Box Office Milestone: ‘The Avengers’ Becomes No. 3 Pic of All Time With $1.331 Billion

by Pamela McClintock

The Disney and Marvel Studios superhero extravaganza surpasses “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.”

A month in, Joss Whedon’s The Avengers continues to make box office history.

On Friday, the Disney and Marvel Studios’ tentpole surpassed Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 to become the third-biggest tile of all time at the worldwide box office with a cume of $1.331 billion.

The final Harry Potter film, released in July 2011, earned $1.328 billion.

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