Avengers passes $1.5bn, TDKR passes $1bn

This week Avengers Assemble passed the $1.5bn mark. Also, The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider-man opened in China.  In this local battle the arachnid emerged ahead, but the Chinese take also enabled the bat to pass $1bn at the global box office.  All the latest numbers are below. (source: Boxofficemojo.com) 

Avengers Assemble (2012) $1,502,623,837


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
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) $1,011,011,261



Spider-man (2002) $821,708,551
Spider-man 2 (2004) $783,766,341
Spider-man 3 (2007) $890,871,626  
The Amazing Spider-man (2012) $735,111,206