Los Angeles - Superhero movie The Avengers topped US and Canadian box office charts for a third straight weekend with $55.1-million, sending action movie Battleship into second place and toppling comedy The Dictator, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
The Avengers, from Walt Disney’s Marvel Studios, has amassed more than $457-million in domestic ticket sales since its debut earlier this month and another $723-million internationally for a worldwide total of $1.18-billion, according to Disney.
Battleship, which had high hopes of becoming a summer blockbuster in the US and Canada, could muster only $25.3-million this weekend in the face of the Avengers juggernaut.
Sacha Baron Cohen's satirical comedy The Dictator, which has been heavily promoted in advance of its debut, finished in third place for the weekend with $17.4-million. Since its debut last Wednesday, it has taken in a total of $24.5-million in domestic - US and Canadian - ticket sales - Reuters