Knight Rises, opens July 20th.

Whilst it will be tough for either the Bat or the Spider, to topple those Avengers, they will certainly be hoping to surpass the box office take of their previous franchise entries; and maybe take the number four slot in the all time box office chart.  

Here are the global box office hauls they will be aiming to beat:

Avengers Assemble (2012) $1,450,059,760
  
Batman (1989) $411,348,924
Batman Returns (1992) $266,822,354
Batman Forever (1995) $336,529,144
Batman & Robin (1997) $238,207,122

Batman Begins (2005) $372,710,015
The Dark Knight (2008) $1,001,921,825


Spider-man (2002) $821,708,551
Spider-man 2 (2004) $783,766,341
Spider-man 3 (2007) $890,871,626