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"The Avengers has made more than $1 billion (\u00C2\u00A3623 million) worldwide. The Marvel Studios film crossed the milestone threshold in 19 days.  Joss Whedon&amp;#039;s film has become one of only 12 in history to pass $1 billion, making it the fifth Disney production to do so and the first from Marvel, and likely the fastest film to reach that landmark. The Avengers opened to a record-breaking $200 million (\u00C2\u00A3124 million) in the US. It has also gone on to become the first film to gross a nine-figure sum in its second weekend. The Avengers has now passed The Dark Knight&amp;#039;s $1,001,900,000 (\u00C2\u00A3623,663,000) worldwide and is on course to enter the top ten of the all-time US box office chart. The movie has also become the fastest movie to reach the $300 million (\u00C2\u00A3187 million) and $350 million (\u00C2\u00A3218 million) marks. Watch a clip from The Avengers below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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