Although Avengers missed the record for a first day opening that is held by the last installment of Harry Potter, they will break the all-time opening weekend record. The box office should come in at over $200M which means they will be making Avengers movies every year until we die and then every other year after we are all dead. Avengers opened in most parts of the world last week so it is already approaching $1B dollars in worldwide ticket sales and has an outside shot at beating Avatar for the top grossing film of all time. You think James Cameron likes that? James Cameron loves having the number one movie of all-time. He chants it to himself as he falls asleep at night.