‘Avengers’ Keeps Box Office Lead; Approaching $1 Billion Mark Worldwide

First Published: May 13, 2012 12:53 PM EDT Credit: Marvel

Caption Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans in a scene from ‘The Avengers’

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- “The Avengers” is taking a page out of Superman’s comic book — flying faster than a speeding bullet to the billion-dollar mark at the box office.

The superhero blockbuster took in $103.2 million to lead for a second-straight weekend, raising its domestic total to $373.2 million. With $95.4 million more overseas, “The Avengers” lifted its international receipts to $628.9 million for a worldwide haul of just over $1 billion.

The action smash from Disney’s Marvel Studios easily fended off Johnny Depp and Tim Burton’s vampire romp “Dark Shadows,” which had a so-so domestic start of $28.8 million to finish a distant No. 2.

That’s far below such past Depp-Burton collaborations as “Alice in Wonderland,” which opened with $116.1 million, and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” which debuted with $56.2 million.

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